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China appears set to be the Peenemunde of genetics. Dark roots now being planted for stiff you’ll hail as great human acts in about 30 years. (Peenemunde was the Nazi lab where modern rocketry was born)
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At a facility in China, scientists are CRISPRing brain disorders into monkeys, in order to understand them better. @sarahzhang visited the facility and wrote a fantastic feature about the ethics and promise of this research & the rise of science in China: theatlantic.com/science/archiv
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I make CRISPR sci plots in spare time. 🐒 If world takes this direction. Hanuman (Crispr'd monkeyman) could be BJP' new electoral weapon in 2050.
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Sci-fi plot: Results from @setiathome node running in the Dharavi, Mumbai slum home reveal existence of time capsule left behind by a post-globalWarmed-nowExtinct-EarthLike civilization that discovered Sophia frequency was key to fusion reaction and ultimate energy independence.
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"(Peenemunde was the Nazi lab where modern rocketry was born)" holy shit giant glowing [Citation Needed] I know it's a metaphor and beside the point but jesus christ
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