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NEWS IN BRIEF An origami design helps this robot lift delicate and heavy cargo Mar 14 2019 12:05 AM Fragile items, such as soft fruits, as well as heavier goods are in safe hands with a new robotic gripper. READ MORE   NEWS Geneticists push for a 5-year global ban on gene-edited babies Mar 13 2019 2:00 PM Prominent scientists are using the word "moratorium" to make it clear that experiments to create babies with altered genes are wrong, for now. READ MORE   NEWS Hidden compounds in many medications can trigger allergies Mar 13 2019 2:00 PM Analysis of 42,000 pill recipes shows nearly 93 percent have ingredients that may cause allergic reactions. READ MORE   NEWS IN BRIEF Ultraprecise atomic clocks put Einstein's special relativity to the test Mar 13 2019 2:00 PM Physics obeys the same rules no matter what direction you're facing, a new experiment confirms. READ MORE   SCIENCE STATS Pharmaceutical abuse sent more than 350,000 people to the ER in 2016 Mar 13 2019 7:00 AM The misuse of pharmaceuticals sent an estimated 350,000 people to U.S. emergency departments in 2016. READ MORE   REVIEWS & PREVIEWS Nine companies are steering the future of artificial intelligence Mar 12 2019 2:38 PM In 'The Big Nine,' futurist Amy Webb explores the political and economic factors that are shaping artificial intelligence. READ MORE   More Recent Headlines NEWS IN BRIEF Stroke victims with busy immune responses may also see mental declines MAR 12 2019 9:48 AM A small study links an active immune response soon after a stroke with a loss in cognitive ability a year later. READ MORE   50 YEARS AGO 50 years ago, doctors lamented a dearth of organ donors MAR 12 2019 6:00 AM Fifty years ago, surgeons' supply of heart donations was woefully low. READ MORE   NEWS IN BRIEF One of the strongest known solar storms blasted Earth in 660 B.C. MAR 11 2019 3:26 PM Ice cores and tree rings reveal that Earth was blasted with a powerful solar storm 2,610 years ago. READ MORE   NEWS The first male bees spotted babysitting are mostly stepdads MAR 11 2019 3:01 PM Some male bees guard young that are likely not their own while mom looks for pollen, a study finds. READ MORE   NEWS The 'roof of the world' was raised more recently than once thought MAR 11 2019 6:00 AM New studies suggest that the Tibetan Plateau may have risen to its dizzying heights after 25 million years ago. READ MORE   NEWS IN BRIEF Scientists have chilled tiny electronics to a record low temperature MAR 08 2019 3:37 PM In a first, electronic chip temperatures dip below a thousandth of a degree kelvin. READ MORE   SCIENCE VISUALIZED How droplets of oil or water can glow vibrant colors MAR 08 2019 2:00 PM Viewed from various angles, tiny droplets of water or oil glow different colors under white light. READ MORE   MYSTERY SOLVED Microwaved grapes make fireballs, and scientists now know why MAR 08 2019 9:00 AM Electromagnetic waves bounce back and forth inside a grape, creating plasma. READ MORE   REVIEWS & PREVIEWS 'Skeleton Keys' unlocks the history and mysteries of bones MAR 08 2019 6:00 AM From fish to dinosaurs to King Richard III, 'Skeleton Keys' surveys the scientific and cultural history of bones. READ MORE   NEWS IN BRIEF Merging magnetic blobs fuel the sun's huge plasma eruptions MAR 07 2019 4:46 PM Solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections grow from a series of smaller events, observations show. READ MORE

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