Does a new genetic analysis finally reveal the identity of Jack the Ripper?
Scientists claim it’s the best evidence to date, but critics are skeptical".
Metallurgy, Chemicals
Vacuuming potato-size nodules of valuable metals in the deep sea, and an expedition to an asteroid 290 million kilometers away
On this week’s show: the environmental costs of deep-sea mining and a trip to the distant asteroid Ryugu".
Gene-edited foods are safe, Japanese panel concludes
Recommendation opens door to plants and animals produced using CRISPR and similar techniques".
U.S. researchers hope Congress will dig NSF out of a $1 billion budget hole
President’s 2020 request would shrink $8 billion agency to where it was in 2012".
Curing HIV just got more complicated. Can CRISPR help?
Scientists probe cellular hideouts for HIV and show that CRISPR can still cut the AIDS virus from DNA in monkeys".
WHO panel proposes new global registry for all CRISPR human experiments
The World Health Organization should also step up governance of human genome-editing research, group says".
If an alien ship left its trash near Earth, here’s what it might look like
New study imagines how we might see shiny alien debris".
Mysterious asteroid activity complicates NASA’s sampling attempts
Bennu’s boulders, ejection plumes shift mission plans".
Humans—like other animals—may sense Earth’s magnetic field
But does this subconscious sense help us find our way?".
NSF hopes Jason can lead it through treacherous waters
Research agency wants famed advisory group to look at balancing national security and open science".
