Research
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178Researchers Propose New Theory Of Moon Formation
The moon formed from a disk-shaped clump of debris in the aftermath of a planet-sized collision with a very early Earth… at...
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198Chinese Scientists Cloned Monkeys. Are Humans Next?
Last week, it was announced that Chinese scientists accomplished a genetic landmark: the cloning of two monkeys. The two identical long-tailed macaques, named...
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193WATCH LIVE: SPACEX DRAGON CAPSULE LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
On Friday morning, commercial space company SpaceX is due to send a spacecraft full of supplies and science projects up...
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212NASA PUT DANGEROUS BACTERIA ON A SATELLITE TO FIND TREATMENTS FOR FUTURE SPACE TRAVELERS
Traveling in space makes our immune systems weaker—and as if that weren’t bad enough already, it might also make bacteria better able...
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210Scientists Unleash CRISPR on RNA
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system allows scientists to permanently alter the human genome faster and more precisely than ever before (see Sep 2014 news; May 2016 news). What...
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223No, We Can’t Control Hurricanes from Space
As Hurricane Irma winds down — and a message from a Florida sheriff – saying that shooting guns at the storm would...