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How Astronomers Found Our Cosmic Address
The Milky Way turns out to be part of a massive supercluster of galaxies that forms one of the largest known structures in the universe. This discovery is only the beginning of a new effort to map the cosmos...
Emptiest Place in Space Could Explain Mysterious "Cold Spot" in the Universe
Efforts to explain a strange cold spot in the cosmos have led to the discovery of something even odder: a vast area with very little matter
Gravitational Waves Discovered from Colliding Black Holes
A daring set of experiments finally confirms Einstein's 1916 prediction of gravitational waves
The Brain's GPS Tells You Where You Are and Where You've Come From
Scientists are discovering how the brain navigates
A Shot against Cancer
Enhancing the body’s own immune system is leading to promising results in the battle against malignancy
A Vaccine for Cancer?
Targeting cancer cells using their own DNA could help eliminate tumors and prevent recurrences
How Zika Spiraled Out of Control
This spring our reporter went into the lab to see how scientists are gathering clues to Zika's sudden spread around the world
Drugs Make Cellular Changes That Could Significantly Extend Healthy Human Life Spans. Is 100 the New 80?
Drugs we already use for some medical conditions show surprising abilities to keep aging cells healthy. Scientists have new hope that they can develop medicines able to slow aging
The First Tinkering with Human Heredity May Happen in the Infertility Clinic
Scientists are on the threshold of crossing a sharp ethical line: permanently altering the human genetic code
Cells That Compute Come Closer to Reality
Synthetic biologists are close to putting living cells to work diagnosing human diseases and repairing environmental damage
The Truth about "Self-Driving" Cars
They are coming, but not the way you may have been led to think
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
Listen in as physicists and philosophers debate whether we are real or virtual
Controversy Swirls around Latest Addition to Human Family Tree
An astonishing trove of fossils has scientists, and the media, in a tizzy over our origins
The Ominous Story of Syria's Climate Refugees
Farmers who have escaped the embattled nation explain how drought and government abuse have driven social violence
The Permanent, Unmistakable Mark Human Beings Have Left on Planet Earth
Humans are profoundly altering the earth. Is our impact enough to matter across geologic time? Some say it is. Welcome to the Anthropocene
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