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How Scientists Decide Which Animal Genomes to Sequence
There are an estimated 8.7 million species on Earth–it’s unlikely scientists will ever sequence them all
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Hemingway’s Earliest Piece of Fiction Discovered
The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland
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Could a Magnetic Shield Protect Earth From Space Weather?
A bad geomagnetic storm would fry the electric grid and cripple civilization for years—a space shield is cheap by comparison
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Controversial Hawaiian Telescope Gets State Approval
The long-delayed Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea faces opposition from native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists
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Three Scientists Behind the Detection of Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
The trio is the leading force behind the massive pair of detectors that can measures ripples in the fabric of space-time smaller than the width of a proton
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The Irish Cardiologist Whose Invention Saved LBJ
Frank Pantridge miniaturized the defibrillator, making it portable
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Ancient Statue Damaged by ISIS Resurrected in Damascus
Palmyra’s Lion of Al-lāt, as the statue is known, once adorned the temple of a pre-Islamic goddess
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The Most ‘Realistic’ Civil War Novel Was Written Three Decades After It Ended
By an author who wasn’t even alive when it occurred
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You Can Now Read Five Newly Discovered Kurt Vonnegut Short Stories
Written early in the author’s careers, the works were recently unearthed in his archives
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In a First, Archival-Quality Performances Are Preserved in DNA
Songs by Miles Davis and Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival will live on in the ultra-compact, long-lasting format
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Germany Celebrates Its First Same-Sex Marriages
The country’s marriage equality law, which was passed in June, went into effect on Sunday
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Just a Few Species Make Up Most of Earth’s Food Supply. And That’s a Problem
The looming threat of extinction from climate change makes the lack of diversity in the world’s food supplies a dangerous prospect
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Nobel Prize Awarded to Three Scientists Who Mapped the Body’s Internal Clock
Circadian rhythms dictate the daily patterns of life on Earth, and understanding these patterns is crucial to overall health
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The Hollywood Star Who Confronted the AIDS ‘Silent Epidemic’
Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985
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Scientists Discover One Last Image From the Rosetta Mission
The probe sent partial data for the photo before it crash landed on a comet September 30, 2016
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Celiac Sufferers May Soon Have Better Bread Options Thanks to Genetically Modified Wheat
Researchers successfully removed 90 percent of the genes that code for the gluten proteins that trigger adverse symptoms
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This 17th-Century “Women’s Petition Against Coffee” Probably Wasn’t About Women, or Coffee
It probably wasn’t written by angry, sex-deprived wives–although stranger things have happened
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How a Controversial European Architect Shaped New York
Le Corbusier’s ideas arguably helped shape the city more than his own designs
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The Perks and Pitfalls of Being a Nobel Laureate: Early Mornings, Performance Anxiety
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
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Da Vinci Had a Hand in the “Naked Mona Lisa”
A preliminary study suggests the master painter worked on the drawing called the “Mona Vanna”
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