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Health 12 June 2019 Current techniques are based on the CRISPR-Cas9 complexCARLOS CLARIVAN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY By Michael Le PageCRISPR genome editing technology is revolutionising biology, but it could soon become even powerful. Two teams have developed new variants of the method based on “jumping genes” that might make it much easier to add pieces of…

End the scandalous male data bias that determines women’s health

Field notes from space-time | Star Trek’s light speed engines may not be possible in our universe, but we are learning more about the particles that fuel them Physics | Comment 12 June 2019 Paramount Pictures/RGABy Chanda Prescod-Weinstein EVERY year, I attend the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, and every year, I get asked…

Environment 12 June 2019 Good news for renewable energy firmsChris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Adam VaughanNorwegian MPs have backed a decision to divest the country’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund from oil and gas exploration firms and invest more in renewable energy companies that are not listed on stock markets. The coalition government had…

The rapid rise of robot-aided surgery ignores the fact that high-tech gadgets don’t always improve treatment outcomes but do increase costs Technology 12 June 2019 Machine arms get to work in the operating theatrePeter Menzel/SPL By Ruby Prosser ScullySURGERY performed with the help of a robot has been billed as the next revolution in healthcare:…

Large studies are needed before drugs can make it into pharmaciesPeoplepictures/Getty By Debora MacKenzieAn arthritis drug seems to significantly cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease – but there are no plans to find out if it really works. Last week, The Washington Post reported that pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has data showing that an arthritis…

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Environment 10 June 2019 Deforestation in Madagascar, which has lost many plant species to extinctionMinden Pictures / Alamy By Adam VaughanHumanity has caused an average of more than two plant species a year to be wiped off the Earth since the middle of the eighteenth century, according to the first comprehensive attempt to chart worldwide…