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In search of a cure, scientists look for where HIV hides
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The battle against AIDS, which began in the early 1980s and has succeeded in finding treatments to control the disease, is increasingly turning to a...
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Singing robots reflect tech’s humanity in opera of the future
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: A classical art form meets cutting-edge technology, an opera that will be simulcast, where viewers around the globe can interact with...
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The highest tech Cheez Whiz you’ve ever seen
Editor’s note: On Wednesday’s NewsHour, Miles O’Brien reports on 3-D printers shaping food, art and even human tissue. But first, Author A.J. Jacobs and his wife taste test a completely 3-D printed...
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Science students, why did you choose basic research?
What can a glowing green worm can teach us about our immune systems? Researchers at MIT hope to find out. Photograph by Rebecca Jacobson/NewsHour Long hours in the lab are the foundation of so many...
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From ballet shoes to human tissue, printing ideas into 3-D reality
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: There is yet another technological transformation underfoot. And this one turns ideas into physical realities right before your eyes. Science...
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Nuclear fusion as power source is one step closer to reality
An artist’s rendering laser beams entering a target capsule through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the tiny drum inside to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur....
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DNA traces Native Americans’ ancestry to Siberia
A nearly complete projectile point of dendritic chert, a mid-interval biface of translucent quartz, displaying heavy red ochre residue and an “end-beveled” rod made of bone, also exhibiting red ochre...
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Romancing the armpit
Perfumes and colognes often advertise pheromones that will make you irresistible to your mate. But neuroscientists say their product is all hogwash. Photo by Getty Images/Maskot A long list of...
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Crocodiles can climb trees, study finds
Crocodiles: no longer only a threat on the ground. Photo by Flickr user Ravi Jandhyala Despite the fact they lack the physical adaptations of a climber, crocodiles can climb trees and do it regularly,...
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Kerry calls climate change the world’s ‘most fearsome’ destructive weapon
Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty ImagesAKARTA, Indonesia — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world’s “most fearsome” destructive weapon and mocked those...
View ArticleWatch a massive asteroid pass by Earth, beginning at 9 p.m. EST
Video by Slooh.com An asteroid the size of three football fields is expected to zip by Earth at a close, but safe distance on Monday. Traveling at 27,000 mph, the celestial object 2000 EM26 will be...
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Physicist-turned-filmmaker captures seven years of ‘Particle Fever’
Theoretical physicist David Kaplan discusses his new documentary “Particle Fever,” which followed scientists around the world for seven years as they hunted for the Higgs boson. Video by Justin...
View ArticleWatch out for falling ice
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Video by ClickOrlando “Those icicles have been known to kill people!” One may be able to quote that line from 1983’s “A Christmas Story” by...
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How massive sloshing stars make fiery supernovas
Scientist at NASA believe they have discovered the final acts of a dying star, before it explodes into a supernova. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/SAO Scientists believe they have finally captured what...
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Why are starfish dying off the Pacific Coast? Ask the reporters who broke the...
Along the Pacific Coast, tens of thousands of starfish are dying. No one knows why. In January, Earthfix reporter Katie Campbell and diver and citizen scientist Laura James reported on the story for...
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Dogs have special ability to react to human speech, study shows
Dogs’ brains react to human voices in a very human way, a new study finds. Photo by Flickr user Pim GeertsIn a finding sure to delight many a dog lover, a study published Thursday suggests the brains...
View ArticleApple bug leaves devices vulnerable to hackers
If you own an Apple device running on iOS 7, you may need to take a minute over the weekend to install an important security update released by the company on Friday. Vulnerable devices include the...
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Crystal found in Australia confirmed as oldest known piece of the Earth
At 4.4 billion years old, a tiny zircon crystal about twice the size of a human hair is the oldest known piece of the Earth’s crust. Found on a sheep ranch in western Australia over a dozen years ago,...
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U.S. bees get $3 million
Bee colonies have been in peril since 2006. Photo by Flickr user Andreas The United States Department of Agriculture is set to provide $3 million for the nation’s ailing bees. Colony Collapse Disorder...
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Reporter turns in article about procrastination on time
Procrastination is more than poor time management. It’s a serious problem that affects our health, our relationships and our work. But what makes us put things off? Photo by Robert Daly/Getty Images...
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