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Is Homosexuality in Your Genes?

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Scientists have identified two new genetic connections to homosexuality. Does this confirm that there are predisposed sexual orientations? We Got Our DNA Tested, Here's How It Actually Works - https://youtu.be/dbiv6BAmdF4 Read More: What...
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How Close Are We to Farming Human Body Parts?

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Growing human body parts in labs sounds like a myth, but scientists are making it a reality. How Close Are We To Photographing a Black Hole? -https://youtu.be/8GDx7uM9Vdw Read More: Living Cell Circuits Could Regrow Organs and Produce...
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Giant Flow Batteries Could Power Your City In The Future

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China is building vanadium redox flow batteries to power its cities in the future, but what exactly are they and how do they work? Diamond Nuclear Batteries Are Forever… Sort Of- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7z8wFGzDE Read More: The...
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What Happens When a Human Gets Rabies?

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Rabies has been scaring populations for thousands of years, but it's scary for more reasons than just a painful bite. Once the virus is inside us, it not only destroys our body, but damages our mind, and it can happen fast, or lay...
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Could Zapping Your Brain With Electricity Improve Your Memory?

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Your memory starts to degrade with age, but what exactly happens in your brain if there was a little zap to it? Here's what scientists discovered. What Exactly is Lupus? - https://youtu.be/LMYY8LddNm8 Read More: Working memory...
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Inside NASA’s Race Back To Neptune’s Icy Moon

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Could Neptune’s moon, Triton, harbor life? NASA scientists are working on a mission concept that after 30 years could finally return us back to this icy world. Watch more Focal Point! | https://bit.ly/2WvQRBt Read More: Next Stop,...
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How Scientists Found the Universe’s First Type of Molecule

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NASA has just discovered how the hot particles after the Big Bang settled down and created the very first molecule in the universe. A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking the Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica - https://youtu.be/Qck8zPUS3Is Read...
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What Exactly is Lupus?

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Our immune system is an incredible thing. It’s a complex, disease-fighting machine, capable of fending off attacks from bacteria and viruses. But what happens when that same incredible system stops fighting diseases, and starts attacking...
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The Mystifying Structures Hidden Within Earth’s Mantle

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Over four decades have passed since researchers discovered two continent-sized blobs wrapped around Earth's core, and they're still trying to figure out what they are. Here's what they know so far. There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding...
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How Close Are We to Creating a Lightsaber?

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Lightsabers might be elegant weapons for a more civilized age, but today, they only exist in the world of fiction. Could we use modern technology to create the most famous movie weapon of all time? May the Fourth be with you! Find Dr....
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This 3D Bioprinted Organ Just Took Its First "Breath"

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This breathing air sac model serves as a proof of concept in a field where 3D printing vasculature has been one of the biggest challenges. Why This 3D Light Printer Is a HUGE Game Changer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-d5VVZlxQ Read...
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Scientists Grew a Lamb in a Bag... Wait What?

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Two years ago, researchers created an artificial womb for premature lamb fetuses. Now, that technology is getting better by creating a womb that can one day help extremely premature babies live from 21–24 weeks old. What Does Lyme...
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Here's What Makes Measles So Dangerous

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The measles virus has been around for thousands of years, and is one of the most contagious diseases known to man. Its outbreaks have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Take a deep-dive into the disease and the...
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This Is What the Next NASA and SpaceX CRS-17 Mission Has On Board | Countdown To Launch

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NASA's resupply mission with SpaceX Falcon 9's Cargo Dragon spacecraft is delivering the next round of experiments to the ISS including a student proposed DNA sequencing experiment! Could This Be NASA’s Last Launch With Russia? |...
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Is Our Entire Universe Held Together By One Mysterious Number?

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1/137 is a universal constant that determines how stars burn, how chemical reactions happen, and if it were off by just a few percentage points—all of this might not even be here. But what happens if it shifts? Watch more Focal Point! |...
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Can This New Method of Recycling Reduce Fashion Waste?

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Considered the ‘alchemist of waste,’ materials scientist Veena Sahajwalla is closing the loop on fast fashion by tapping into fabric’s molecular potential. Watch more Focal Point: https://bit.ly/2GEgBpx Read More: Nothing Should Be...
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Why Did We Just Shoot A “Bullet” At An Asteroid?

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We keep sending spacecrafts to asteroids, but what makes these floating space rocks so special? Well, they could reveal the secrets about the formation of our solar system. The Mystery of Our First Interstellar Visitor Just Got More...
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New Subatomic Particles Are Shifting the Standard Model of Physics

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The Large Hadron Collider just discovered a new pentaquark, but how does it fit in our current understanding of the Standard Model? Could Everything We Know About String Theory Be Wrong? - https://youtu.be/gVcwcaI_viQ Read More: LHCb...
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What Does Lyme Disease Do To Your Body?

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What exactly is the connection between a tick bite and lyme disease? While we’re not sure exactly where and when the disease originated, we do know a lot about how it works, its signs, its symptoms in humans and dogs, how it’s spread and...
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Did NASA’s Twin Study Results Just Change Spaceflight Forever?

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The twin study is a revolutionary analysis of the molecular, physiological, and behavioral changes that happens to the human body in space in a year span. This is the first time it's ever been done and we're here to break it down for...
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How Close Are We to a Self-Driving World?

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Self-driving cars could revolutionize the way we travel, giving us more time to work, play, learn, and relax on the road. But when it comes to making them a reality, cutting-edge technology is only the tip of the iceberg. So, how close...
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How Seaweed Could Slow Down Climate Change

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Seaweed is on the menu! This superfood plucked from the ocean is being fed to a group of lucky California cows to curb their methane production, and the results might just save the planet. Watch more Focal Point! | https://bit.ly/2YoNmhx...
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We’re Closer to Unravelling the Mysterious Evolution of the T. Rex

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In its prime, the Tyrannosaurs rex was the apex predator of the world over 65 million years ago, but how did it get so big, so fast? Here are the latest discoveries we have about this colossal beast. How Did Roboticists Get This Ancient...
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What Happens If Earth Loses Its Clouds?

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Clouds are essential to regulating Earth's temperature, but what happens if they disappear? Why a Half Degree Rise in Global Temperature Would Be Catastrophic - https://youtu.be/teZk3NLU_7M Read More: A World Without Clouds...