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Nobel Laureate Dr. Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR Gene Editing
Doudna discusses advancements in gene-editing therapies, including how her lab is refining CRISPR to improve efficiency, affordability, and delivery methods for treating disease.
Learn more →Lawrence M. Krauss on Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle
Krauss makes the case for Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle as a literary masterpiece as well as a scientific one — essential reading for anyone curious about the origins of evolutionary thought.
Learn more →Ruth Lehmann on Intellectual Freedom for Scientists
Lehmann argues that intellectual freedom for scientists, unconstrained by commercial interests, fuels unexpected discoveries — a case for protecting curiosity-driven basic research.
Learn more →Black Holes Are Simpler Than Forests, and Science Has Its Limits
Martin Rees reflects on why black holes are simpler than forests, yet our brains will reach the limits of explanation when we try to understand them — a meditation on the boundaries of scientific knowledge.
Learn more →Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Cancer-Diet Connection
Sam Apple unravels the process of cancer cell consumption and its implications for our approach to the disease, tracing Otto Warburg's discoveries and their tangled history.
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