The Y2K of healthcare is coming.
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Injured by Orca? Insurance Codes Are Getting Crazy Specific
Assisted Death Laws Won’t Make It Better to Die in the US
California's physician-assisted death bill has attracted a lot of debate. But nobody is talking about America's real problems with end-of-life care.
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Space Photos of the Week: Dang That’s a Purdy Supernova
Space photos of the week, September 20–26.
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How the Body’s Trillions of Clocks Keep Time
Cellular clocks are almost everywhere. Clues to how they work are coming from the places that they’re not.
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The War Over Genome Editing Just Got a Lot More Interesting
Scientists have found a second CRISPR system that can edit human DNA.
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Here’s Where to Watch the Supermoon Eclipse Online
Live coverage of the total lunar eclipse from global observatories will start at 8 pm Eastern Sunday.
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It’s Official: The Supermoon Won’t Set Off Earthquakes
We always hear about the destruction that the supermoon will bring, but planetary alignments likely only play a very small role in generating earthquakes and eruptions on Earth.
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That Arctic Seed Vault Isn’t Just There for a Doomsday
Syria's scientists hope to use the Svalbard samples to regenerate that collection outside of their war-torn home.
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China Says It Will Start the World’s Biggest Carbon Market by 2017
On Friday, Chinese president Xi Jinping will announce that China will start the world's largest carbon trading system by 2017, according to a statement released Thursday night by the White House.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: This Slug Has Such a Big Penis It Has to Mate Upside Down
The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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