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Future Sunscreen May Contain DNA — and It Gets Better the Longer You Wear It

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Jul 27 2017

Future Sunscreen May Contain DNA — and It Gets Better the Longer You Wear ItMedical innovators have developed a coating made of DNA th

Watch: Orphan Bear Cub Moves to Adopted Home

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Jul 27 2017

Indonesia orangutan sanctuary says villagers encroaching

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Jul 27 2017

Indonesia orangutan sanctuary says villagers encroachingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A conservation group says nearly a fifth of the forest in an orangutan sanctuary on the I

The iPod nano had a weird, amazing history

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Jul 27 2017
  1. The iPod nano had a weird, amazing history  The Verge

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  2. McMaster ousts senior official on National Security Council

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    Jul 27 2017
    1. McMaster ousts senior official on National Security Council  Washington Post

    Signal may be from first 'exomoon'

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    Jul 27 2017

    A team of astronomers has potentially discovered the first known moon located beyond the Solar System.

    US scientists have genetically modified human embryos

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    Jul 27 2017

    US scientists have genetically modified human embryosU.S. scientists have genetically modified human embryos.


    Venezuela's vote for a constitutional assembly could destroy democracy, critics warn

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    Jul 27 2017
    1. Venezuela's vote for a constitutional assembly could destroy democracy, critics warn  

    DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species

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    Jul 27 2017

    Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a century.

    Genome-wide cancer 'dependency map' now revealed

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    Jul 27 2017

    In one of the largest efforts to build a comprehensive catalog of genetic vulnerabilities in cancer, researchers have identified more than 760 genes upon which cancer cells from multiple types are strongly dependent for their growth and survival. While many of these dependencies are specific to certain cancer types, about 10 percent are common across multiple cancers, suggesting that a relatively small number of therapies may combat multiple cancer types. Mutations accounted for only a small percentage of dependencies.