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  1. Genetics

    CRISPR/Cas9 can reverse multiple diseases in mice

    A new gene therapy uses CRISPR/Cas9 to turn on dormant genes.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Physics

    Microwaved, hard-boiled eggs can explode. But the bang isn’t the worst part.

    Microwaved eggs can explode with a loud, but probably not ear-splitting, bang when pierced.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Health & Medicine

    What hospitals can do to help keep excess opioids out of communities

    Guidelines for prescribing opioids following a routine surgery prevented thousands of unnecessary pills from leaving the hospital, a new study finds.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Paleontology

    This new dinosaur species was one odd duck

    Weird dino swimmer had flipperlike limbs and a swanlike neck.