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Is That Pill a Placebo? This Program Can Tell, Even If You Can’t
A new algorithm could make it faster and less expensive to develop new painkillers
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LED Skylights Perfectly Mimic Natural Sunlight
The lights fool human brains and camera eyes
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Found: A New Tool in the Fight Against HIV
New approach offers “vaccine-like” protection against HIV
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Only 1 in 4 Americans Would Take a Free Space Flight
Americans are still skeptical about some aspects of space travel
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This Teeny Chair Can Assemble Itself
A tiny prototype developed at MIT marks one of the first steps into a world where we’ll never need an Allen wrench again
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Is DNA the Solution for Permanent Data Storage?
New study uses “synthetic fossils” to store data for the ages
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Is Our Universe Supersymmetric?
Scientists hope the rebooted Large Hadron Collider could find supersymmetric particles—the next frontier of particle physics
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19th-Century Sexual Advice: No Sex Before Meals
The rest of the tips are even farther from any sort of modern scientific basis
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Britain’s First Driverless Car Stays on the Sidewalk
The car’s 15 mile-per-hour speed limit keeps things safe
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Jailing People Has Little Effect on Crime Levels
At some point, the data indicates, more people in prison doesn’t translate to fewer crimes
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Technology from ‘Interstellar’ Could Be Useful to Scientists, Too
The movie’s visual effects are now being used for scientific research
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Hypnotize Yourself With a Record-Breaking Traditional Dance
This synchronized dance won a group of 5,211 Indian women a Guinness World Record
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New Guidelines on Cholesterol: Eggs Are Ok, Butter’s Still Bad
Experts have long pushed for the change since for most, cholesterol isn’t the demon we thought it was
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Farm Animals Could Soon Carry Wi-Fi
In a few years, shepherds might be monitoring their flocks with networks of wireless sensors
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One new technique for green building—making houses out of straw—actually draws on century-old ideas
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These Bells Play Seismic Shifts
Watch as UC Berkeley’s bells play the earth’s “natural frequencies”
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Has Facebook Become the Internet?
The social network’s worldwide reach is leading to some serious confusion
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Creating Drought-Tolerant Plants By Hacking Their Natural Responses
Which new technique will help plants survive with less water?
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A Great Idea: Create an HMS Beagle in LEGO Form
Vote to turn this tiny version of a famous ship into a LEGO kit available for all to enjoy
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