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Mass shootings aren't growing more common – and evidence contradicts common...
Just like the memorials after a shooting, some myths are bound to appear.AP Photo/John LocherWhen 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12 hours...
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NASCAR may be the fastest way to learn about physics
The laws of physics are on display at the Daytona International Speedway.Action Sports Photography/Shutterstock.comThere’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds. Throughout history...
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The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of...
Sound waves are displayed as an oscillating glow light.natrot/Shutterstock.comWhat if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels...
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I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what...
I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from a great distance as the country burns, unable to help protect its history or its...
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Remote control for brain cells: scientists use ultrasound waves to activate...
Sound waves are displayed as an oscillating glow light.natrot/Shutterstock.comWhat if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels...
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A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing rings
With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the Sun's blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before.Many dream of what they would do had they a time...
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What's the right way for scientists to edit human genes? 5 essential reads
Ethical frameworks, rules, laws: all try to have their say.Tati9/Shutterstock.comSince scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been...
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Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?
What factors contribute to some places having many, while other places have few?VLADGRIN/Shutterstock.comPeople across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas...
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A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
Digital attacks can cause havoc in different places all at the same time.Pushish Images/Shutterstock.comPeople around the world may be worried about nuclear tensions rising, but I think they’re missing...
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Bring on the technology bans!
Is there still time to reach the 'off' button?Raul Topan/Shutterstock.comIn mid-July 2019, Oakland, California, became the third U.S. city to ban municipal departments from using facial recognition...
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Stem cells could regenerate organs – but only if the body won't reject them
Lab-grown organs may not be so easy to transplant into a patient. ValentinaKru/Shutterstock.comMany of the most common diseases, like heart failure, liver failure, Type 1 diabetes and Parkinson’s...
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Don't ban new technologies – experiment with them carefully
It's a mess, but is it all bad?EHFXC/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAFor many years, Facebook’s internal slogan was “move fast and break things.” And that’s what the company did – along with most other...
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Curious kids: Why don't hummingbirds get fat or sick from drinking sugary...
Hummingbirds flap their wings 800 times per minute.Dino Hans Farnese/Shutterstock.comCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Bargain-hunting robocars could spell the end for downtown parking – cities...
What does a future full of AVs mean for all the spaces reserved for downtown parking?Kris Cros/Unsplash, CC BYImagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless car. You...
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Why we need to get back to Venus
On June 5-6, 2012, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory collected images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. NASA/SDO, AIAJust next door,...
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Examining a video's changes over time helps flag deepfakes
Big changes from one frame to the next can signal trouble.Jesse Milan/Flickr, CC BYIt used to be that only Hollywood production companies with deep pockets and teams of skilled artists and technicians...
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What's private depends on who you are and where you live
Is privacy what you can't see, or where you don't look?Kamil Macniak/Shutterstock.comCitizens and policymakers around the world are grappling with how to limit companies’ use of data about individuals...
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Curious Kids: What is the smallest animal ever?
The world's smallest frog can fit on a dime.E.N. Rittmeyer et al. (2012)Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Humanitarian forensic scientists trace the missing, identify the dead and...
Red Cross forensic specialist Stephen Fonseca, right, searches for bodies in a field of ruined maize in Magaru, Mozambique, after Cyclone Idai, April 4, 2019. AP Photo/Tsvangirayi MukwazhiThe word...
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Worker-protection laws aren't ready for an automated future
Uber and Lyft drivers protest their working conditions in Los Angeles in May 2019.AP Photo/Damian DovarganesScience fiction has long imagined a future in which humans constantly interact with robots...
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