Will Better Superconductors Transform the World?

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What's the Future of Gene Editing?

One of the most surprising and remarkable discoveries in recent scientific history has been CRISPR. Short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR is a form of immune system that evolved in bacteria more than a billion years ago to defend against pers ...  Show more

More Conversations, Complex Questions, and Bold Ideas in Season Five of 'The Joy of Why'

What is the future of gene editing with CRISPR? Has AI changed mathematics forever? Will we find other civilizations in the universe? What if we’ve been wrong about dark energy all along? These are just a few of the big, bold questions we’ll be exploring in the new season of The ...  Show more

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