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CRISPR/Cas9: a gene-editing tool with promise and peril

Chinese researcher, He Jiankui, has claimed to be the first person in the world to use an editing tool called CRISPR/Cas9 to genetically engineer a pair of twin babies. This technology is relatively fast, simple and inexpensive and opens doors to potentially lucrative biotech and medical advances, as well as sparking intense ethical debate.

November 30, 2018
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These African giant pouched rats are trained for search and rescue at Apopo, a Belgian non-profit centre, in Morogoro, Tanzania. The rats wear hi-tech backpacks equipped with a location device,...02:19
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Giant rats wearing hi-tech backpacks trained for disaster rescue
November 8, 2022
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The annual net flow of scientific authors into the US dropped by more than two-thirds between 2018 and 2022, while the figure for China surged nearly 80 per cent08:30
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What’s behind the exodus of US-based Chinese academics?
February 21, 2025
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Deepest lab on Earth opens in China
December 8, 2023
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Deepest lab on Earth starts operations in China
December 8, 2023
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China is drilling a 10,000-metre-deep hole to explore Earth’s crust
June 7, 2023
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China’s Shenzhou 16 mission begins journey to space
May 30, 2023
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‘Digital bridge’ helps paralysed man walk again
May 25, 2023
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Chinese study uses monkey brain signal to move robotic arm
May 8, 2023
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Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer Beatriz Flamini has missed major world events, such as the start of the war in Ukraine and the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, because she had literally...03:21
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Extreme athlete in Spain emerges from a cave after 500 days
April 18, 2023
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Chinese engineers have successfully tested a high-speed magnetic levitation train system on March 31, 2023, with a test run that involved carriages travelling at a top speed of about 600km/h ...01:17
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Chinese levitating trains that may soon rival airline speeds
April 4, 2023
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A team of researchers from China and New Zealand has made an epic voyage to the Kermadec Trench aboard a Chinese-made submersible Fendouzhe, or Striver. At its deepest point, the Kermadec Trench...02:25
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China and New Zealand researchers discover strange sea creatures in Kermadec Trench
February 24, 2023
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Chinese astronauts aboard Shenzhou 15 completed their first batch of extravehicular activities (EVAs) on February 10, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu...02:19
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China’s latest space crew perform their first spacewalk
February 10, 2023
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An experimental drug for treating Alzheimer’s disease has successfully slowed cognitive decline in a trial. The drug makers, Japan-based Eisai and US-based Biogen, said the drug may carry a risk of...00:54
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New Alzheimer’s drug is effective, but comes with side effects
December 15, 2022
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Palaeontologists in Australia have announced the discovery of a rare Elasmosaurus fossil with a complete skeleton from 100 million years ago in McKinlay, Queensland. The Elasmosaurus is an ancient...01:20
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Palaeontologists find rare complete Plesiosaur fossil in Australia
December 12, 2022
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US space agency Nasa's Orion capsule splashed down into the Pacific on December 11, 2022, after completing an uncrewed mission to the moon and back in 25 days. The test flight paved the way for...02:09
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Orion brings Nasa step closer to returning humans to moon
December 12, 2022
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China’s Shenzhou-14 crew landed on Earth on December 4, 2022, after accomplishing notching up two historic firsts for the Chinese space programme. During their 183 days in space, the three...02:28
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China’s Shenzhou-14 returns to Earth after 6 months in space
December 5, 2022
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Chinese astronaut Deng Qingming waited nearly 25 years before finally fulfilling his dream of travelling in space. Deng is part of a three-member crew on the Shenzhou 15, which will lift off on...01:38
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Chinese astronaut finally gets his chance to go to space
November 29, 2022
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China has expanded the inhalable Covid-19 vaccine nationwide, according to state network China Central Television (CCTV) on November 18, 2022. Health authorities have said the vaccine is targeted...00:57
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China expands inhalable Covid vaccine nationwide
November 21, 2022
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‘China is a frenemy’: Neil deGrasse Tyson on space race
November 19, 2022
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Customs officials at a port in Zhuhai in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong made a surprise discovery of a new species of cockroach while inspecting a shipment of logs infested with the...01:27
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New cockroach species found in logs intercepted at Chinese port
November 15, 2022
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A drone air taxi has successfully completed its first test flight in conventional air traffic. The pilot manoeuvre, which took place on November 10, 2022 just outside Paris, marks an important step...01:38
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Drone taxi completes maiden test flight in real-life air traffic
November 11, 2022
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Divers from a documentary crew looking for the wreckage of a World War II aircraft off the coast of Florida have found more than they bargained for. The operation on May 22, 2022, instead uncovered...01:34
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Debris from space shuttle ‘Challenger’ found
November 11, 2022