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We should genetically engineer ticks and release them into the environment, so they can infect people with a meat allergy.

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For decades, chronic pain patients have been told to suffer without real relief. Now, thanks to low-quality studies on ...

Bluetoothing” (also called flashblooding) involves injecting someone else’s drug-laced blood to try to get high. It's a near-perfect way to spread HIV, and it won’t deliver a high. Here’s why. Just ...

From grade-school “remedial” teaching to the Nobel stage, molecular biologist Carol W. Greider turned obstacles into fuel for discovery. Her groundbreaking discovery of a crucial enzyme, telomerase, ...