GM plants with bigger roots could suck more carbon out of the atmosphere, mitigating climate change

GM plants with bigger roots could suck more carbon out of the atmosphere, mitigating climate change

Caleigh Wells | 
[S]cientists like Wolfgang Busch, Salk Institute for Biological Studies professor, are trying to harness the carbon-sucking power of plants to ...
Could vaccines accelerate the evolution of more dangerous mutant COVID variants?

Could vaccines accelerate the evolution of more dangerous mutant COVID variants?

Richard Harris | 
Some scientists have argued that it would be better to use the scarce vaccines to give first doses to as ...
Did closing schools cost lives?

Did closing schools cost lives?

Anya Kamenetz | 
Killing people? Because of several months of Zoom school? How could that be?  Well, there is a well-documented association between ...
Infographic: How dangerous COVID mutant strains develop

Infographic: How dangerous COVID mutant strains develop

Michaeleen Doucleff | 
Sometime in 2019, probably in China, SARS CoV-2 figured out a way to interact with a specific "spike" on the ...
Protection, Kansas was the first town in the nation to be fully vaccinated against polio. Now it’s an epicenter of vaccine skepticism.

Protection, Kansas was the first town in the nation to be fully vaccinated against polio. Now it’s an epicenter of vaccine skepticism.

Jim McLean | 
Sixty-four years ago, residents of this tiny town in southwestern Kansas set a public health example by making it the ...
Why are COVID cases declining dramatically in India?

Why are COVID cases declining dramatically in India?

Lauren Frayer | 
[Four months after a COVID case surge], India's coronavirus numbers have plummeted. Late last month, on Jan. 26, the country's ...
18 months later, first sickle cell patient treated with CRISPR is still pain free

18 months later, first sickle cell patient treated with CRISPR is still pain free

Rob Stein | 
[35-year-old Victoria] Gray is the first person in the United States to be successfully treated for a genetic disorder, [sickle ...
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