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2 Scientists Win 2015 Nobel Prize In Physics

Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is Nobel Prize season, and this morning comes the prize in physics. Joining me in the studio is NPR...

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Fukushima Study Links Children's Cancer To Nuclear Accident

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NASA Rover Finds Evidence That Mars Once Had Lakes

Mars is cold and dry, but billions of years ago, it was cold and wet. That's according to new evidence from NASA's Curiosity rover, which is currently exploring a large crater on Mars.The rover has...

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Why Hurricane Patricia Can't Be Blamed On Climate Change

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Physicists Probe Antimatter For Clues To How It All Began

Our world is made of matter. "Everything you see and feel — your laptop, your desk, your chair — they are all ordinary matter," says Aihong Tang, a researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory.But...

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Researchers Reveal How Climate Change Killed Mars

Climate change isn't just something to worry about here on Earth. New research published today shows that Mars has undergone a dramatic climate shift in the past that has rendered much of the planet...

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Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object So Far In The Solar System

Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be the most distant object ever seen in our solar system.The dwarf planet, known for now simply as V774104, is more than 100 times farther from the sun...

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Blue Origin Announces Successful Launch, Landing Of Rocket

Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Big news this week in commercial space travel. And to tell us all about it, NPR science correspondent Geoff...

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The U.S. Isn't Buying North Korea's Claim Of An H-Bomb Test

North Korea was celebratory in its claims that it detonated its first hydrogen bomb on Wednesday."Through the test conducted with indigenous wisdom, technology and efforts [North Korea] fully proved...

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Stomach Of Ancient Iceman Held Microbes Like Ours

Researchers have looked in the stomach of an ancient ice mummy and found the remains of the bacteria that lived in his gut. The results, published in the journal Science, suggest that the community of...

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Massive Space Telescope Is Finally Coming Together

This week, NASA is set to reach a milestone on one of its most ambitious projects. If all goes to plan, workers will finish assembling the huge mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope— an $8 billion...

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Forget Chess. A.I. Masters Wickedly Complex, Chinese Game Of 'Go'

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In Milestone, Scientists Detect Gravitational Waves As Black Holes Collide

Far from our galaxy, in the vast darkness of space, two massive black holes merged into a single, larger hole.And now researchers say they have detected rumblings from that cataclysmic collision as...

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Einstein, A Hunch And Decades Of Work: How Scientists Found Gravitational Waves

On Thursday, researchers announced the discovery of gravitational waves --wrinkles in the very fabric of space-time.But behind the headlines and news conferences were decades of hard work, hundreds of...

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U.S. Navy Brings Back Navigation By The Stars For Officers

"Raise your hand if you have ever determined your location on the planet using the stars," Lt. Daniel Stayton tells his class at the U.S. Naval Academy.A young officer halfheartedly puts up her hand....

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Sea Levels Rose Faster Last Century Than In Previous 2,700 Years, Study Finds

A new study suggests that sea levels are rising at an unprecedented rate and that the problem will continue well into this century."Sea level rise in the 20th century was truly extraordinary by...

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Scott Kelly Reflects On His Year Off The Planet

"I have taken a lot of pictures because I've been up here for a long time," NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said during a recent press conference from the International Space Station. "I've definitely taken...

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Astronauts Back Home After A Year In Space

American astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth, ending his extended stay on the International Space Station. Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, who both spent most of the past year in space,...

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How Google's Neural Network Hopes To Beat A 'Go' World Champion

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Why Analysts Aren't Laughing At These Silly North Korean Photos

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