Jan 22 2018
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Early in the morning a few days before Christmas, I was sitting in the living room of my mom’s New Zealand apartment,…
Dec 5 2017
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A powerful and controversial new genetic engineering technology called a gene drive offers the potential to…
Nov 16 2017
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For the native species of New Zealand, European settlement was particularly cruel. The country has no endemic land…
Jul 20 2017
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For more than half a century, scientists have dreamed of harnessing an odd quirk of nature— “selfish genes,” which…
Apr 6 2017
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The stoat—a small, adorable, weasel-like mammal—is the one of the largest ecological threats in New Zealand. It’s a…
Feb 10 2017
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That the kiwi bird still exists at all is something of a marvel. Its native New Zealand has no endemic land…
Jan 4 2017
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Malaria is among the world’s deadliest diseases. It killed King Tut and Genghis Khan, along with as many as half of…
Dec 30 2016
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This week, researchers at UCSF announced they’d uncovered a key to making their genetically-engineered creations a…
Dec 27 2016
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The gene drive is quickly becoming one of the most controversial technologies of our time. Its possibilities are at…
Dec 22 2016
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Of all the potentially apocalyptic technologies scientists have come up with in recent years, the gene drive is…