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U.S. measles cases hit a record high since the disease was eliminated in 2000

Apr 24 2019 8:05 PM

Each year from 2010 to 2017, 21 million children did not get vaccinated against measles, according to UNICEF.

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A marine parasite's mitochondria lack DNA but still churn out energy

Apr 24 2019 2:52 PM

Missing mitochondrial DNA inside a parasitic marine microbe turned up inside the organism's nucleus.

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Excavations show hunter-gatherers lived in the Amazon more than 10,000 years ago

Apr 24 2019 2:00 PM

Early foragers may have laid the foundation for farming's ascent in South America's tropical forests.

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This is the slowest radioactive decay ever spotted

Apr 24 2019 1:00 PM

Scientists have made the first direct observations of an exotic type of radioactive decay called two-neutrino double electron capture.

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A neural implant can translate brain activity into sentences

Apr 24 2019 1:00 PM

With electrodes in the brain, scientists translated neural signals into speech, which could someday help the speechless speak.

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See beautiful fossils from top Cambrian sites around the world

Apr 24 2019 7:00 AM

Troves of Cambrian fossils are known at more than 50 places around the world. Here are five standout spots.

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NASA's Mars InSight lander may have the first recording of a Marsquake
Apr 23 2019 5:59 PM

NASA's InSight mission appears to have detected a Marsquake for the first time.

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Medicaid expansion may help shrink health gaps between black and white babies
Apr 23 2019 11:05 AM

States that expanded Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act shrunk racial disparities between black and white infants, a new study shows.

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'An Elegant Defense' explores the immune system's softer side
Apr 23 2019 8:00 AM

The lives of four people helped or harmed by their body's natural defenses illustrate why immunology has become one of the hottest fields in science.

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How an obscure sexually transmitted parasite tangos with the immune system
Apr 23 2019 6:00 AM

Scientists are working out how Trichomonas vaginalis, one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections, causes problems in women and men.

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Mercury has a massive solid inner core
Apr 22 2019 9:58 AM

The distribution of Mercury's mass and small stutters in the planet's spin suggest it has a giant solid inner core.

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Ancient sculptors made magnetic figures from rocks struck by lightning
Apr 22 2019 8:00 AM

Carved 'potbelly' stone sculptures suggest people in what's now Guatemala knew about magnetism more than 2,000 years ago.

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The M87 black hole image showed the best way to measure black hole masses
Apr 22 2019 6:00 AM

The first image of M87's black hole suggests it is 6.5 billion times the mass of the sun - close to what was expected based on how stars move around it.

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When anxiety happens as early as preschool, treatments can help
Apr 21 2019 6:00 AM

Researchers are seeking ways to break the link between preschool worries and adult anxiety.

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'Invisible Women' spotlights a gaping and dangerous gender data gap
Apr 19 2019 10:31 AM

'Invisible Women' explains how neglecting to collect or use data on women harms their health and safety.

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A scientist used chalk in a box to show that bats use sunsets to migrate
Apr 19 2019 8:00 AM

A new device for investigating bat migration suggests that the flying mammals orient themselves by the setting sun.

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