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Wire up hives to keep bees happy and healthy

Wire up hives to keep bees happy and healthy

9 April 2014

A do-it-yourself hive, complete with sensors to track temperature, humidity and pollution will keep your bees happy and stress-free


The white walker: Longest horse trek crosses icy lake

The white walker: Longest horse trek crosses icy lake

9 April 2014

See a re-enactment of a 17-year-old Cossack officer's ride across frozen Lake Baikal in 1889 – part of a 9000-kilometre journey through a Siberian winter


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Synthetic biology can supplement traditional farmers

9 April 2014

Traditional spice producers and synthetic biologists don't have to compete – there's room for both


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Parental guidance advised over virtual embryos

9 April 2014

The ability to create simulations of unconceived children by virtually shuffling the prospective parents' genomes poses questions for us all


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DNA nanobots deliver drugs in living cockroaches

9 April 2014

A swarm of nanobots made of DNA can store molecules in their folds and deliver them to specific cells by performing complex calculations


Meet your unborn child – before it's even conceived

Meet your unborn child – before it's even conceived

9 April 2014

A service that creates digital embryos by virtually mixing two people's DNA will allow parents to screen out genetic disorders – and perhaps much more


We're offering $2m for the best ocean acidity mapping

We're offering $2m for the best ocean acidity mapping

9 April 2014

To keep the seas healthy, we need to measure how they are changing. It's no simple task, but here's an incentive, says oceans X Prize director Paul Bunje


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