It doesn’t take a government study to tell many Americans what they already know: They’re not getting enough sleep. But the latest study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which shows that 35 percent of U.S. adults don’t get … Discuss
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How does it feel to give up your nationality, to renounce the country you were born in, potentially forfeiting the chance to ever return? “It’s not going to be easy at all. It’s the last thing I ever thought of doing,” Jane tells me when I meet her in … Discuss
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From space to soil, NASA is showing how having a green thumb can help the future of space travel. On Valentine’s Day, astronaut Scott Kelly harvested plants growing aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Similar plants of the same variety were …
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It’s alive! In a breakthrough discovery, a decade in the making, researchers created an ear, muscle, cartilage, skull bone and jawbone using a super high-tech printer. All of the body parts were then transplanted into mice and rats. “The main goal is … Discuss
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Stopping criminal activity before it happens is usually the domain of science fiction – as in “Minority Report,” where police officers in 2054 use the ability to see into the future to catch murderers before they kill. But some security experts believe … Discuss
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On Feb. 11, scientists announced the discovery of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by the collision of two black holes about 30 times more massive than the sun. This discovery ushers in a new era in human … Discuss
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A cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station has been pushed back after mold was discovered in some of the bags used for packing supplies, NASA said. The initial launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft was … Discuss
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The world’s oldest known wild bird just added a new chick to the family — her 40th one, experts say. The Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), named Wisdom, is at least 65 years old but … Discuss
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Who really lived in ancient Rome? During the first few centuries AD, the city may have had 1 million residents: a huge size for an ancient city, but only a sliver of the empire’s almost 60 million residents, connected across diverse cultures and languages. But … Discuss
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In a discovery that promises to revolutionize astronomy, scientists have made the first direct observations of gravitational waves – bizarre ripples in space-time foreseen by Albert Einstein a century ago. The find is a triumph for Einstein’s celebrated … Discuss
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