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Citizen monitoring and sampling of Canandaigua Lake NY water continues in a race to combat harmful algal blooms.

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In his comments on English identity, Konstantin Kisin was giving voice to a racial essentialism dangerously prominent on the right. By Ralph Leonard What does it mean to be English? Konstantin Kisin ...

CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell.

According to multiple research sites, mice are valuable tools for studying diseases in a laboratory setting. Here is what transgenic mice are.

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