Teens May Have Come Up with a New Way to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Using CRISPR Gene Editing

Teens May Have Come Up with a New Way to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Using CRISPR Gene Editing

Tick species that spread Lyme disease – credit CDC From 60 Minutes comes the story of a Georgia science team that carried the Stars and Stripes to Europe for an international science competition and finished in the top ten by using genetic engineering to develop a superior testing and treatment method for Lyme disease. If … Read more

Gen Z is Turning Out to be More Financially Strategic Than Their Stereotype Portends

Gen Z is Turning Out to be More Financially Strategic Than Their Stereotype Portends

Credit: Igal Ness Is Gen Z the strategic generation? A new poll shows they are shunning impulse spending in favor of long-term goals. The new nationwide survey of 2,000 Gen Z American adults (defined as those born between 1997 and 2012) revealed that one in three (33%) identified themselves as planners who budget, track spending, … Read more

Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates

Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates

SWNS A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of visual cues. In Morse code, a short duration flash or “dot” denotes a letter “E” and a long duration flash— or “dash”—means letter “T”. Until now, the ability to discriminate between “dot” and “dash” has been seen … Read more