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In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to make them immune to HIV and used the embryos to start pregnancies.The backlash against He was immediate. Scientists said the technology was too new to be used for human reproduction and that the DNA change amounted to genetic enhancement. The Chinese government charged him with “illegal medical practices” and he served a three-year prison sentence.Now, a New York-based startup called Manhattan Genomics is reviving the debate…
If you live in the US, among all phones that you can get officially straight from your carrier, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is your best bet when it comes to versatile camera performance. However, on the global market, things are a little bit different, as we have a much wider variety of players that push camera photography up to eleven. once again in collaboration with photography legend Zeiss. One of those is Vivo, which recently revealed its latest X300 Pro camera flagship, and it’s yet another all-out camera phone hailing straight from China that pushes the boundaries of what’s achievable on a…
Donald Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, have agreed to a one-year pause on the punitive Trump-instated tariffs that are at the heart of the ongoing trade war between the two superpowers. Among the issues discussed when the two leaders met face-to-face in the South Korean city of Busan were China’s chokehold on rare earth metals and the export restrictions on NVIDIA’s AI chips.Trump had previously made some characteristically explosive threats that he would impose new 100 percent tariffs on imports from China as a retaliation to Xi’s tightening grip on rare earths, the processing of which is almost entirely…
It would be hard to blame Nintendo for becoming used to getting its way when it comes to courts. In case after case, the Japanese behemoth crushes its prey, scoring millions in damages. But when it comes to the increasingly complex attempt to take down the enormous success of creature-collecting survival game Palworld, Nintendo has just taken a big blow, being denied a vital patent. In one of the more peculiar twists of the lengthy battle between Pokémon owners Nintendo and Palworld creators Pocketpair, Nintendo submitted a few new or revised patents to the courts to attempt to retrospectively claim rights to…
“Chemo brain” — chemotherapy-induced difficulties with focusing, thinking and remembering — may be caused by the cancer treatment’s disruption to the brain’s lymphatic system, an early-stage study suggests.The study zoomed in on the meningeal lymphatics, the drainage network found in the protective tissue layer surrounding the brain. Dysfunction in this network has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and traumatic brain injuries.Now, the new research, published Oct. 13 in the journal Communications Biology, has linked damage to the meningeal lymphatics with the brain fog that patients commonly experience after receiving chemotherapy. You may like Using human and mouse cells,…
The reports of the Galaxy S26 Edge death, as Mark Twain would put it, are greatly exaggerated. You know, this year’s ultra-thin Samsung flagship – the Galaxy S25 Edge – wasn’t selling all that well, so several leaks claimed the experiment was over. Then, we learned that the alleged Galaxy S26 Edge might be back on the table, but it’s probably not coming very soon. Once it comes – if it materializes – the Galaxy S26 Edge will have a tough time surviving in this cruel, cold world of ours.Let me explain.The Galaxy S25 Edge’s struggles The Galaxy S25 Edge…
Comparing Our Favorite Smart Christmas LightsHonorable MentionsHere are some of the other smart string lights we’ve tested for this story that are still available this year.Photograph: NanoleafNanoleaf Essentials Smart Holiday String Lights for $150: These lights work with Google Assistant, Alexa, and HomeKit, and they’re similar in look, style, and price to our top pick. The only major difference is that the cord splits in two—the idea is you start from the middle of the tree, not the bottom, and wrap one cord to the top and the other down to the bottom. It’s a little disorienting, and the cords…
LG and Ubisoft have teamed up to bring the motion-controlled rhythm game Just Dance Now to LG Smart TVs. The game will be available from December in the LG Gaming Portal for LG TV users in the US and Europe running webOS 22 or later, with no additional hardware required.Just Dance Now originally launched in 2014 as a mobile app for iOS and Android, before Ubisoft brought the game to Apple TV a year later. A main series spinoff aimed at people who don’t own a console, Just Dance Now offers a library of hundreds of songs that span decades…
Arc Raiders launches today across PC and console and it’s already tearing up the charts on Steam. The influx of players means some are experiencing day-one server issues, even as the extraction shooter is propelled into the Valve-owned storefront’s top-10 most-played games. Despite being $40, Embark Studios’ latest PVPVE game is already climbing past free-to-play games like Naraka: Bladepoint and Apex Legends. It’s currently ranked seventh overall with over 160,000 concurrent players and remains the best-selling game across all of Steam at the moment. Not bad for a Thursday release when most people are still at work or in school. But…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. November 5Full Beaver SupermoonNovember 5 through 12Taurids Meteor Showers Predicted to PeakNovember 17 through 19Leonids Meteor Shower Predicted PeakNovember 23Saturn Visible Without Rings A bull, a lion, a beaver and a raving lunatic walk into a bar…This month’s stargazing comes with a rich cast of characters, manifesting as two (or three?) separate meteor showers, the most super of moons, and a rare glimpse of Saturn without its most famous accessory. November 5: Full Beaver Supermoon “Full beaver supermoon” is not a combination of words that one…