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The meteorite is 3.1 by 2.6 by 0.8 inches large. It is surrounded by a gray reduction halo, in the otherwise red limestone. Oxygen was consumed when the meteorite weathered on the seafloor. The coin in the image has a diameter of just under 1 inch.

Scientists Say They've Unearthed A Completely New Kind Of Meteorite

6:59pm June 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists say that in a Swedish quarry, they've uncovered a meteorite unique among the 50,000 known on Earth today. They say it could hold clues about the history of the solar system.

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Research Explores Ways To Overcome STEM Fields' Gender Gap

6:22am June 15, 2016

by Shankar Vedantam

Why do so few women sign up for careers in science, technology, engineering and math? Research suggests having few women in college in these fields and in technology companies creates a vicious cycle.

Russia's Maria Sharapova appealed a two-year suspension for taking the banned drug meldonium.

What Does It Take To Get A Drug Banned For Enhancing Athletes' Performance?

2:35pm June 14, 2016

by Carolyn Beans

The World Anti-Doping Agency considers whether a drug can unfairly improve athletes' chances of winning — and also whether it could harm them — when deciding to blackball a drug.

Primary regions of diversity of major agricultural crops worldwide.

A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You

3:18pm June 13, 2016

by Jeremy Cherfas

A new study reveals the full extent of globalization in our food supply. More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin national diets originally came from somewhere else — often far away.

Tough thumbs but weak hands? Millennials use technology in their workplaces more than their counterparts in 1985.

Millennials May Be Losing Their Grip

1:07pm June 13, 2016

by Natalie Jacewicz

Less manual labor may be why today's young adults have weaker grips than their counterparts did 30 years ago. The change augurs limper handshakes and fewer opened jars for 20-somethings.

Dr. James Allison in his lab at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

A Scientist's Dream Fulfilled: Harnessing The Immune System To Fight Cancer

9:14pm June 09, 2016

Melanoma can be a deadly skin cancer, but 10 years ago biologist Jim Allison figured out a way to tweak the body's immune system to go after those malignant cells. Some patients are now cancer-free.

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Kosuke Morita, who led a group of researchers that discovered element 113, speaks at a press conference at in Tokyo on June 9. The name nihonium stems from the fact that element 113 was discovered in Japan, and Nihon is one way to say the country's name i

Hello, Nihonium. Scientists Name 4 New Elements On The Periodic Table

3:42pm June 09, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

The new superheavy, radioactive elements were added to the periodic table last year but given temporary and unremarkable names: ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctoium.

Luis Alberto de la Rosa says he sells lots of misoprostol, a drug used in abortions and in ulcer treatment, to women from Texas who come to his Miramar Pharmacy in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico.

Legal Medical Abortions Are Up In Texas, But So Are DIY Pills From Mexico

10:23am June 09, 2016

by John Burnett

Women seeking an abortion in restrictive Texas now often pick the medical version, thanks to FDA rules making it easier. Others seek cheaper pills in Mexico, and aren't getting guidance from a doctor.

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Among the hominin fossils found at the Mata Menge site on the Indonesian island of Flores was part of a lower jaw.

Fossils Suggest That Island Life Shrank Our 'Hobbit' Relatives

8:30pm June 08, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Scientists say tiny bones dating back 700,000 years on the Indonesian island of Flores shine new light on how these mysterious, 3-foot-tall creatures got that way.

The EHang 184 autonomous aerial vehicle is unveiled at the EHang booth at CES International in January in Las Vegas. The drone is large enough to fit a human passenger.

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Drone Taxis? Nevada To Allow Testing Of Passenger Drone

6:01pm June 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A Chinese company called EHang and the state of Nevada are partnering to test the EHang 184, which can carry a single passenger.