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March 2, 2017

MIT’s Crispr Guy Braves Enemy Territory at UC Berkeley

Student planned a protest against Feng Zhang's appearance at UC Berkeley, the home of competing Crispr inventor Jennifer Doudna, and then canceled it. The post MIT’s Crispr Guy Braves Enemy Territory at UC Berkeley appeared first on WIRED.

March 1, 2017

Elephants sleep for just 2 hours a day – the least of any mammal

The sleep patterns of wild elephants have been remotely monitored for the first time, revealing they get by with little kip

February 23, 2017

Bees learn to play golf and show off how clever they really are

Bumblebees have shown they can learn how to push a ball into a hole to get a reward, staking their claim to be considered tool users

February 19, 2017

Biologists Are Figuring Out How Cells Tell Left From Right

"Anything that's not forbidden by the laws of physics is possible." The post Biologists Are Figuring Out How Cells Tell Left From Right appeared first on WIRED.

February 16, 2017

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life

February 16, 2017

A Patent Decision on Crispr Gene Editing Favors MIT

The US Patent Office says two groups, one based at UC Berkeley and the other in Cambridge, Mass. own overlapping parts of a powerful new genetic technique The post A Patent Decision on Crispr Gene Editing Favors MIT appeared first on WIRED.

February 14, 2017

Mail-Order STD Tests Make Sharing Results as Easy as Sending a Snap

But they might have more of an impact on testing companies' bottom lines than on antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea rates. The post Mail-Order STD Tests Make Sharing Results as Easy as Sending a Snap appeared first on WIRED.

February 13, 2017

The Enormous Bird That Can Ride the Wind for 10,000 Miles

The albatross has wings that span up to 11 feet, and it uses them to cross entire oceans. The post The Enormous Bird That Can Ride the Wind for 10,000 Miles appeared first on WIRED.

February 11, 2017

How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder

As simple systems show signs of life, scientists are arguing about whether this apparent complexity is all a consequence of thermodynamics. The post How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder appeared first on WIRED.

February 10, 2017

New beetle species bites army ant’s butt and hitches a ride

The beetle uses its mandibles to latch on to an army ant’s rear, where it blends in while moving to a new nest together with the ants