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Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

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This is the history of Monsanto’s herbicides…

The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever Done

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The biggest problems in the world might be solved by tiny molecules unlocked using AI.

5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything

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CRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.

Bee-Inspired

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The pioneering startup BloomX has developed devices like the Robee and Crossbee to mimic the different pollination strategies of bees.

CRISPR's Next Advance Is Bigger Than You Think

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You've probably heard of CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that allows us to edit the DNA in living organisms.

The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear

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A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.

What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology

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A biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.

How To Make Plastic From Seaweed

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A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed.

CRISPR

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What exactly is CRISPR Cas9? Find out in this science-ified version of "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande, by 8th graders from The Nueva School.

This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg

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At MIT's Media Lab, researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds, making a robotic foot move as seamlessly as a biological one.

These SCP’s Could End The World

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The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!

Hacking bacteria to fight disease

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Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA.

Hacking bacteria to fight cancer

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Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA.

How to 3D print human tissue - Taneka Jones

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Explore the science of bioprinting, a type of 3D printing that uses bioink, a printable material that contains living cells.

Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler

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Why do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.

The wild world of carnivorous plants

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Venus fly traps, bladderworts and sundews, oh my! Learn about carnivorous plants and their predatory antics to lure, trap and digest prey.

Magnetic Micro-Robots

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Tiny robots activated by magnetic fields may be used in future biomedical procedures.

How to biohack your cells to fight cancer

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Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.

Where Do Teeth Come From?

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Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But how do they grow? Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology that will blow your mind.

See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself

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How do you cool a building without air conditioning?

What If We Could Teleport?

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Could teleportation ever be possible?