A Science Story
Summary: There are amazing stories behind almost all scientific discoveries that deserve to be told. By hearing the stories, we can also learn some of the cool science that made it all possible along the way. Science can be fun, interesting, and engaging!
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- Artist: Wyatt Kern
- Copyright: A Science Story, 2018. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to A Science Story and asciencestory.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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Imagine an amputation without anesthesia. Hard, right? Well, it wasn't too long ago that this was reality. Surgeons would have to work at lighting speed to reduce pain as much as possible. Because of anesthesia, the medical field changed completely.
What started off as a study of the immune system of unique bacteria turned into CRISPR, a powerful gene-editing technology that can accurately and efficiently edit our DNA. Wat should we do with this technology? How far should we go? How far WILL we go? If you don't know what CRISPR is, now is the time to learn.
Many people sacrificed everything to make humanity aware that the universe doesn't revolve around us. At the time, this idea was revolutionary. With any revolutionary idea comes those who are willing to do anything to stop it.
Alexander Fleming came back from his vacation to find that his experiments had all been a failure. What he didn't know is that this failure along with World War II would leave humanity with penicillin, a drug that would change history.
