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  1. Ancient tools found in India undermine the “out of Africa” hypothesis

    385,000-year-old evidence for much earlier meetings between African and Indian hominins.

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  2. Are we already warmer than any time since the Ice Age ended?

    New record of past climate paints a slightly different picture.

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  3. SpaceX has made its last launch before Falcon Heavy attempt [Updated]

    Weather is no longer a concern for launch.

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  4. CDC director resigns over investments in tobacco, drug, health companies

    Agency said the "complex financial interests" limited her ability to do CDC work.

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  5. Drug companies submerged WV in opioids: One town of 3,000 got 21 million pills

    The state has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the country.

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  6. Pocket-sized DNA reader used to scan entire human genome sequence

    It still needs some help to assemble a genome, but it provides unique information.

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  7. Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hours [Updated]

    The official Boring Company flamethrower “starts shipping in spring.”

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  8. Berserk leprosy bacteria are wildly mutating to become extremely drug resistant

    New method to study the bacteria’s genetics reveals grim situation.

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  9. Qantas experiments with mustard seed biofuel on LA-Melbourne flight

    The 10-percent biofuel blend is estimated to reduce emissions by 7 percent.

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  10. NASA has gone a year without a formal leader—with no end in sight

    Confirmation of Jim Bridenstine as administrator remains bogged down.

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  11. Odd vertebrate gets rid of hundreds of genes early in development

    Mice silence these genes during development; sea lampreys just delete them.

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  12. The White House seems interested in the Falcon Heavy launch

    “Major (positive) ramifications for US space industry if this goes according to plan.”

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  1. A 15-year look at how energy changed in the US, state by state

    Data from 2000 to 2015 lets us reflect on what 2015 to 2030 will look like.

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  2. 3D, volume-filled imagery created with hovering dots

    An optical device traces shapes with the particle, while lasers light it up.

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  3. Many glaciers letting rivers run low, others are falling apart

    Two studies examine melting glaciers behaving badly.

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  4. Teaser: Our celebration of 50 years of Apollo resumes next week

    We pick back up with a look at the people who made the journey possible.

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  5. After a “major” launch anomaly, satellites scrambling to reach orbits

    It appears that the upper stage of an Ariane 5 rocket fired the wrong way.

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  6. Russia’s Proton rocket falls on hard times

    After 53 years in service, the main Russian launcher is running out of customers.

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  7. Amateur search for dead spy satellite turns up undead NASA mission

    NASA lost contact with its IMAGE satellite in 2005, but it may still be operating.

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  8. “Life, uh, finds a way”—Applying lessons from evolution to go to Mars

    Biomimicry looks to living organisms to create the future of sustainable engineering.

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  9. Hunting for the ancient lost farms of North America

    2,000 years ago, people domesticated these plants. Now they’re wild weeds. What happened?

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  10. With Google, Bitcoins, and USPS, Feds realize it’s stupid easy to buy fentanyl

    Simple search led investigators to sales of $766 million worth of fentanyl.

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  11. Humans expanded out of Africa 40,000 years earlier than we thought

    The discovery sheds new light on the timing of early human migration.

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  12. New form of qubit control may yield longer computation times

    Finessing qubit control may be better than hammering the message home.

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  1. White House starts debate on when NASA should leave the space station

    "Kudos to the administration for beginning the debate."

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  2. A salamander with a genome 10 times the size of ours regrows lost limbs

    Most of the extra DNA appears to be irrelevant to regeneration.

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  3. Submerged permafrost releasing methane, but not into the atmosphere

    Beaufort Sea study tracks methane released from thawing ancient permafrost.

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  4. These baby monkeys are first cloned primates created using the Dolly method

    Despite low success rate and ethics issues, creators hope they’re useful for research.

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  5. SpaceX has test fired its Falcon Heavy rocket

    The crucial test clears the way for a launch in early February.

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  6. Rocket Lab launched a secret payload into space last weekend

    "It’s perplexing that... we don’t think about anything beyond our little sphere."

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  7. Climate change melting pre-Viking artifacts out of Norway’s glaciers

    Reindeer hunters, traders, and the earliest Vikings all left artifacts on the ice.

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  8. Man convicted for renting human heads cut with chainsaw, dripping disease

    He faces up to 20 years for wire fraud, illegally transporting hazardous materials.

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  9. How many electric cars can the grid take? Depends on your neighborhood

    High concentration of EVs can lead to equipment trouble later.

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  10. Software used in judicial decisions meets its equal in random amateurs

    Software used to predict if people being sentenced will commit another crime.

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  11. The first Chinese astronaut thought he was going to die

    "Hold on! Just hold on for a bit longer."

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  12. Raw sprouts at Jimmy John’s linked to another outbreak—at least the 7th

    And the sandwich chain’s customers are already clamoring for their return.

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