This week, the brain is the equivalent of a locked room, but this hasn't stopped scientists

looking for the keys.

We did not know what are the gates in and what are the gates out.

And the mystery of Greenland's disappearing lakes.

There were small micro-fractures opening up all throughout camp.

Plus the latest in CRISPR gene editing, as well as the Italian scientists being investigated by

the police. This is the nature podcast for June 2nd, 2015. I'm Adam Levy. And I'm Kerry Smith.

Who knows why, but some ideas just become overnight successes.

Cat videos on the internet.

Learning the Gangnam style dance.

Well, in biology right now, there's only one trend worth talking about.

CRISPR.

CRISPR is a genome editing technique that emerged only a couple of years ago.

And it's exploding.

One of the pioneers of the technique is Jennifer Dowdner.

She keeps a list of every organism that scientists have crisped so far.

I think we're up to a few dozen.

You know, it's covering a range of animals, fungi, plants, of course, also various kinds of

organisms that traditionally have not been tractable genetically.

CRISPR allows geneticists to edit the genome as they might edit a piece of text,

snipping just where they want.

It's actually a system stolen from bacteria who use it

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