{"id":9132,"date":"2025-04-13T05:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T05:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/780662914360180736-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:17:23","slug":"780662914360180736-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/780662914360180736-2\/","title":{"rendered":"780662914360180736"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/x-files-creator-chris-carter-crispr-2016-6\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/x-files-creator-chris-carter-crispr-2016-6\",\"title\":\"The creator of 'The X-Files' says this is the coolest real science fact he learned from the reboot\",\"description\":\"The creator Chris Carter was fascinated by the science in the show.\",\"site_name\":\"Business Insider\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"022975dfa6b499700dce472163bd80be:eb0e7de1c5c851ba-c0\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":500}]}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/x-files-creator-chris-carter-crispr-2016-6\" target=\"_blank\">The creator of \u2018The X-Files\u2019 says this is the coolest real science fact he learned from the reboot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCRISPR-Cas9 allows scientists to manipulate the genome in unprecedented ways. 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