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Health

Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice

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Earth

A few cold drops falling through a cloud could create a downpour

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Technology

Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk

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Technology

Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Life

Hundreds of Japanese species floated to the US on tsunami debris

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Technology

Workplace robots have had little impact on jobs in Germany

News

Space

Extreme gusts of space gas made early black holes enormous

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Life

Plan to slash farm antibiotic use may stop spread of resistance

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Technology

How a wave of your coffee cup or spoon could switch TV channels

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Technology

Google quantum computer test shows breakthrough is within reach

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Space

Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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Earth

Why Puerto Rico still has no electrical power and how to fix it

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Space

Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

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Health

We’re nearly ready to use CRISPR to target far more diseases

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Life

Dolphins that work with humans to catch fish have unique accent

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Life

Life may have begun millions of years earlier than we thought

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Health

Artificial organs used in operations without approval for humans

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Physics

Gravitational wave discoverers win physics Nobel prize

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Earth

Grass-fed beef is bad for the planet and causes climate change

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Earth

60 Seconds

News

Biased policing is made worse by errors in pre-crime algorithms

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Health

We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

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Health

Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

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Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

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