New Technique Makes CRISPR Safer To Use, Better Gene-Editing Practice
Jul 03, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Science
By now, the whole scientific community has become wholeheartedly fascinated with the gene-editing tool, CRISPR. Its the single most powerful tool of its kind and one that has a lot of potential in curing diseases and...
President Trump Hurt His Own Voters With Paris Accord Withdrawal, Study States
Jul 03, 2017 22:24 pm UTC| Science
When President Donald Trump announced that he was going to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, his supporters cheered. However, a new study suggests that these are the same people who will suffer the most, both...
Neutron stars can reveal the universe's secrets and could be our GPS for deep space travel
Jun 30, 2017 17:25 pm UTC| Science
NASAs Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, is an X-ray telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in early June 2017. Installed on the International Space Station, by mid-July it will commence its...
Beauty and the microscope: what science can learn from art
Jun 30, 2017 17:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
As a scientist, I consider myself artistic in neither my abilities nor my observations of the world around me I am a physicist who has dedicated his career to controlled experiments, mathematical descriptions and...
Scientists To Create Heat-Resistant Cows, Preparing For Climate Change
Jun 30, 2017 16:59 pm UTC| Science
The earth is warming, causing massive changes in the planets weather patterns. This results in more heat and more thunderstorms. In order to prepare for the worst, scientists are turning to genetically modifying organisms...
Turkey bans teaching of evolution – but there's no better evidence for how life develops
Jun 28, 2017 16:25 pm UTC| Science Law
In the US there have been many attempts to expunge evolution from the school curriculm or demand that creationism the idea that all life was uniquely created by God is given equal treatment in science textbooks. While...
Space farms will feed astronauts and earthlings
Jun 28, 2017 16:10 pm UTC| Science
Editors note: Canada Day 2017 marks the sesquicentennial of Confederation. While the anniversary is a chance to reflect on the past, The Conversation Canada asked some of our academic authors to look down the road a...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects