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E-cigarettes caught fire among teens

High schoolers’ use of e-cigarettes shot up from 2017 to 2018, and public health officials are concerned that a new generation is at risk for nicotine addiction.

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Scicurious

Sometimes a failure to replicate a study isn’t a failure at all

By Bethany Brookshire

3 days ago

Growth Curve

Many babies are crummy sleepers, confirming what millions of parents already know

By Laura Sanders

1 week ago

Growth Curve

Don’t spank your kids. Do time-outs and positive talk instead, pediatricians say

By Laura Sanders

4 weeks ago

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The sugar that makes up DNA could be made in space

Deoxyribose, the sugar of DNA, was created in a lab simulating ice in space.

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Bennu and Ryugu look like spinning tops and scientists want to know why

The first high-resolution images of Bennu confirm that the asteroid looks very similar to the asteroid Ryugu.

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New Horizons gears up for its close encounter with Ultima Thule

On January 1, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly by Ultima Thule, the first small Kuiper Belt object ever to get a close visitor.

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Erosion has erased most of Earth’s impact craters. Here are the survivors

Earth’s largest known impact crater measures 160 kilometers in diameter. The newest, yet to be confirmed, stretches a still-whopping 31 kilometers.

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These sound waves can levitate and move particles in new ways

A new machine that levitates objects using sound waves can manipulate several particles at once.

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Tumor ‘organoids’ may speed cancer treatment

Growing mini tumors in a lab dish, researchers can screen compounds to find promising combinations for treating rare cancers.

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New research may upend what we know about how tornadoes form

New data on the birth of tornadoes suggest that the twisters don’t form from the top down.

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Endangered northern bettongs aren’t picky truffle eaters

Without the northern bettong, the variety of Australia’s truffle-producing fungi could take a hit, a new study finds.

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Counting the breaths of wild porpoises reveals their revved-up metabolism

A new method tracks harbor porpoises’ breathing to collect rare information on the energy needs of the marine mammals.

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Big data reveals hints of how, when and where mental disorders start

The first wave of data from the PsychENCODE project holds new clues to how and when psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia emerge.

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Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns

A DNA study challenges the idea people fully tamed maize in Mexico before the plant spread.

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Here’s a rare way that an Alzheimer’s protein can spread

Amyloid-beta found in vials of growth hormone can move from brain to brain, a mouse study shows.

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50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny

Nine-banded armadillos have identical quadruplets. But the youngsters aren’t identical enough, and scientists 50 years ago could not figure out why.

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The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its first encounter with the sun and is sending data back to Earth.

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Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds

New research has created self-cloning hybrid rice, raising hopes of higher food production.

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Babies born in opioid withdrawal have unusually small heads

Infants born dependent on opioids had heads that were smaller than babies whose moms didn’t use the drugs during pregnancy.

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‘Little Foot’ skeleton analysis reignites debate over the hominid’s species

Long-awaited analyses of the Little Foot skeleton have researchers disagreeing over resurrecting a defunct species name.

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Nearly 200 Great Barrier Reef coral species also live in the deep sea

There are more coral species lurking in the deep ocean that previously thought. That could be good news for their shallow water counterparts.

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Here’s what was surprising about Kilauea’s 3-month-long eruption

Researchers revealed new insight into the Hawaiian volcano’s most recent eruption.

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Biologists are one step closer to creating snake venom in the lab

Milking snakes for venom may soon no longer be needed to make antidotes for bites.

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A new way to turn saltwater fresh can kill germs and avoid gunk buildup

A new device that harnesses sunlight to produce pure vapor from seawater could last longer and produce cleaner water than other technology.

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The list of extreme weather caused by human-driven climate change grows

The tally of extreme weather events linked to climate change continues to grow, with new studies outlining links to more than a dozen events in 2017.

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E-cigarettes caught fire among teens

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The sugar that makes up DNA could be made in space

Bennu and Ryugu look like spinning tops and scientists want to know why

Top 10 stories of 2018: Climate change, gene-edited babies, hidden craters and more

New Horizons gears up for its close encounter with Ultima Thule

Erosion has erased most of Earth’s impact craters. Here are the survivors

These sound waves can levitate and move particles in new ways

Tumor ‘organoids’ may speed cancer treatment

New research may upend what we know about how tornadoes form

Endangered northern bettongs aren’t picky truffle eaters

Counting the breaths of wild porpoises reveals their revved-up metabolism

Big data reveals hints of how, when and where mental disorders start

Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns

Here’s a rare way that an Alzheimer’s protein can spread

50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny

The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun

Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds

Babies born in opioid withdrawal have unusually small heads

‘Little Foot’ skeleton analysis reignites debate over the hominid’s species

Nearly 200 Great Barrier Reef coral species also live in the deep sea

Here’s what was surprising about Kilauea’s 3-month-long eruption

Biologists are one step closer to creating snake venom in the lab

A new way to turn saltwater fresh can kill germs and avoid gunk buildup

The list of extreme weather caused by human-driven climate change grows

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