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Don’t crack under pressure! Explore the scientific—and sometimes sleazy—secrets to win a wish at this year’s Thanksgiving wishbone pull.

Using the CRISPR–Cas9 system, scientists can do much more than gene editing—they can boost gene transcription or use fluorescent proteins to paint and track a chromosome. In this Nature Video animation, several innovative uses for CRISPR are outlined and explained. 

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on October 31, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

An isolated group of orangutans in Sumatra is the first new great ape species described since the 1920s, and could be the most critically endangered. 

Squashing the competition at a giant pumpkin weigh-off requires patience, persistence—and a little bit of luck. ​

Astrophysicists searching for gravitational waves have finally learned what happens when you crash two neutron stars together--and it's very, very shiny.

Hidden cameras caught these cats sharing prey with their neighbors, suggesting pumas have a more complex society than previously believed.

When an African wild dog is ready to stop lazing about, it votes to go hunting by sneezing.

Researchers train high-speed video on schooling fish to track the motion of each individual, revealing how information and decisions travel through the group.

"Lens of Time: Secrets of Schooling" was first published on bioGraphic©2016 California Academy of Sciences

The tools we build to explore our deep oceans might one day explore ocean world across the solar system. A new observatory called ABISS that can transmit video and long-term chemical measurements at broadband speeds from the seafloor using a system of flashing lights instead of a traditional tether.

The Cassini spacecraft has spent the last two decades exploring Saturn and its unique moons, making discoveries that will advance space exploration for years to come. Scientific American editors Lee Billings and Mike Lemonick offer a proper sendoff to this historic orbiter.

Glass and metal surfaces temporarily "blind" a bat by bouncing sound waves in the wrong direction, which sometimes results in a collision.

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on September 7, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

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