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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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  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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  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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  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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  European scientists enter final stage of competition that will award up to $1.3 billion

  By Chris Welch on January 15, 2013 09:49 am + 10 comments

  European Union officials are preparing to reveal the two winners of a science / technology contest Continue reading…

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  Astronomers have found the largest structure in the universe

  By Ben Kersey on January 15, 2013 06:01 am + 100 comments

  An international team of astronomers led by the University of Central Lancashire in the UK has Continue reading…

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  Doctors develop a pill-sized 3D camera to help them diagnose cancer

  By Ben Kersey on January 14, 2013 06:39 am + 8 comments

  Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new pill camera that will help to Continue reading…

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  MIT researchers create moisture-powered polymer that can generate electricity

  By Justin Rubio on January 11, 2013 03:06 pm + 20 comments

  MIT engineers at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research have created a polymer Continue reading…

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  How comment trolls can influence your opinions

  By Andrew Webster on January 11, 2013 09:10 am + 124 comments

  It's a familiar scene — a science story, published on the internet, is berated with all kinds of Continue reading…