Chinese Academy of Sciences
After Moon and Mars missions, China eyes discovering exoplanets
Chinese scientists consider it is an opportunity to find another Earth-like planet, say Earth 2.0, where habitation is possible
New studies raise apprehension about use of CRISPR technology in medicine
Two independent studies, on rice and mouse embryos, found abundant off-target mutations in the experiments using CRISPR, where editing the DNA involved changes of base cytosine to thymine.
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