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Japan's Hayabusa2 Craft Touches Down on Asteroid Ryugu
It was a brief but historic tap on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, at 7:29 am Japan time on 22 February. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down at its target...
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Gravitational-Wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
Spotting gravitational waves is due to become an almost hourly event in the next decade. Starting around 2023, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory...
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How Machine Learning Could Keep Dangerous DNA Out of Terrorists' Hands
Biologists the world over routinely pay companies to synthesize snippets of DNA for use in the laboratory or clinic.
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Hidden History of the Milky Way Revealed by Extensive Star Maps
Last April, Amina Helmi felt goose bumps while driving to work in the northern Netherlands. It had nothing to do with the weather—it was pure anticipation. Just...
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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Acting p and Geologists Don't Know Why
Something strange is going on at the top of the world. Earth's north magnetic pole has been skittering away from Canada and towards Siberia, driven by liquid iron...
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China Becomes First Nation to Land on the Moon's Far Side
A Chinese probe has made a historic touch-down on the far side of the Moon, according to the country's state-run media. It is the first time a probe has visited...
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These Dusty Young Stars Are Changing the Rules of Planet-Building
Some 100,000 years ago, when Neanderthals still occupied the caves of southern Europe, a star was born.
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Asteroid-Sampling Mission Zeroes In on Tiny Space Rock
For the second time this year, a spacecraft is about to partner with an asteroid in an intimate dance.
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The Microscope Revolution that's Sweeping Through Materials Science
Scientists can't study what they can't measure, as David Muller knows only too well.
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Largest Overhaul of Scientific nits Since the French Revolution Wins Approval
In the biggest overhaul of the international system of units since 1875, countries have voted to redefine four basic units of measurement—the ampere, the kilogram...
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World’s First Automated Volcano Forecast Predicts Mount Etna's Eruptions
Smoke filled the cabin as the Boeing 747 plunged towards snow-covered mountains in southern Alaska. All four engines had shut down, and it took the pilots eight...
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'Reprogrammed' Stem Cells Implanted Into Patient with Parkinson's Disease
Japanese neurosurgeons have implanted 'reprogrammed' stem cells into the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease for the first time.
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Machine Learning Spots Natural Selection at Work in Human Genome
Pinpointing where and how the human genome is evolving can be like hunting for a needle in a haystack.
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The World's Strongest MRI Machines Are Pushing Human Imaging to New Limits
On a cold morning in Minneapolis last December, a man walked into a research centre to venture where only pigs had gone before: into the strongest magnetic resonance...
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Happy with a 20% Chance of Sadness
In the winter of 1994, a young man in his early twenties named Tim was a patient in a London psychiatric hospital.
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Europe Shows First Cards in €1-Billion Quantum Bet
Plans to build two working quantum computers are among the first winners to be announced in a €1-billion (US$1.1 billion) funding initiative of the European Commission...
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Here's What the Quantum Internet Has in Store
A future 'quantum internet' could find use long before it reaches technological maturity, a team of physicists predicts.
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Double the Fun: Mars Scientists Push NASA to Send Rock-Harvesting Rover to Two Sites
NASA's next Mars rover—the first to gather rock samples meant to come back to Earth—should dream big and visit as many places on the red planet as possible, scientists...
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All Systems Go for Second-Ever Mission to Enter Mercury's Orbit
A European rocket is ready to launch the most ambitious mission ever taken towards Mercury, Earth's once-neglected sibling in the Solar System.
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