Gizmodo Australia
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Designer Babies Won’t Be Common Anytime Soon
Despite reports that two genetically modified babies have been born in China I don’t think you’ll be seeing designer babies soon. This is not just because the laws in many countries, and scientific norms in others, prevent this, but for a much simpler reason: genome editing technology has, and will always have, limits. Limits that…
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Australia And The Apollo 8 Mission That Sent A Christmas Message From The Moon
It was on December 21, 1968, that Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy, in Florida, sending US astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr and William Anders on the world’s first human mission to the Moon. A few days later – on Christmas Eve Houston time, Christmas Day in Canberra – the three astronauts had just…
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When To Buy A New Phone
Phones are hard. It feels like there is never really a right time to buy a new one. Every week you wait means that your coveted model is closer to being replaced. Gotta love that relentless yearly upgrade cycle. Even if you’re buying close to the release date, there’s always questions around whether you’re buying…
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What Existed Before The Big Bang?
What existed before the big bang? Did something have to be be there in order to go boom? To be truthful, we’re not sure what was before the Big Bang. The whole idea of “before” is not as simple as it sounds – as we’ll soon discover.