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Resurrection Plants: A Key to Drought-Resistant Crops
Scientists are studying resurrection plants, capable of surviving months without water, to improve crop drought resistance, addressing projected agricultural losses from climate change estimated at \$16.6 billion in the US in 2023 alone.
Resurrection Plants: A Key to Drought-Resistant Crops
Scientists are studying resurrection plants, capable of surviving months without water, to improve crop drought resistance, addressing projected agricultural losses from climate change estimated at \$16.6 billion in the US in 2023 alone.
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44% Bias Score
Mixed Results in Private Space Exploration: Odin Fails, Blue Ghost and Athena Land
AstroForge's Odin spacecraft failed during its asteroid-mining mission, while Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed and began operations, and Intuitive Machines' Athena lander landed but malfunctioned, ending its mission prematurely.
Mixed Results in Private Space Exploration: Odin Fails, Blue Ghost and Athena Land
AstroForge's Odin spacecraft failed during its asteroid-mining mission, while Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed and began operations, and Intuitive Machines' Athena lander landed but malfunctioned, ending its mission prematurely.
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40% Bias Score
Gene-edited Mouse Mimics Woolly Mammoth Traits, Raising De-extinction Hopes
Colossal Biosciences announced the creation of a genetically modified mouse with several traits resembling a woolly mammoth, a crucial step in their plan to resurrect extinct animals, using gene-editing techniques; however, experts question the feasibility and ethics of translating this to elephants...
Gene-edited Mouse Mimics Woolly Mammoth Traits, Raising De-extinction Hopes
Colossal Biosciences announced the creation of a genetically modified mouse with several traits resembling a woolly mammoth, a crucial step in their plan to resurrect extinct animals, using gene-editing techniques; however, experts question the feasibility and ethics of translating this to elephants...
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48% Bias Score
Gene-Edited Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards Mammoth De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences created a woolly mammoth-like mouse by genetically modifying a lab mouse with eight edits to seven genes, demonstrating a key step in its plan to resurrect extinct animals like the woolly mammoth, despite concerns regarding cost and ethical implications.
Gene-Edited Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards Mammoth De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences created a woolly mammoth-like mouse by genetically modifying a lab mouse with eight edits to seven genes, demonstrating a key step in its plan to resurrect extinct animals like the woolly mammoth, despite concerns regarding cost and ethical implications.
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40% Bias Score
Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards Mammoth Resurrection
Colossal Biosciences created a woolly mouse with mammoth-like traits by modifying eight genes, aiming to validate its approach for resurrecting extinct animals; however, concerns remain about the applicability of this technique to elephants and the ethical implications.
Woolly Mouse: A Step Towards Mammoth Resurrection
Colossal Biosciences created a woolly mouse with mammoth-like traits by modifying eight genes, aiming to validate its approach for resurrecting extinct animals; however, concerns remain about the applicability of this technique to elephants and the ethical implications.
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40% Bias Score
Sorghum Genes Identified for Striga Resistance
Chinese scientists discovered two sorghum genes that, when disabled, significantly increase resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant costing \$10-12 billion annually in global economic losses, offering a potential solution to improve food security.
Sorghum Genes Identified for Striga Resistance
Chinese scientists discovered two sorghum genes that, when disabled, significantly increase resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant costing \$10-12 billion annually in global economic losses, offering a potential solution to improve food security.
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EU Approves Less Stringent GMO Regulations
EU member states approved a compromise on less stringent genetic engineering regulations, reducing hurdles for research and sales of genetically modified plants and potentially relaxing labeling requirements; this decision, however, allows individual states to ban the cultivation of significantly mo...
EU Approves Less Stringent GMO Regulations
EU member states approved a compromise on less stringent genetic engineering regulations, reducing hurdles for research and sales of genetically modified plants and potentially relaxing labeling requirements; this decision, however, allows individual states to ban the cultivation of significantly mo...
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52% Bias Score
Mixed Results in Recent Space Missions: Successes and Failures
AstroForge's Odin spacecraft failed en route to an asteroid, while Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the moon, collecting data, and Intuitive Machines' Athena lander made a record-breaking but unsuccessful landing at the lunar south pole.
Mixed Results in Recent Space Missions: Successes and Failures
AstroForge's Odin spacecraft failed en route to an asteroid, while Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully touched down on the moon, collecting data, and Intuitive Machines' Athena lander made a record-breaking but unsuccessful landing at the lunar south pole.
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40% Bias Score
Gene-Edited Mice: A Step Towards Woolly Mammoth De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences announced it successfully edited 7 genes in mice to give them a woolly mammoth-like coat and fat layer, a step towards their goal of de-extincting woolly mammoths using CRISPR technology and an artificial womb, raising ethical and ecological concerns.
Gene-Edited Mice: A Step Towards Woolly Mammoth De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences announced it successfully edited 7 genes in mice to give them a woolly mammoth-like coat and fat layer, a step towards their goal of de-extincting woolly mammoths using CRISPR technology and an artificial womb, raising ethical and ecological concerns.
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64% Bias Score
Woolly Mammoth-Like Mouse Created, Advancing Colossal's Extinct Animal Resurrection Project
Colossal Biosciences successfully created a woolly mouse by genetically modifying seven genes, showcasing its gene-editing capabilities and advancing its plan to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct animals, although concerns regarding the animal's cold-tolerance and the overall project's ...
Woolly Mammoth-Like Mouse Created, Advancing Colossal's Extinct Animal Resurrection Project
Colossal Biosciences successfully created a woolly mouse by genetically modifying seven genes, showcasing its gene-editing capabilities and advancing its plan to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other extinct animals, although concerns regarding the animal's cold-tolerance and the overall project's ...
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40% Bias Score
Genetically Modified Woolly Mice: A Step Towards Mammoth-Like Elephants
Colossal Biosciences announced the creation of woolly mice, a step towards genetically engineering mammoth-like elephants to combat arctic permafrost thaw and reduce carbon dioxide emissions; however, the project faces ethical and scientific criticism.
Genetically Modified Woolly Mice: A Step Towards Mammoth-Like Elephants
Colossal Biosciences announced the creation of woolly mice, a step towards genetically engineering mammoth-like elephants to combat arctic permafrost thaw and reduce carbon dioxide emissions; however, the project faces ethical and scientific criticism.
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56% Bias Score
Lab-Grown Eggs and Sperm: UK Fertility Watchdog Reviews Ethical Implications
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is reviewing the ethical and medical implications of lab-grown eggs and sperm, a technology projected to be viable within a decade, raising concerns about solo parenting, multiplex parenting, and the potential for eugenics.
Lab-Grown Eggs and Sperm: UK Fertility Watchdog Reviews Ethical Implications
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is reviewing the ethical and medical implications of lab-grown eggs and sperm, a technology projected to be viable within a decade, raising concerns about solo parenting, multiplex parenting, and the potential for eugenics.
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60% Bias Score
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