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Rollout of Model 3 Is a Make-or-Break Moment

for Tesla

Rollout of Model 3 Is a

Make-or-Break Moment for

Tesla

Health

CRISPR Editing of Human Embryos Brings Us Closer to GMO Babies

A new development in CRISPR technology ignites ethics debates about how much control we should have over our own genome.

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Earth

Watch Swarms of Earthquakes Sweep Across Oklahoma

Animals

DNA Analysis Reveals Why ‘Water Bears’ Are the World’s Toughest Animal

Animals

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Modern-Day Ornery Bird’s Doppelganger

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VR

Standing in the Flames of a Prescribed Burn

Standing in the Flames of

a Prescribed Burn

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Diving Underwater With Elusive Devil Rays

Devil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. With their population dwindling, biologists are racing to learn more about these rays before they disappear.

VR

This Could Be the Death of Urban Astronomy

City lights are blinding our view of space, and its forcing urban astronomers to rethink the way they make observations. To make matters worse, a change in the type of lights being used could be the end of some observatories.

VR

Plunging Down An Ice Track At 80mph

Experience what it's like to go down an ice luge at high speeds and with no ability to see what's in front of you.

Health

Your Body Is Designed to Attack a New Organ,

Now We Know Why

Your Body Is Designed to

Attack a New Organ, Now We

Know Why

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Animals

Sex Can Be Complicated... For Snails With Backward Organs

Earth

Volcanic Whispers Are Helping Scientists Predict Eruptions

Energy

Stretchy Batteries Are Coming... Here's How They Work

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Astrophysics

As Much as Half of the Milky Way Likely Came

From Distant Galaxies

As Much as Half of the

Milky Way Likely Came From

Distant Galaxies

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Astronomy

A Dying Star's Explosive ‘Fireball' Blast Aimed a Beam of Gamma Rays at Earth

One of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever observed briefly released as much energy as the sun will emit over its lifetime, directing a narrow beam of gamma rays toward Earth by chance.

Exploration

This Is How Many People Have Died In Space

It's probably less than you think.

Exploration

You Can Now Explore the International Space Station With Google Street View

European and American space agencies worked with the tech company to capture the experience of floating through the station’s labs and peering out of its Earth-facing Cupola window.

Transport

Britain Proposes Ban on Gas and Diesel

Vehicles by 2040

Britain Proposes Ban on

Gas and Diesel Vehicles by

2040

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Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Calls Out Mark Zuckerberg’s Understanding of AI Risks as ‘Limited’

The Tesla and SpaceX founder has raised alarms over advanced machine intelligence, a concern that Zuckerberg said is “really negative” and “pretty irresponsible.”

Transport

NASA Posts Archive of Flight Test Videos on YouTube

The space agency is celebrating 70 years of aircraft testing by releasing a trove of old videos showing X-planes, lunar landers, and various space shuttles.

Transport

Elon Musk Claims ‘Verbal Approval’ to Build Hyperloop From DC to NYC

But the cities Musk says he plans to connect with an ultra-fast underground transportation system say they haven’t heard anything from him about the project.

Climate

Wildfires Are Raging Across the American West

Wildfires Are Raging

Across the American West

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Climate

Plants Are Absorbing More CO2 From the Atmosphere Without Using More Water

Flora around the world are sucking up 17 percent more heat-trapping gas than 30 years ago — and appear to be doing it without increasing water consumption.

Animals

The Science of Talking to Dogs in a Baby Voice

Most people make their voices higher pitched when talking to their pets. But does this Pet-Directed Speech have any influence on animals?

Behavior

A Universal ‘Language’ of Arousal Connects Humans and the Animal Kingdom

New research suggests that the ability to intuit emotional states from vocalization is hardwired in humans and land animals.

Health

Charlie Gard Has Died Following Parents’

Failed Bid for Treatment in the US

Charlie Gard Has Died

Following Parents’

Failed Bid for Treatment

in the US

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Mind

A Biological Theory of Consciousness May Be Within Reach

New research pinpoints the a-ha moment when information enters the human consciousness.

Health

Drinking Water Database Reveals the Dirtiest — and Cleanest — Supplies in the US

The Environmental Working Group compiled testing data for nearly 50,000 localities — and the results vary drastically across the country.

Health

John McCain's Brain Cancer: Here's What You Need to Know

While early detection for all cancers is important, a diagnosis of glioblastoma — the deadliest form of brain cancer — is always bad news.

Behavior

‘Buying Time’ Can Provide a Path to

Happiness

‘Buying Time’ Can

Provide a Path to

Happiness

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Behavior

To Friend or Unfriend? How Your Relationship Style Plays Out in Social Networks

For clues into how people form strong or weak social networks, psychologists looked at a phenomenon called attachment style — and they found some surprising online behavior.

Archaeology

5,000-Year-Long Tsunami Record Found in Guano-Encrusted Sumatran Cave

The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.

Culture

Scientists Are Corrupting Their Own Experiments, Here's How

The Observer Effect states that the very act of observation changes what we observe. If this is true, are their findings accurate?