DNA – Weapon of Mass Distraction

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What’s Going on at Fox News?

March 19, 2019

Fox News suspended Judge Jeanine Pirro for two weeks by Fox over her comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and then hired disgraced former DNC chair Donna Brazile as a political commentator.

SciFriday: Reprogramming the Human Brain

September 28, 2018

Researchers at the University of Maryland, working with the U.S. Army, say they’ve developed a method of transmitting information between microelectronics and biological systems like the human brain.

SciFriday: 5G Trades DNA for Data

July 20, 2018

5G promises mobile phone data speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G. The only problem is the physical effects from 5G signals — for one, it unzips DNA.

Hacking the DNA ladder

April 17, 2018

The EU has approved trials to change the human genome to fight a specific blood disorder, while Japan has given a green light to human-animal chimeras.

Artificial DNA and the ancient cult of the dead

January 5, 2018

Researchers want to create synthetic DNA to find a way to allow robots and humans to mate.

SciFriday: Experimenting on Human Embryos

September 29, 2017

Now that researchers have started down the slippery slope of experimenting on humans, how far will they go?

Gene editing on human embryos in the U.S.

August 3, 2017

Researchers in Oregon recently edited the genes of human embryos, the first time this has been done in the U.S.

SciFriday: What’s Anti-Matter You?

July 28, 2017

Josh Peck joins Sharon and Derek to discuss the mysterious Majorana particle, which is both matter and antimatter.

Inhuman DNA and a plot to take out Trump

July 25, 2017

Two big stories today: The discovery of so-called non-human DNA in our genome and an alleged plot to “take out” President Trump.

SciFriday: Storing video on DNA

July 14, 2017

Scientists have successfully saved a short video clip and retrieved it from the DNA of bacteria.

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