technique
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A DNA-editing technique, base editing, was used on early-stage embryos to fix disease-causing mutations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Burning the oil, a technique known as an in situ burn, can prevent the slick from expanding.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Amazon tried tracking AI usage and displaying scores on a companywide leaderboard, but the technique failed because workers started inflating their usage scores, meaning they were likely not being very productive.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The technique tags the drugs with skeleton keys that open the barrier to everyday nutrients, like iron.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
With all its imperfections, modern science is a technique that is sufficiently well tuned to nature so that it works—it is a practice that allows us to learn reliable things about the world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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