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How Chicory May Help Fight Plague Bacteria
Diseases

How Chicory May Help Fight Plague Bacteria

Chicoric Acid helps to decrease activity of Yersinia species

Lead In Water: What Are The Health Effects And Dangers?
Health

Lead In Water: What Are The Health Effects And Dangers?

The water in Flint, Michigan could affect children permanently

Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?
Space

Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?

SpaceX Launch Successful, But Drone Ship Landing Fails
Space X

SpaceX Launch Successful, But Drone Ship Landing Fails

Jason-3 satellite is now safely in orbit

Can 3D-Printing Help The Refugee Crisis?
Technology

Can 3D-Printing Help The Refugee Crisis?

A startup based in Jordan is finding out

Why Is There A Hurricane In January?
Climate Change

Why Is There A Hurricane In January?

Warm water, cold fronts, and bad luck

Dynamic Touchscreen Could Display In Braille
Technology

Dynamic Touchscreen Could Display In Braille

The future, at everyone's fingertips

How To Keep Your Backyard Chickens Bug-Free
Diseases

How To Keep Your Backyard Chickens Bug-Free

New research suggests domestic fowl have greater diversity and burden of parasites compared to commercial birds

Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History
Dinosaurs

Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History

122 feet long and sure to be a classic

China To Land A Probe On The Moon’s Far Side In 2018
Science

China To Land A Probe On The Moon’s Far Side In 2018

The first to touch down there

In Living Color: Microbes Make Tomorrow’s Ink
Biology

In Living Color: Microbes Make Tomorrow’s Ink

Biotech startups seek to replace toxic chemical inks and dyes with more sustainable living ones

A 40-Watt Laser Shotgun. Really.
Projects

A 40-Watt Laser Shotgun. Really.

Livin' la vida laser

More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light
Space

More Cases of Sexual Harassment In Astronomy Come to Light

People within the field took to Twitter to discuss with the hashtag #AstroSH

First Crewed Private Spaceflights May Not Fly In 2017, According To Safety Report
Science

First Crewed Private Spaceflights May Not Fly In 2017, According To Safety Report

Hopefully NASA's new budget will turn things around

In a galaxy far, far away
Space

Could This Be The Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen?

Big things come in small packages

NASA May Be Cutting Corners On Safety Of Mars Rocket And Capsule, Report Finds
Mars

NASA May Be Cutting Corners On Safety Of Mars Rocket And Capsule, Report Finds

Budget and scheduling constraints could put astronauts at risk

Audi Built A Moon Rover
Moons

Audi Built A Moon Rover

German carmaker lends its expertise to the pursuit of lunar exploration—and XPrize triumph

Special Forces Soldier Plays Pool In Afghanistan
Weapons

Software Tool Automatically Identifies Guns In Photos

Lock and upload

A 3D-Printing Roving Robot Could Repair Potholes
Robots

A 3D-Printing Roving Robot Could Repair Potholes

Addibot wants to make your city better

The Confounding Commandments Of Cancer Screening
Cancer

The Confounding Commandments Of Cancer Screening

Why do the guidelines seem so contradictory, and how can we make sense of them?