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Absurd Creatures: The World’s Silkiest Anteater Is Not—I Repeat, Not—Stoned

The silky anteater isn't high. It's just tired, because this proficient hunter has no business being up during the day. The post Absurd Creatures: The World's Silkiest Anteater Is Not—I Repeat, Not—Stoned appeared first on WIRED.

At a human gene editing summit in Paris today, scientists, ethicists and lawyers made the case for those affected by gene editing to call the shots

Unlike alcohol, which has standardized doses, it is currently impossible to reliably predict how high a dose of weed will get you. The post Nobody Knows How High You Are Right Now—It's Really Hard to Measure appeared first on WIRED.

You'd look weird as hell if you were perfectly symmetrical. But the strawberry squid is really lopsided, with one tiny eye and one giant eye. The post Absurd Creatures: Why the Strawberry Squid Has One Tiny Eye and One Giant Eye appeared first on WIRED.

Here are some Crispr projects under way in labs and a few, well, less-than-real ones. The post Can You Tell These Real Crispr Projects From the Fake Ones? appeared first on WIRED.

Look at the nudibranch. Beautiful, right? That's its way of saying it will mess you up. You see, the nudibranch packs a punch—in a very unusual way. The post Absurd Creatures: The Nudibranch Is Gorgeous, So You Should Never Touch It appeared first on WIRED.

Republicans are currently holding up an emergency Zika funding that states need to control mosquito populations. The post Oh Good: Congress Can't Even Agree to Protect the US From Zika appeared first on WIRED.

Federal regulators are threatening to shut down Theranos' California lab and ban its owners from running any labs for two years. The post Theranos' Future Looks Bloody Grim as Feds Threaten a Shutdown appeared first on WIRED.

Behold the botfly, whose larva burrows into your skin, feeds on your flesh, and erupts out in alien fashion. Good times! The post Absurd Creatures: The Botfly Wants a Hug. Just Kidding, It Wants to Mess You Up appeared first on WIRED.

Meet the first person ever diagnosed with severely deficient autobiographical memory. She knows facts about her life but can't mentally relive any of it. The post The Strange Case of the Woman Who Can't Remember Her Past—Or Imagine Her Future appeared first on WIRED.