“It is no use asking for the impossible, such as, say, the exact wiring diagram for a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and the way all its neurons are firing,” Crick wrote in Scientific America ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A comprehensive wiring diagram and functional map of a mouse brain's visual cortex, the largest to date, has been created from a cubic millimeter of tissue. This ...

By inserting an entire gene, the tool offers a one-and-done approach that overcomes hurdles from CRISPR gene editing technology—which is programmed to correct individual mutations—offering a ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex ...

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA that led to the birth of the pups. Dire wolves recently featured prominently in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

“The Voice” season 27 contestant Page Mackenzie is speaking out after the NBC singing competition edited out large portions of her time on the show. Page was eliminated after a Knockout ...

But when you know the size of the void between the truth and the onscreen edit, it is a bit like watching a Terminator movie and coming away thinking that Arnold Schwarzenegger may have anger issues.

Humor and art have been used to mock the powerful in Britain for centuries. Now Elon Musk is on the receiving end. By Michael D. Shear Reporting from London The mischievous posters began appearing ...

In an era where content creation is king, the demand for seamless and professional video editing has never been higher. The pressure to produce captivating video content is the thing. And this applies ...

Gene edit­ing pi­o­neer David Liu was award­ed one of three Break­through Prizes in Life Sci­ences for his in­ven­tion of base and prime edit­ing. The two … ...

Hannah is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Washington and completed the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism in 2020. View Full ...