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Scientists have turned to CRISPR, the gene-editing tool, to try to save the doomed grocery store (a.k.a. Cavendish) banana. The United Nations Climate Action Summit begins with a scathing speech by Greta Thunberg but ends without much commitment from the big emitters. The mysterious “Havana Syndrome” affecting US and Canadian diplomats in Cuba may be the result of repeated exposure to insecticides in an attempt to protect them from Zika-carrying mosquitoes. (Previously on ICYMI: Strange “sonic attacks” reported during this time were possibly flirtatious crickets). The dog breeder behind the first Labradoodle describes it as one of his life’s great regrets and “a Frankenstein monster." The world's oceans are rising faster than we thought. |
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