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CROPS

New program aims for insect delivery of protective genes to modify mature plants within a single growing season.
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Searching for the sounds of life

Dr. Jill Tarter and her team at SETI HQ spend their time listening for the signs of life out in space. So for all the living noise we make down here, will we hear the noise of other living beings out there?
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You know what I love about NASA?  The fact that when they say, “Hey, we should go to an asteroid and collect a sample of it to analyze in the hopes of better understanding our universe” that they mean it. …
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The sun. While it supplies life and energy for the people and plants that call the Earth home, also has the power to seriously disrupt humanity’s way of life. Periodically, the sun releases massive quantities of solar matter and electromagnetic …
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This is the fourteenth entry in the Armed with Science series, Dispatches from Antarctica. The series features Air Force Lt. Col. Ed Vaughan’s first-hand experiences on OPERATION: DEEP FREEZE, the Defense Department’s support of National Science Foundation research in Antarctica. …
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