6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1126+ words) Every person carries over 20,000 genes that determine everything from eye color to susceptibility to certain illnesses. When even a single gene mutates, it can lead to inherited conditions that medicine has traditionally managed but rarely cured. In recent years, CRISPR…...

1+ day, 29+ min ago  (900+ words) Some seabirds breeding in New Zealand's largest marine park struggled to raise chicks this summer, most likely because climate change is forcing them to travel too far in search of food. The Hauraki Gulf T'kapa Moana is a global hotspot…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (449+ words) Tiny crabs have secretly been playing an "unheralded role" in cleaning up the planet by hoovering up microplastics. A new study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, tracked a population of Fiddler crabs " which grow no bigger than the…...