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  Scientists discover quadruple-helix DNA that could prove valuable in fighting cancer

  By Chris Welch on January 21, 2013 08:56 pm + 41 comments

  For the first time, scientists have discovered quadruple-helix DNA in the human body. Until now the Continue reading…

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  Cotton could be used to farm moisture in the desert thanks to cheap new polymer

  By T.C. Sottek on January 21, 2013 01:32 pm + 24 comments

  A new polymer developed at the Eindhoven University of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic Continue reading…

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  See President Obama's inaugural weekend from space

  By Amar Toor on January 21, 2013 03:21 am + 10 comments

  Astronaut Chris Hadfield this week published new aerial photos of Washington, DC, just ahead of Continue reading…

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  Wanted: an 'adventurous' surrogate for a Neanderthal baby (update: eventually)

  By Amar Toor on January 20, 2013 12:57 pm + 160 comments

  It seems like fodder for a science fiction movie, but George Church is dead serious: he needs a Continue reading…

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  Mona Lisa rides a NASA laser beam 240,000 miles into space

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 18, 2013 08:48 am + 7 comments

  NASA has just completed a successful test of laser communication — according to Space.com, the Continue reading…

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  Donating DNA isn't as anonymous as you might think

  By Amar Toor on January 18, 2013 06:47 am + 14 comments

  DNA donors have traditionally had their identities safeguarded under a cloak of anonymity, but a new Continue reading…

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  NASA: 2012 was the ninth-warmest year on record

  By Amar Toor on January 17, 2013 08:09 am + 70 comments

  Climate scientists at NASA have ranked 2012 as the ninth-warmest year since 1880, when annual Continue reading…

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  Curiosity Rover planning to drill into Martian rock for the first time, search for evidence of water

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 16, 2013 02:00 pm + 14 comments

  NASA has announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover is planning to drill into Martian rock for the Continue reading…

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  China's record-level air pollution, as seen from space

  By Amar Toor on January 16, 2013 05:32 am + 99 comments

  NASA's Earth Observatory this week released startling before-and-after photos of northeastern China, Continue reading…

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  Get a birds-eye view of the Moon's surface thanks to NASA's nosediving probe

  By Dan Seifert on January 15, 2013 04:44 pm + 19 comments

  Just last month, NASA ended the lives of Ebb and Flow, it's two probes that were orbiting the Moon, Continue reading…