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A Mysterious Fifth Force Could Be At Work In The Cosmos
Insecticides Are Blamed For Lower Bee Sperm Viability
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Study Finds Police Shoot At Black And White Suspects Equally
An Algorithmic Screwup May Have Made A Lot Of fMRI Data Invalid
The Alarming Battle Over Who Gets To Study Zika
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Apple Steps Up Its Fitness Game With Health Apps For Apple Watch
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Boaty McBoatface Has An Official Name
Apple Makes CareKit Open Source Starting Today
Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker Donates $250 Million To Fight Cancer
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IBM Research Thinks It’s Solved Why The Brain Uses So Much Energy
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NIH Ends All Research On Chimps, Sending Last 300 To Sanctuary
This Startup Wants To Put The ‘Medical’ Back In Marijuana
Apple’s Newest ResearchKit Apps Will Study Autism, Epilepsy, And Melanoma
Obama Calls For U.S. To Build World’s Fastest Supercomputer
Scientists Want To Use Drones To Capture Whale Snot
Suspected Meth Lab Explodes In U.S. Government Building
White House Lifts Restrictions On Marijuana Research
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Apple Wants Your DNA
The International Space Station Is Open For Business
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