"A new brain-imaging technique that turns brain tissue transparent." …
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Genetic Microsurgery for the Masses. Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #2
"A gene-editing technique called CRISPR touched off an explosion of research in 2013, leading Science's editors to name it a runner-up for the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year." …
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World War 2. Will it ever end?
A few weeks ago I posted an entry "World War 1. Does it ever end?" Just as the consequences of World War 1 don't ever seem to end, so too with World War 2. There is unexploded ordnance all over Europe, especially in Germany, that was dropped by the …
Cancer Immunotherapy. Scientific Breakthrough of the Year #1
"This year marks a turning point in cancer, as long-sought efforts to unleash the immune system against tumors are paying off—even if the future remains a question mark." …
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What would it feel like to have superpowers? Click to see
Check out this video of a new product to be available in 2014 that will change how we do everything. Go to http://www.atheerlabs.com/ and click on "See what it feels like" …
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The Evolution of Flowering Plants
The world is a fascinating place. "Amborella trichopoda is understood to be the most basal extant flowing plant and its genome is anticipated to provide insights into the evolution of plant life on Earth....The Amborella Genome Project was able to …
