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Researcher claims CRISPR-edited twins are born. How will science respond?

  • Written by: Dimitri Perrin, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Researcher claims CRISPR-edited twins are born. How will science respond?Chinese scientist He Jiankui of Shenzhen claims he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies.from www.shutterstock.com

Gene editing technology is revolutionising biology – and now twin human baby girls may be a living part of this story.

Today several media outlets report that a team of scientists in China has used CRISPR...

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Does everyone need eight hours of sleep?

  • Written by: Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation
does everyone need eight hours of sleep?How much sleep we need depends on us as individuals and varies by age. from www.shutterstock.com

Many of us try to live by the mantra eight hours of work, eight hours of leisure, eight hours of rest. Conventional wisdom has long told us we need eight hours of sleep per day, but some swear they need more, and some (politicians, mostly) say they...

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How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'

  • Written by: Kieren Mitchell, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) & Centre for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Adelaide
How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'An artist's impression of Siberian unicorns (_Elasmotherium_) walking in the steppe grass on a cloudy day.Shutterstock/Elenarts

A mysterious shaggy giant species of rhinoceros – named the Siberian unicorn due to its enormous single horn – turns out to have survived in western Russia until just 36,000 years ago, according to research publ...

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Our long fascination with the journey to Mars

  • Written by: Paulo de Souza, Science Leader – Cybernetics, CSIRO
Our long fascination with the journey to MarsSigns of life on Mars? These are the tracks of NASA's Curiosity rover exploring the Martian landscape.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

It’s touchdown again on Mars, with NASA’s InSight probe due to land today. This latest mission will continue our exploration of much that is still unknown about the planet.

As seen from Earth, the big red dot in the...

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