Science and reality
Thanks to the arcane way the FDA deals—and doesn’t deal—with consumer and medical devices, the same FDA logo can mean wildly different things.
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This year's planetary research reminds us that exploration of the solar system (and beyond) is just beginning.
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Just after noon Eastern today, Cassini will fly by the icy moon Enceladus for the final time---and a tearful farewell it'll be.
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These images—the first in a series of high-res shots NASA will release in the coming weeks—are the sharpest humans will ever see of Pluto's surface.
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Nobody knows how to make babies any more.
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Phobos is gradually spiraling in closer to Mars, getting ready to self-destruct. And when it does, its remains will give the red planet a brand-new ring.
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In the wee hours of a morning in December, San Francisco will block off its main street to map it with LiDAR.
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New Horizons found the dwarf planet's very own Mordor.
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By viewing the sun in extreme ultraviolet light, the Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the star's invisible explosions.
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Starting around 8 am Eastern time, two American astronauts stepped outside the comfort of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space.
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