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BOOK REVIEW: My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
Review by Tina Hesman Saey.
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SpaceDiet of a dying star
Astronomers pinpoint what feeds a type of stellar explosion.
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The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways.
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ClimateSoil’s Hidden Secrets
Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.
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PsychologyBig score for the hot hand
Hot hands exist in professional volleyball and influence game strategy.
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EarthSmall efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect
Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.
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TechTwitter kept up with Haiti cholera outbreak
Epidemiologists find that social media can be used to track disease outbreaks as they happen, even in countries with little infrastructure.
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Health & MedicineStudy tracks booze’s buzz in the brain
In both heavy and light drinkers, alcohol causes the release of morphinelike chemicals.
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SpacePlanets as common as stars in Milky Way
A new analysis suggests the galaxy is riddled with worlds.
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Health & MedicineLight pot smoking easy on lungs
Infrequent marijuana users show a slight improvement in breathing capacity and middling smokers had no change, a 20-year study shows.
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SpaceNew maps of the cosmic dark
Probing galactic distortions reveals web of invisible matter.
By Nadia Drake