“It’s the first civil rights bill of the new century of life sciences,” said veteran Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts last week, after the US Senate finally passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
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Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
Scientists Turn Light Into a “Supersolid” Form for the First Time—a Quantum Physics Revolution
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Scientists have achieved something never seen before—light has been transformed into a state that defies physics. It flows like a liquid yet holds its structure like a solid. This breakthrough could...
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Anand Mahindra shared a startling statistic that only 38.5% of internet traffic is human, with the rest generated by bots and other automated tools. T