After traveling 3.5 billion miles, the DAWN spacecraft has reached the end of its primary mission over Ceres, a dwarf planet that sits in t...
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12:12 PM
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Rosetta will crash land into its comet on September 30th, bringing its mission to an end
The countdown to the destruction of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has begun. The probe, which has been orbiting around a c...
11:12 AM
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The world's decision to fix the ozone hole is paying off 30 years later
The ozone hole over the Antarctic has begun to heal, according to a new study , more than 30 years after its discovery. The findings sugges...
11:12 AM
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FDA warns consumers not to eat raw cookie dough after E. coli outbreak
Well, it was fun while it lasted. The US Food and Drug Administration just issued new consumer guidelines recommending complete abstinenc...
10:26 AM
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AI pilot defeats human combat instructor in simulated air battles
An AI program developed with funding from the US military has managed to consistently defeat human pilots in a training simulator. ALPHA,...
9:24 AM
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Hubble is capturing stunning photos of Jupiter’s giant auroras
The Hubble Space Telescope is capturing amazing photographs of Jupiter’s auroras, which look like sparkly swirls at the planet’s poles. Th...
7:59 AM
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft will soon reach Jupiter and start unlocking the planet’s secrets
NASA is celebrating Independence Day this year by putting a spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter. The space agency’s Juno mission is slate...
5:16 AM
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Congratulations! It's sharks!
— "Uh oh." — "What?" — "Neil, this shark is really pregnant. " So goes the opening exchange of my one-ho...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
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Yes, it’s possible to sneeze out spaghetti
When I was six years old, I sneezed a noodle out of my nose. I was at the airport with my family. We were running to catch a flight somewh...
1:33 PM
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Biden threatens to defund universities that don’t publish cancer trial results
During a National Cancer Summit earlier today, Vice President Joe Biden pledged to take action against research institutions that don't...
1:09 PM
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Risky stem cell procedure for ALS may be done safely, study shows
A complicated procedure for transplanting human stem cells into the spinal cord of patients with a fatal neurodegenerative disease may be d...
10:41 AM
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NASA’s Hubble celebrates Fourth of July early with galactic explosions
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a "firework" large enough to engulf our planet. The birth of a cluster of star in galaxy ...
9:09 AM
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North American leaders unveil ambitious plan to boost renewable energy production
The leaders of the Canada, Mexico, and the United States unveiled a sweeping plan to reduce carbon emissions during this year’s trilateral ...
7:18 AM
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Messages from space: a Q&A with NASA’s social team
Last week, The Onion published a story titled " NASA Social Media Manager Considers Himself Part Of The Team ," ostensibly makin...
12:59 AM
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Near-perfect wings from dinosaur times discovered in amber
A pair of wings found encased in amber suggest that the plumage of modern birds has remained almost unchanged from some of their dinosaur-e...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Monkeys infected with Zika provide valuable insights into the virus
Scientists have successfully infected a group of rhesus macaque monkeys with Zika, marking the first time that non-human primates have been...
10:20 AM
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Giant helium field could inflate the world’s dwindling supply
When the US privatized the National Helium Reserve in 1996, it began selling off the nation’s helium reserves cheaply, — which depleted the...
9:35 AM
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Blue Origin breaks ground on new Florida rocket factory
Jeff Bezos announced today that his private spaceflight venture, Blue Origin, has begun construction on the new rocket manufacturing facili...
8:50 AM
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A new giant centipede has been discovered — also it can swim
Just in time for pool season, scientists have discovered a new species of centipede — the first known to hunt in water. It's called Sco...
8:05 AM
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Two Zika vaccine candidates shown to completely protect mice from the virus
Scientists have found two potential vaccine candidates that may help combat the Zika virus. A single shot of each vaccine was shown to comp...
6:18 AM
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Legal weed hasn't turned all of Colorado's teens into stoners
A common argument against legalizing marijuana in the US has been that it would make weed more accessible to teens, even with age require...
6:18 AM
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This camera is so tiny it can be injected with a syringe
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have designed a micro-camera so small it can fit inside a syringe . The scientists b...
Monday, June 27, 2016
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Rats feel empathy for other rats, unless they're on antidepressants
Rats care about their rat buddies — unless they’re on antidepressants, it would seem. A 2011 study found that when a free rat came in cont...
1:24 PM
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Dogs can smell low blood sugar in people with diabetes
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered one more reason why dogs are great: their superior sense of smell is inspiring a...
8:54 AM
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Watch NASA fire up a giant rocket booster in the desert
NASA is going to light a massive fire in the Utah desert tomorrow morning. The space agency plans to test out one of the solid rocket boo...
7:35 AM
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Supreme Court overturns abortion clinic restrictions
In a major ruling on abortion, the Supreme Court struck down parts of a Texas law that could have led to the closure of many abortion facil...
2:52 AM
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China launches new Long March 7 rocket in preparation for planned space station
China's Long March 7 rocket launched successfully for the first time this weekend, the second in a trio of new boosters the country w...
Sunday, June 26, 2016
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The Verge Review of Animals: sandpipers
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals . Up until now, we’ve written about animal...
Saturday, June 25, 2016
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Termites were farming 25 million years ago — long before humans
When it comes to farming, termites are OG . By searching through cliffs in southwestern Tanzania, researchers have discovered fossilized &q...
Friday, June 24, 2016
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Why doctors are struggling to treat the gun violence epidemic
In the first 176 days of 2016, there have already been 196 mass shootings in America . Just two weeks ago, we witnessed the deadliest mass ...
6:19 AM
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Watch the most powerful version of the Atlas V rocket launch a satellite into space
This morning, the United Launch Alliance’s premiere rocket — the Atlas V — will launch a US Navy communications satellite into a high orbi...
4:52 AM
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UK scientists face an uncertain future after Brexit vote
The UK's decision to leave the European Union has rattled the scientific community, amid fears that the so-called "Brexit" ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016
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A new 'dark vortex' just popped up on the surface of Neptune
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spied a brand new blemish on the surface of Neptune . New images from the spacecraft reveal that a "...
11:26 AM
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How do you teach an autonomous car when to hurt its passengers?
How do you teach a car when to self-destruct? As engineers develop and refine the algorithms of autonomous vehicles that are coming in the ...
11:26 AM
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Sperm self-sabotage to make sure mothers have a bigger influence on DNA
Here’s a fun biological fact: men pass on less DNA to their children than women do. The reason for this has been a long-standing mystery, t...
7:03 AM
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How scientists could patent the genetic blueprint for a human
Three weeks ago, scientists announced a controversial plan to create synthetic human genomes from scratch. The paper — which they publishe...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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Health advisories in Zika-affected countries may have prompted more women to seek abortions
Women who live in some Latin American countries where the Zika virus is spreading are increasingly seeking access to abortion — even though...
10:13 AM
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Black holes don't have to be active to warp space and time
Even dormant black holes warp space and time, scientists now say. The discovery came from a supermassive black hole that’s a few million So...
10:13 AM
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Black holes responsible for first gravitational wave detection came from ancient, massive suns
In February, scientists at the LIGO observatory made history when they announced the first ever detection of gravitational waves . These r...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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Gene-editing tool CRISPR may soon be used to treat humans for the first time
The controversial gene-editing tool CRISPR may soon be used to create custom blood cells that hunt cancer — its first use to treat humans...
3:55 PM
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NASA’s new Apple TV app lets you live stream launches and check on the space station
These days, if you want to watch a NASA-sanctioned rocket launch or astronauts play on the International Space Station, you typically reach...
9:34 AM
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SpaceX may have to pay $500 per ton to bring its landed Falcon 9 rockets into port
Port Canaveral — the busy naval port on Florida’s Space Coast — is considering making a big change to its tariff fees. Specifically, the po...
6:25 AM
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Latest weight-loss device approved by the FDA leaves some doctors 'appalled'
A weight-loss device approved by the FDA last week has some doctors up in arms, with one even attempting to put together 4,000 physicians ...
Monday, June 20, 2016
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Lower-fat chocolate is now possible thanks to electrical engineering
Physicists at Temple University in Philadelphia have come up with a novel approach to manufacturing chocolate that could allow for lower fa...
11:27 AM
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Sorry, but that 'sea monster' on Google Maps is just a rock
A ‘sea monster’ has been caught on Google Maps , speculates a Facebook video with over a million views. The clip, which originally appeared...
10:19 AM
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Youngest known exoplanet could teach us a thing or two about planet formation
NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler has spotted the youngest planet ever found outside our Solar System . Dubbed K2-33b, this exoplane...
8:18 AM
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Chameleon spit is 400 times more sticky than human saliva
Chameleons are vicious little predators. They hunt bugs, birds, mice, and even other chameleons using only one weapon: their tongues. New r...
6:57 AM
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An experimental Zika vaccine will be tested on humans for the first time
For the first time, researchers will be allowed to test an experimental Zika vaccine on humans. The Food and Drug Administration has approv...
2:42 AM
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Chinese supercomputer is the world's fastest — and without using US chips
A Chinese supercomputer built using domestic chip technology has been declared the world's fastest . The news highlights China's r...
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Science
Have frogs ever been to space? Let me Google that for you
This week, we noticed an interesting trend emerge here at Verge Science: we wrote a lot about frogs and a lot about space . Well, we ...
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