New Findings Hint At Life On Other Planets

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, gene editing to cure diabetes and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.

The James Webb Space Telescope has its sights set on seven planets circling a red dwarf star called Trappist-1, about 40 light-years away. One of them, Trappist-1e, may have…