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bookcreative t1_j2akx0u wrote

CRISPR is an amazing technology, I hope the new advances roll out like an avalanche of life saving medicines!

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kenlasalle t1_j2al003 wrote

Wait.

It's a story in /UpliftingNews that is actually uplifting!

WHAT???

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Ok_Boat_7823 t1_j2b5kew wrote

Tl;dr: Food scarcity is only getting better and better thanks to smart farming and genetic crop science, medicine has taken massive leaps thanks to breakthroughs in vaccines and genetic science, lab grown meat is closer than ever, and James-Webb telescope is teaching us a bunch about the universe

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dreadpiratew t1_j2bmy45 wrote

Farming, malaria vaccine, telescope, wildlife, farming, worm vaccine, lab meat, cancer treatments. You’re welcome gif

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TimeAgentConsultant t1_j2c4uu4 wrote

  1. Peak agricultural land

  2. Deployed a malaria vaccine for the first time

  3. The James Webb telescope brought the universe into focus

  4. Wild mammals rebounded in Europe

  5. Farmers in the Philippines harvested the first large-scale genetically engineered “golden” rice crop

  6. Guinea worm disease reached near-eradication levels

  7. India developed its first cervical cancer vaccine

  8. Lab-grown meat got the green light from the U.S. FDA

  9. The SARS-COV-2 vaccine saved millions of lives

  10. CRISPR for cancer had a major breakthrough

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ShadowDurza t1_j2dwnri wrote

No matter what anyone says, the present is better than the past.

Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all.

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itsfuckingpizzatime t1_j2dy5l2 wrote

  1. Science
  2. Science
  3. Science
  4. Conservation Science
  5. Science
  6. Science
  7. Science
  8. Science
  9. Science
  10. Science

Fuck yeah science!

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Mathias1701 t1_j2e9ftf wrote

Replying to itsfuckingpizzatime (#1,228,930)

I would argue conservation is a type of science too. It does require at least some basic understanding of ecology. Also, in our complex world of human activities we have to study how what we do can affect conservation goals and outcomes.

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TheForsakenGuardian t1_j2ed93h wrote

Replying to goofgoon (#1,225,163)

You should probably understand the “science”and not take someone’s word for it. To think that scientists are incorruptible beings would be foolish at best. It’s a good way to get taken advantage of.

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domine18 t1_j2feyxs wrote

Replying to Incromulent (#1,223,729)

While the military in the USA does invest in science it also invests in bombs…. Wish more funding went to science. Like wish we as a species just collectively said,” yep our forefathers were shitheads, let’s drop our grudges and let people exist as they want.” But that’s asking too much of humanity.

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