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‘Space salad’ and ‘cosmic tomatoes’: How scientists plan to limit bone density loss in astronauts during deep space voyages

Monisha Ravisetti | CNET | 
Basically, the goal is to grow dwarf tomato plants (essentially cherry tomatoes) under two different light quality treatments in space, ...
Giving away free trees to address climate change? This company has plans to suck up CO2 with gene-edited forests

Giving away free trees to address climate change? This company has plans to suck up CO2 with gene-edited forests

Andy Altman | CNET | 
Living Carbon has developed a technique to genetically modify trees that can grow faster, and store more carbon. According to a ...
Plant-based meat: Wholesome food, science experiment—or both?

Plant-based meat: Wholesome food, science experiment—or both?

Brian Cooley | CNET | 
Makers of plant-based meat deal with a constant balancing act between promoting their products as simple, wholesome food and also ...
Lab-grown meat requires fewer farm inputs than livestock, but more energy. Is it really better for the planet?

Lab-grown meat requires fewer farm inputs than livestock, but more energy. Is it really better for the planet?

Brian Cooley | CNET | 
Cultured meat doesn't require grazing land or tons of feed. Instead it's grown in bioreactors like those already used to ...
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If the FDA doesn’t say they’re safe, ‘they won’t go to market’: What you should know about GMOs and food safety

Amanda Capritto | CNET | 
Glow-in-the-dark mice, silk-producing goats, venomous cabbage — these are all wacky and downright unsettling examples of what can happen when scientists tinker with ...
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Plant-based breakfast sausage is here. Beyond Meat scientists explain how it’s made

Caroline Roberts | CNET | 
The Beyond Breakfast Sausage will be on grocery store shelves towards the end of March at ACME, Albertsons, Vons, Whole ...
Viewpoint: 'GMOs cause cancer' and 17 other persistent health myths debunked

Viewpoint: ‘GMOs cause cancer’ and 17 other persistent health myths debunked

Amanda Capritto | CNET | 
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. Eating eggs gives you heart disease. Coffee stunts your growth. No, no and no again ...
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10 things you should know about Impossible Foods’ new GMO plant-based ‘pork’

Clifford Colby | CNET | 
Here comes the other faux white meat. Impossible Foods, the brand behind [2018's] Impossible Burger 2.0 craze, captivated the attention ...
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Should CRISPR be used to resurrect passenger pigeons, woolly mammoths and other extinct species?

Jackson Ryan | CNET | 
The planet is getting warmer, we're poisoning insect populations with reckless abandon and pulling fish out of the ocean at ...
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Hair loss? Stem cells offer promising cure

Michelle Starr | CNET | 
It's been theorised for years, but now human stem cells have resulted in hair growth for the very first time ...

Tiny tagalong probe tracks viruses

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore | CNET | 
Influenza, Ebola, and respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV) can be nasty little buggers, infecting their hosts with rash abandon and, especially ...

Your DNA profile as a song

Amanda Kooser | CNET | 
I've always wanted to have my very own theme song, like a hero in a movie. Now, I do. I ...

Using the human genome to ID viruses

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore | CNET | 
The following is an edited excerpt. Sometimes a concept is simple but the tech behind it is not. This is ...

FDA approves bionic eye for adults with rare genetic disease

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore | CNET | 
The following is an excerpt. For most of us, light-sensitive cells that line our retinas convert light rays into electrical ...
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