Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna worked in an obscure area of biology — how bacteria fight viral infections — when she helped make a discovery that could change life on Earth: CRISPR, a gene-editing tool capable of changing the DNA of any living thing almost as simply as using a find-and-replace …
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The Hellboy reboot’s dramatic new “Redband” trailer explores the complicated relationship between the titular demon (Stranger Things‘ David Harbour) and ancient British sorceress Nimue, the Queen of Blood (Milla Jovovich). The clip opens with a tease of Hellboy’s origin story, showing how the character was “summoned from the depths of …
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Michael Cohen sat before the House Oversight Committee for seven hours on Wednesday, fielding questions about President Trump while deflecting attacks on his own character. Trump’s former attorney and fixer offered a host of bombshell revelations,implicating his former boss in a host of federal crimes ranging from insurance fraud to …
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed the television debut of theirA Star Is Bornhit “Shallow” together at the Oscars. The track is a contender for Best Original Song at this year’s ceremony. Related: 20 Best, Worst and Most WTF Oscars 2019 Moments Gaga and Cooper walked from their front row …
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On Valentine’s Day 2018, a 19-year-old ex-student took an Uber to his old high school; he walked across the campus and into a three-story building, where he killed 17 people and injured 17 more. It was the sixth of 24 shootings in U.S. schools last year, but the incident at …
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After taking a break during Super Bowl weekend, Saturday Night Live returned with Halsey pulling double duty as both host and musical guest. The Hopeless Fountain Kingdom singer delivered a powerful, stripped-down performance of her Number One hit “Without Me.” While singing a piano ballad rendition of the track, a …
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On Tuesday, February 5th, Pope Francis offered his first public comments on what the Associated Press called a “global and pervasive” scandal that has quietly plagued the Roman Catholic Church for decades — the sexual abuse of nuns by bishops and priests. Last year, the Vatican refused to comment on …
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Customs and Border Protection agents discovered 254 pounds of fentanyl in a truck this weekend, NBC reports. It was the largest seizure of the synthetic opioid, which has caused countless overdose deaths, in U.S. history. The bust took place Saturday when a tractor-trailer was stopped trying to enter the U.S. …
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Steve Martin debuted his portrayal of the recently indictedRoger Stone in Saturday Night Live‘s cold open sketch that mocked Fox News’ response to Donald Trump ending the government shutdown. “Our top story tonight: Donald Trump’s heroic end to the shutdown. It did take him 31 days, but he was finally …
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Rain Phoenix, the sister of the late River Phoenix, has teamed up with Michael Stipe for a new song called “Time is the Killer.”The song will appear on Time Gone, a Double A-side single with her brother’s band Aleka’s Attic. It drops on February 14th via Kro Records/LaunchLeft but is …
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