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AI versus AI: Self-Taught AlphaGo Zero Vanquishes Its Predecessor
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Policy & Ethics
Al Franken Auditions for Senate Climate Lead, Millions Watch
Public Health
Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to Science
State attempts to accelerate high-tech solutions after treatment and law enforcement fail to stem overdose fatalities
Biotech
Biotech
Scientists Zero In on a New Target for Obesity
Computing
Computing
AI versus AI: Self-Taught AlphaGo Zero Vanquishes Its Predecessor
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
Al Franken Auditions for Senate Climate Lead, Millions Watch
Medicine
Medicine
FDA Approves Second CAR-T Treatment for Cancer
Public Health
Public Health
How Ether Transformed Surgery from a Race against the Clock
Environment
Environment
Why Are Scientists So Bad at Recycling?
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
When Scientists Say "Me Too"
Policy & Ethics
Policy & Ethics
World Hunger Is Increasing, Thanks to Wars and Climate Change
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Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works?
The ubiquitous technique for relieving stress and pain has remarkably little scientific evidence backing it, a group of scientists contend
Will Italy's Ominous Supervolcano Erupt Soon?
Phlegrean Fields is waking up. Scientists are trying to predict what it will do next, and what its unrest means for volcanoes worldwide
Sexual Victimization by Women Is More Common Than Previously Known
A new study gives a portrait of female perpetrators
Why Do Smart People Do Foolish Things?
Intelligence is not the same as critical thinking and the difference matters
Gravitational Wave Astronomers Hit Mother Lode
Spacetime ripples from a stellar cataclysm in a distant galaxy help explain the cosmic origins of gold, and chart the course for a new age of “multi-messenger” astronomy
NASA Satellite Reveals Source of El Niño–Fueled Carbon Dioxide Spike
The OCO 2 mission serendipitously coincided with one of the strongest El Niños on record
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The Monster Hurricanes of 2017
Weather
The science behind the powerful storms that have thrashed the Caribbean and U.S. coasts
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Neutron Star Collisions Create Gold
Astrophysicists searching for gravitational waves have finally learned what happens when you crash two neutron stars together--and it's very, very shiny.
