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UK to vote on controversial three-person fertility treatment
A mother attends a sonogram in 2014. The U.K. is slated to vote on a controversial three-person in vitro fertility treatment next week. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Should doctors be allowed to exchange bad...
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Does spaceflight accelerate immune system aging?
Long-term space travel may not be kind on the human immune system. Photo by NASA Human expeditions to asteroids and Mars are potentially looming on the horizon, with programs such as Mars One even...
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Keystone XL’s climate impacts need to be revisited, EPA says
A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp’s planned Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen in Gascoyne, North Dakota November 14, 2014. Photo by Andrew Cullen/Reuters WASHINGTON — With the recent dip...
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Are you getting enough sleep?
Don’t sleep like this. Photo by Flickr user D Sharon Pruitt. When was the last time you woke up bright-eyed after a solid night’s rest? The National Sleep Foundation came out with sleep recommendation...
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Scientists try to regrow a dying coral reef 25 times faster than nature
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSEndangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic Slowing Great Barrier Reef Coral Growth Worries Scientists Even healthy corals...
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Smartphone accessory delivers HIV results in 15 minutes
These smartphone dongles can run blood tests for HIV and syphilis in 15 minutes, right in your doctor’s office. Photo by Samiksha Nayak A new smartphone attachment could provide almost immediate,...
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Hello, Pluto! New Horizons sends its first pictures of the dwarf planet
This gif shows New Horizon’s first two images of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, taken January 25 and January 27, 2015. New Horizons is the first exploratory mission to Pluto and its moons. Image...
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The $20 prosthetic knee that could change lives in India
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSMinds, Machines Merge to Offer New Hope for Overcoming Impairments The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees...
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Japan to probe melted Fukushima reactor with ‘snake’ robot
A new snake-like, shape-changing robot will be used to examine containment vessels within the Fukushima Daiichi plant, considered too radioactive for humans to enter. Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via...
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Report claims automakers have failed to make cars hacker-proof
With more technology being incorporated into automobiles every year, a U.S. Senator is arguing that automakers aren’t taking enough precautions against this technology being hacked. Photo by Flickr...
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How a simple ‘hello’ became the first message sent via the Internet
Internet technology consultant and former UCLA graduate student Charley Kline sits next to a teletype similar to the one he used to communicate with the Sigma 7 computer back in 1969, when he sent the...
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U.S. government pledges $3.2 million to save monarch butterfly
The U.S. government will allocate $3.2 million to aid the restoration of monarch butterfly populations. Photo by Flickr user Dwight Sipler WASHINGTON — The federal government on Monday pledged $3.2...
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Abra Cadabra! The science of how magicians influence decision-making
Card tricks use the magic of psychology to influence participants’ choices. Researchers, including a professional magician, set out to understand exactly how those influences worked. Photo by David...
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Why the term ‘three-person baby’ makes doctors wince
A new procedure uses genetic material from three people to make a baby free of mitochondrial disease. Further research on the “three-person baby” has been prohibited by the FDA, but was recently...
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Nearly a billion Monarch butterflies have vanished since 1990
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Peter Miller The Monarch butterflies population declined by approximately 90 percent or 970 million in recent years due to numerous threats, according to a U.S. Fish and...
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The Internet’s hidden science factory
Illustration by Edel Rodriguez In a small apartment in a small town in northeastern Mississippi, Sarah Marshall sits at her computer, clicking bubbles for an online survey, as her 1-year-old son plays...
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Miles O’Brien shows us how he adapts to living without his left arm
Miles watches the robotic arm at the Applied Physics Laboratory as he controls it. Photo by the Applied Physics Laboratory In 2011, I did a piece for the NewsHour called “Bionic Bodies.” It was story...
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How professional survey-takers are shaping scientific research
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSThe Internet’s hidden science factory The Quantified Self: Data Gone Wild? Researchers hope search engine will shed light on dark data JUDY WOODRUFF:...
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Will a robotic arm ever have the full functionality of a human limb?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSThe Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant Miles O’Brien shows us how he adapts to living...
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U.S. headed for a ‘mega-drought’ in 21st century, scientists warn
A man walks along Lake Travis after water receded during a drought in Austin, Texas September 10, 2011. Drier than normal weather in Texas with no precipitation for several months has caused lakes and...
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