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Conceptual image of Cancer cells with red blood cells

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Sound Waves Could Help Find Elusive Cancer Cells

Researchers have developed a new device that could help determine the presence of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream

This pyramid in Lima, Peru was built by the Wari civilization, who pre-dated the Incas. Now Lima is proposing using another Wari innovation, a series of waterways called 'amunas,' to stem the city's ongoing water crisis.

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Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis

Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners…and their 1,500-year-old ‘amunas’ could soon bring water to Lima

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Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest

They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks

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Yes, Facebook is Making You Sad

Stop comparing your life to flattering photos and carefully-crafted status updates

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A Plan for a Robot Who Can Impersonate Your Mom

Google has a patent for artificial intelligence with a personality — and that patent might not be a good idea

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Meet Your New Favorite Font

Haas Unica, Helvetica’s long-lost sibling, is back after 30 years in obscurity

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Meet a Hermit Crab Who Has Shacked Up in a Lego

Weird things can become home sweet home when you are a tiny soft crustacean

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High Schoolers Might Code Rather Than Speak French

But proponents of foreign language schooling aren’t pleased

Strawberries growing in hoop houses

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Most Plastic Trash Comes From Farms

Here’s what they’re trying to do about it

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An Autonomous Car Just Completed a 3,400-Mile Road Trip

Delphi’s robo-car drove itself across 15 states in just nine days

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Why the ESA’s Astronauts Train Underground

The European Space Agency is applying protocols from the International Space Station in caves

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3D Printing Could Help Developing Countries Predict Natural Disasters

The development of more affordable, 3D printed equipment could save lives

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This Onion Will Never Make You Cry

A Japanese food company has designed an onion that won’t make you cry

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Found: The Bacteria That Are Making You Stink

Scientists have finally discovered the culprit behind smelly armpits

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This Nasty Medieval Remedy Kills MRSA

An ancient brew could lead to modern-day drugs to fight the superbug

Destroyed sea walls in Otsuchi, Japan, in March 2011

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Japan Is Building a 40-foot Wall to Stop Tsunamis

But the expensive, extensive wall might not be high enough

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Why Craigslist Users Are Flocking to Police Departments

New “safe lot” programs aim to make buying and selling goods safer

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The Navajo Nation Will Have the First Junk Food Tax in the U.S.

The Navajo National Council approved a 2 percent increase in sales tax on foods like pastries, fried foods, desserts, chips and soda

The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle gets ready to push off from the asteroid after grabbing a boulder in this artist’s interpretation

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An Asteroid Boulder Will Be A Stepping Stone on the Journey to Mars

NASA announces details in its plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit

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How Tampons Might One Day Help Detect Cancer

New research suggests tampons could screen for endometrial cancer

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