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The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

Brian Resnick July 14, 2016 07:00 am07.14.2016

These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.

SpaceX's Red Dragon mission will cost around $320 million, NASA hints

Loren Grush July 27, 2016 02:19 pm07.27.2016

SpaceX’s upcoming Red Dragon mission — Space News reports. That’s according to NASA...

That’s a relatively cheap price tag

More cancer-causing chemicals found in electronic cigarettes

Alessandra Potenza July 27, 2016 02:40 pm07.27.2016 33

The vapor from electronic cigarettes contains two previously unidentified chemicals that can cause cancer, according to a new study. The new research, published in Environmental Science & Technology, also...

Meet propylene oxide and glycidol

Tracking the Zika outbreak in the Americas

Arielle Duhaime-Ross March 1, 2016 05:24 pm03.01.2016

An outbreak of the Zika virus in the Americas has turned into a public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization. Though most cases of the virus are harmless, some health officials...

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New superbug-fighting antibiotic discovered up humans' noses

Alessandra Potenza July 27, 2016 01:00 pm07.27.2016 9

Believe it or not, some of us are carrying drug-resistant bacteria around in our noses; these colonies make infection more likely. But scientists have discovered a new weapon to use against these bugs —...

The nose knows

The atmosphere above Jupiter's Great Red Spot is hotter than the rest of the planet

Loren Grush July 27, 2016 01:00 pm07.27.2016

The upper atmosphere above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — the huge storm that has been raging for centuries on the gas giant — is much hotter than anywhere else on the planet. New research published today in N...

The massive storm may be heating things up

This flower smells like a rotting corpse, and you can watch it bloom live right now

Chris Plante July 27, 2016 12:39 pm07.27.2016 5

For 10 years the New York Botanical Garden has devoted time and resources to the Amorphophallus titanum, a single towering flower that, when in bloom, smells like a rotting corpse. Today, garden guests may...

What an odor

This Bill Gates-backed fund wants to 'disrupt' vaccine delivery in poor countries

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The Verge Review of Animals: the domestic cat

Elizabeth Lopatto July 12, 2015 11:00 am07.12.2015

This is the first column in a series, where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we've written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now...

Nature's version of Tony Sorpano

This Bill Gates-backed fund wants to 'disrupt' vaccine delivery in poor countries

Amar Toor July 27, 2016 10:12 am07.27.2016

At the very top of a tall glass building, in a room overlooking Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, a group of entrepreneurs are working on new ways to get vaccines to the people who need them most. They’ve come...

"We are trying to disrupt." Dr. Seth Berkley, GAVI CEO

Dolly's sheep clones are doing just fine

Amar Toor July 27, 2016 06:00 am07.27.2016

Twenty years after Dolly the sheep was born out of a test tube, four sheep cloned from her DNA are healthy and aging normally, according to a study published this week. The findings, published in the...

"They're very healthy for their age." Kevin Sinclair, University of Nottingham

David Chang adds plant-based 'Impossible Burger' to Nishi menu

Eater Staff July 26, 2016 08:27 pm07.26.2016

Bleeding veggie burger company Impossible Foods — a Silicon Valley darling that’s raised more than $150 million from big shot investors like Bill Gates — has found its first restaurant to actually serve...

"I was genuinely blown away when I tasted the burger." David Chang

Let's all say goodbye to the Philae comet lander, which we'll never hear from again

Loren Grush July 26, 2016 12:30 pm07.26.2016

There’s still some time left before Europe’s Rosetta mission comes to an end in September, but it’s already time to say goodbye to the mission’s Philae lander — the first spacecraft ever to touch down on a...

Philae hasn’t been doing too much talking, though
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