8/17/16

8/17/16

News

• No one volunteered, so Boston will assign bodycams to police
• Cost of EpiPen continues to rise putting burden on people with allergies
• France’s Prime Minister has backed the banning of burkini swimsuits, saying they are not compatible with French values and are based on the “enslavement of women”

Science

• CRISPR-Cas9 breaks genes better if you disrupt DNA repair
• ‘Smoke waves’ will affect millions in coming decades
• Helsinki rolls out driverless bus pilot

Showerthoughts

• It's unacceptable to use drugs to enhance your Olympic performance, but perfectly acceptable to use autotune to win a Grammy.
• If you live past 112, you get to be a teenager again.
• If you die in the same hospital you were born in, your total displacement will be 0.

Cool Images

• Googly-eyed Squid found off the coast of California
• Synchronized jump
• While you're asleep