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What's the right way for scientists to edit human genes? 5 essential reads

  • Written by Maggie Villiger, Senior Science + Technology Editor
Ethical frameworks, rules, laws: all try to have their say.Tati9/Shutterstock.com

Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with when and how to do it ethically. Is it reasonable to edit human genes with CRISPR? What about human genes in reproductive cells that...

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Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?

  • Written by Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Ph.D. Student in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goias
What factors contribute to some places having many, while other places have few?VLADGRIN/Shutterstock.com

People across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas through the use of thousands of distinct languages. These languages form a fundamental part of our humanity. They determine whom we communicate...

Read more: Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?

A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing rings

  • Written by Vahe Peroomian, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the Sun's blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before.

Many dream of what they would do had they a time machine. Some would travel 100 million years back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Not many, though, would think of taking a telescope with them,...

Read more: A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing rings

Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

  • Written by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan
Hendrix's version of the National Anthem combined reverence and revolution.nelag0/pixabay, CC BY

One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.

In his memoir, Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, admitted that the band “hadn’t...

Read more: Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

  • Written by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan
Hendrix's version of the National Anthem combined reverence and revolution.nelag0/pixabay, CC BY

One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.

In his memoir, Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, admitted that the band “hadn’t...

Read more: 50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US military

  • Written by Rebecca U. Thorpe, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
Since WWII, there's been strong partisan support for military spending.Mircea Moira/Shutterstock.com

The two-year budget deal signed into law in July marks a rare bipartisan agreement.

The deal adds US$320 billion over current spending levels spread across defense and non-defense programs, averting the threat of debt default until after the 2020...

Read more: One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US military

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning

  • Written by Nancy Fresco, SNAP Coordinator, Research Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Smoke from wildfires in Siberia drifts east toward Canada and the U.S. on July 30, 2019.NASA

The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres – an area nearly the...

Read more: Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

  • Written by Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has a dream for the Yucatan Peninsula. He wants to build a train that will leverage the tourism economy of Cancun by bringing more visitors inland to the colonial cities, Mayan villages and archaeological sites that dot the region.

The Yucatan is a unique Mexican cultural crossroads. Many Maya...

Read more: Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

Surprising volunteers with awards is one way to keep them on board

  • Written by Marlene Walk, Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI
Cub Scouts outings aren't possible without dedicated volunteers.Karin Hildebrand Lau/Shutterstock.com

The United States has a long tradition of volunteering. Back in 1737, for instance, Benjamin Franklin co-founded the nation’s first volunteer fire brigade in Philadelphia.

And this custom is still going strong. About 77.4 million Americans...

Read more: Surprising volunteers with awards is one way to keep them on board

We use satellites to measure water scarcity

  • Written by Emad Hasan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Visualization of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite in space over a tropical cyclone.NASA

Today, more than 700 million people around the world drink water from unsafe or untreated sources, such as wells, springs and surface water.

About half of these people live in sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, in more than 30 African countries,...

Read more: We use satellites to measure water scarcity

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