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NASA on the hunt for space poop geniuses

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Ailing humpback whale stuck on New York sandbar euthanized

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Just add water: New discovery in plant-disease mechanism

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Internet of Things will demand a step-change in search solutions

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Greater job satisfaction for transgender employees

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Did comets kick-start life on Earth?

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For wearable electronic devices, NIST shows plastic holes are golden

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Scientists find huge reduction in African dust plume led to more Saharan monsoons 11,000 years ago

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Coconut crab claws pinch with the strongest force of any crustacean

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Egyptian archaeologists uncover Pharaonic village, tombs

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Mood ring materials—a new way to detect damage in failing infrastructure

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Panda twins baptised at Vienna zoo

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Writing an equation for soil success

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Pioneering study of invertebrates discovers 1,445 viruses including several new families

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Sliding on flexible graphene surfaces has been uncharted territory until now

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New study reveals when West Antarctica's largest glacier started retreating

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Holiday shopping? Bring these four money-saving apps with you

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NASA sees Tropical Storm Otto heading toward landfall in Central America

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Harnessing the power of predatory bacteria as a 'living antibiotic'

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Your dog remembers what you did

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Aviation enhancements, better biosensors could result from new sensor technology

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Researchers run largest known transparent checkpointing process

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In a pond called Wreck, a new creation helps fish breed

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How to protect your laptop—even when it's asleep

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Gov't wants phone makers to lock out most apps for drivers

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Sri Lanka bans use of young elephants for work

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Europe air pollution causes 467,000 early deaths a year: report

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Scientists create first intermetallic double salt with platinum

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DNA influences selection of partners for educational achievement

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Grow more crops at the same time

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Screen to beam technology: The rise of haptic interfaces

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New tool to show advertising revenue generated by each Facebook user

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Genomics reveals hen harrier is two distinct species

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Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms

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Scientists develop vaccine against fatal prescription opioid overdose

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Climate model predictions are telling a consistent story

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Crowdsourced data can help researchers study earthquakes

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Electronic tracking of song birds shows roads and urban features influence their choice of gardens

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Health diagnosis through bio-signal measuring electrodes on IoT devices

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Starch from yeast

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Research finds sharing, cooperation key to Arctic villages

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Implications of RCP emissions on future PM2.5 air quality and direct radiative forcing over China

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Germany's top court rejects Yahoo case over news royalties

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Researchers use parkour athletes to test energy demands of tree dwelling apes

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Re-energizing the lithium-ion battery

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Gravity sensors might offer earlier warning of earthquakes

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Oxygen takes elitist attitude to sharing electrons

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Would gender differences exist if we treated all people the same from birth?

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Asking users to tag fake news isn't going to work if they don't know what it is

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UN agency says China tops world again in patent applications

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Asian building boom threatens tigers, study says

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Low-income earners need to save tax returns

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Improving catalysis science with synchrotrons

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Changing SIM card number for more secure mobile phone

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Having iPhones 'Made in the USA' is not that simple, international business experts say

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Bright red fluorescent protein created

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New quantum states for better quantum memories

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New research could make ethanol production more efficient and economic

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Two-year extensions confirmed for ESA's science missions

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Study finds some female fish evolve bigger brains when males have bigger genitals

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High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015

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Single enzyme controls two plant hormones

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Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence

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Fast moving walkways could move 7,000 people per hour

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Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?

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Actually, men and women don't communicate differently, at least in writing

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The two men who almost derailed New England's first colonies

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Coalition seeks to protect internet from weaknesses of many 'connected' devices

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Conference focuses on how families can improve math fluency

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New tool uses UV light to control inflammation

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Reengineered ear cleaning machine, the 'Earigator,' finds an eager market

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NASA selects launch services for global surface water survey mission

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Positive language is on the decline in the United States, study finds

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Hubble spies spiral galaxy

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Police worried they lack powers to probe phone involvement in crashes: new study

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Conservatives visualize Syrian refugees as small, but also threatening, study finds

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Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking fears

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Prototype smart cane could transform lives of the blind and visually impaired

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Researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online

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Nylon fibers made to flex like muscles

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Scientists trace 'poisoning' in chemical reactions to the atomic scale

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How to climb the social ladder in ancient Rome

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Scientists explore environmental advantages of horticultural bioplastics

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A switch to daylight saving time could be lifesaving for koalas, researchers say

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Hurricane risk to northeast USA coast increasing, research warns

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An entertaining holiday gift guide for techies

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Ex-Ericsson executives tell of massive bribery: report

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Long bank queues in India? There's an app for that!

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Twitter boss briefly suspended from his own network

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Censorship tool built as Facebook eyes China: report

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Washington state youth sue government over climate change

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Israeli firm can steal phone data in seconds

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Female monkeys use wile to rally troops

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Poisonous amphibian defenses are linked to higher extinction risk

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