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Gazing Into Those Puppy-Dog Eyes May Actually Be Good For You
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: If you're a dog owner, this question may have crossed your mind. Does she really love me, or is she just looking...
View ArticleAfter 25 Years, The Hubble Space Telescope Still Wows Humanity
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View ArticleCDC Investigates Live Anthrax Shipments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still trying to figure out how the military managed to ship anthrax spores that were apparently live from one of its facilities to more than a dozen...
View ArticleScientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming
A team of government scientists has revised its estimate for how much the planet has been warming.The new results, published in the journal Science, may dispel the idea that Earth has been in the midst...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Wants These Robots To Save The Day
On Friday, 24 robots and their masters will be going head-to-head in California for a $2 million prize. The robotics challenge is sponsored by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
View ArticleNASA Satellites Show World's Thirst For Groundwater
New data from NASA's GRACE satellites show that many of the world's biggest aquifers are being sucked dry at a rate far greater than they are being replenished.
View ArticleRussian Rocket Poised For Crucial Supply Run To Space Station
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View ArticlePluto-Bound Spacecraft Nears Its Quarry
It has taken nearly a decade and 3 billion miles to get there, but scientists are about to get their first look at Pluto.The New Horizons spacecraft is closing fast on the tiny world once thought to be...
View ArticlePlanet Or Not, Icy Pluto To Finally Get Its Day In The Sun
Alice Bowman oversees daily operations for NASA's mission to Pluto. Her language is peppered with technical terms — like "astronomical units" and "aim points."But there's one piece of scientific...
View ArticleStrange Worlds At The Edge Of Our Solar System Finally Come Into Focus
Scientists have unveiled the best photos of Pluto and its moons that humanity is likely to see for at least a generation. These images were taken Tuesday by NASA's New Horizons space probe as it...
View ArticleBeam Me Up? Teleporting Is Real, Even If Trekkie Transport Isn't
"I have a hard time saying this with a straight face, but I will: You can teleport a single atom from one place to another," says Chris Monroe, a biophysicist at the University of Maryland.His lab's...
View ArticleWhy Did The U.S. Choose Hiroshima?
The name Hiroshima is so tied to the atomic bomb that it's hard to imagine there were other possible targets.But in early 1945, the U.S. was still months away from building its first bomb and certainly...
View ArticleThis Salad Is Outta This World: Astronauts Eat Greens Grown In Space
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View ArticleChatty Marmosets Have Something To Say About Vocal Learning
Learning to make sounds by listening to others is a skill that helps make us human.But research now suggests a species of monkey may have evolved similar abilities.Marmosets have the capacity to learn...
View ArticleParticles From The Edge Of Space Shine A Light On Fukushima
It's one of the greatest, and most disturbing, questions of the Fukushima disaster: What happened to the nuclear fuel inside the plant? Now physicists are trying to shed some light on the problem using...
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Scientists Find Fern Whose Parents Are Separated By 60 Million Years Of...
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View ArticleScientists Confirm There's Water In The Dark Streaks On Mars
Scientists have caught Mars crying salty tears.Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show dark streaks flowing down Martian slopes. The streaks appear in sunny spots or when the weather is...
View ArticleHow 'The Martian' Became A Science Love Story
If you watch the film The Martian, you'll see Hollywood explosions and special effects galore, but you'll also see some serious science.Actor Matt Damon, who plays stranded astronaut Mark Watney, must...
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