Athletes, Amnesia, and Australia: Week in Review

This Week’s NOVA Next Feature

A new wave of CRISPR-edited crops has the potential to end the use of pesticides. NOVA Next contributor Brooke Borel reports the story.

In other news:

• Olympic athletes are experimenting with VR and electric brain stimulation .
• Huge seabird flies for months at a time by napping in 12-second bursts .
• ‘Amnesic shadow’ suggests that people could actively repress memories .
• Australia is moving itself 1.8 meters north on maps .

What We’re Reading

• In the future, you could be identified by the distinct shape of your ear . [Nautilus]
• A very large sinkhole recently opened up in an Australian backyard. [The New York Times]
• For the first time, a private company has been granted permission to land on the moon . [Scientific American]
• The National Institutes of Health wants to lift the moratorium on funding for part-human, part-animal embryos. [NPR]
• Meet the college dropout who invented the gravitational wave detector. [Science Magazine]