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Author: Katie M. Palmer

Posted on September 30, 2015

The Battle Over Crispr Rights Is Playing Out on Twitter Too

The Battle Over Crispr Rights Is Playing Out on Twitter Too

One of the main biotechs hoping to capitalize on the powerful gene-editing system called Crispr-Cas9 is squatting on the Twitter handles most directly associated with the technology.

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Posted on September 25, 2015

Here’s Where to Watch the Supermoon Eclipse Online

Here’s Where to Watch the Supermoon Eclipse Online

Live coverage of the total lunar eclipse from global observatories will start at 8 pm Eastern Sunday.

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Posted on September 24, 2015

When and Where to Watch This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse

When and Where to Watch This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse

This Sunday's harvest-supermoon-mega lunar eclipse will be something special.

The post When and Where to Watch This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on September 18, 2015

Watch: Pluto’s Sunset as Seen by New Horizons

Watch: Pluto’s Sunset as Seen by New Horizons

New Horizons is sending back tens of gigabits of data collected during the Pluto flyby, including increasingly kick-ass photos of the icy rock.

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Posted on September 18, 2015

This Cloaking Device Is Less Harry Potter, More Predator

This Cloaking Device Is Less Harry Potter, More Predator

Every time a new advance in metamaterials cloaking comes along, you read about how science is creating Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. It’s not.

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Posted on September 16, 2015

Watch: New Horizons Begins to Send Back All Its Pluto Pics

Watch: New Horizons Begins to Send Back All Its Pluto Pics

It'll take a year for New Horizons to send back all the information it gathered on Pluto when it flew by the dwarf planet in July.

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Posted on September 15, 2015

This Company Is Using DNA to Sniff Out Contaminated Food

This Company Is Using DNA to Sniff Out Contaminated Food

The food in the freezer at Clear Labs isn't for eating. It's for analyzing.

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Posted on September 10, 2015

The First Pluto Photos From New Horizons’ Massive Data Dump

The First Pluto Photos From New Horizons’ Massive Data Dump

The New Horizons space probe has started a year-long data dump of imagery and other large files taken during its July flyby.

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Posted on September 4, 2015

Where to Find Out What’s Inside Anything

Where to Find Out What’s Inside Anything

What goes into the dozens of products you use every day? Here are the places that can tell you.

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Posted on August 28, 2015

What’s Inside Caladryl Will Not Make You Hallucinate

What’s Inside Caladryl Will Not Make You Hallucinate

Itch-relieving action for the summer starts with this eponymous pink stuff, a cocktail of zinc oxide and a little iron oxide.

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