UNBELIEVABLE: 8 | History Defined

'5D' memory crystal claims to store data for eternity — the human genome has already been crammed onto a single small crystal

5D memory crystals, named as such for degrees of freedom and not literal dimensions, can be used to store hundreds of terabytes of information on a medium that shouldn't ever die.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 22, 2024

Scientists store human genome on crystal which can last billions of years

The University of Southampton team hopes the data could be used to bring humans back from extinction in the future.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

Monitoring the health of lakes through the microbes that live in them

A lake is much more than a body of water where we bask on sunny summer days. It’s also more than just a source of fresh water surrounded with nature and tranquility.

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2024

Designer Babies Are Here — So Why Aren't We Talking About It?

The societal implications of this technology are still vast. And researchers can already start exploring the ethics by engaging communities well ahead of time.

Inverse · Aug 18, 2024

Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon

Why ethical discussions with the target communities should happen sooner rather than later

Salon · Aug 17, 2024

Largest animal genome sequenced — and just 1 chromosome is the size of the entire human genome

Scientists sequenced the largest known animal genome in a species of lungfish — ancient fish that breathe air.

LiveScience · Aug 16, 2024

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the fungus devastating bananas worldwide

Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as the ones people were eating a few generations ago? The banana you might have had with your breakfast today is a variety called the Cavendish banana, while the one that was in grocery stores up…

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon − a medical anthropologist explains why ethical discussions with the target communities should happen sooner rather than later

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in genomic medicine, which is geared toward benefiting future patients, time and funding pressures make real-time ethics oversight difficult.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe

Project to study all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths finds ‘two species in the act of being created from one’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024

Perfectly preserved woolly mammoth DNA uncovered in Siberia could help resurrect species, scientists say

Discovery offers unprecedented insight into the genetic makeup of animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024