Up To Date | Genetically Editing Fat Tissue, A Turing Test For Water, and Another Mars Lander
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University of Copenhagen scientists managed to genetically delete an enzyme in mice that made it impossible for them to get fat, even on a very fatty diet; Alan Turing wrote a paper in 1952 that is still having impacts on science today in ways you may not expect; and NASA sends the InSight Lander to Mars.
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