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Science’s top 10 breakthroughs of 2013
Every year, the editors of Science huddle together and pick an outstanding scientific achievement as the Breakthrough of ... Read more
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Antibacterial soaps must prove safety to stay on shelves
Antibacterial washes would have one year to prove they’re safe to remain in U.S. stores, part of a ... Read more
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Harvard study finds diet changes gut bacteria within a day
A change in diet quickly alters the types of bacteria living in the human gut, a finding that ... Read more
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Personal genetic tests face sharper scrutiny after 23andMe
23andMe Inc.’s clash with U.S. regulators over the direct sale of its gene analysis service to consumers signals ... Read more
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Study says women shouldn’t be the only ones responsible for making healthy babies
“Men and women contribute equally to reproduction.” That’s a statement in a new paper in the journal Gender ... Read more
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Hazardous asteroids may be more numerous than previously thought, scientists say
There are scads of building-size, potentially hazardous asteroids lurking in Earth’s immediate neighborhood, and they may be colliding ... Read more
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Real world lessons from ‘Walking Dead’
In the TV series “The Walking Dead,” the characters inhabit a world overrun by zombies – specifically, zombies ... Read more
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Scientists find evidence of Martian supervolcanoes
We’ve known for a long time that Mars has volcanoes; after all, Olympus Mons on the Martian Tharsis ... Read more
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How America is exporting its obesity epidemic
With this summer’s news from the United Nations that Mexico has surpassed the United States in adult obesity ... Read more
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Apples really can help keep the doctor away
Apples don’t get the same buzz as popular “superfruits” such as goji berries, acai berries or pomegranates. But ... Read more