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It's now possible to edit the DNA in a human embryo. The next question is, should we?

British Scientists Seek Permission To Edit DNA In Human Embryos

1:09pm September 18, 2015

by Rob Stein

After Chinese scientists announced in April that they had edited the genes in human embryos, many researchers said it shouldn't be done. Scientists in London say they want to do it for research only.

While wearing a toilet seat on his head, David Hu accepts the Physics Prize, for his research on the principle that mammals empty their bladders of urine in about 21 seconds, from Dudley Herschbach, right, the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, while being

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The 2015 Ig Nobels: Studies That Make You Go 'Huh?'

10:35am September 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

This year's prizes honored, among others, the brave researcher who subjected himself to 200 bee stings to determine where it was most painful.

A still image from a video produced by the To Scale Series shows a model of the solar system in which planets orbit the sun on a dry lakebed in Nevada.

Planets Transit The Desert In 7-Mile Scale Model Of The Solar System

10:19am September 18, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In this solar system, Jupiter is about the size of a miniature watermelon. The sun is a small weather balloon. And the orbits, traced onto a dry lakebed, are huge.

Scientists think the lone star tick (center) likely transmits Heartland disease to people. And the virus probably also circulates in deer and coyotes.

Deadly Heartland Virus Is Much More Common Than Scientists Thought

4:13pm September 17, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Heartland virus was considered rare. Scientists now say they've found signs of it circulating in animals across the Midwest, New England and the South. They think human cases have been missed.

The government's first ever national target to reduce food waste will encourage farmers to donate more of their imperfect produce to the hungry.

It's Time To Get Serious About Reducing Food Waste, Feds Say

11:44am September 17, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

The amount Americans throw away annually would fill a 100-story building 44 times, says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The USDA and the EPA have issued a challenge to cut that in half by 2030.

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Lily chases sheep for the first time in her shepherd-mix life, at Raspberry Ridge Sheep Farm in eastern Pennsylvania. Several times a year the farm invites dogs for "herding instinct tests."

Do City Dogs Dream Of Chasing Country Sheep?

6:49pm September 16, 2015

by Fred Mogul

Many people spend summertime in the great outdoors, enjoying simpler living. Reporter Fred Mogul took his city dog to a farm in Pennsylvania to see if she might enjoy exploring her shepherding roots.

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Katie Serio, director of treatment and prevention at the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County, N.Y., trains a group of school nurses to use the overdose antidote naloxone at Dansville High School.

School Nurses Stock Drug To Reverse Opioid Overdoses

5:35pm September 16, 2015

by Michelle Faust

With deaths from heroin and painkillers on the rise, more nurses at high schools and middle schools are prepared to intervene in the event of an overdose on school grounds.

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Jeff Bezos Announces Plans To Build, Launch Rockets From Cape Canaveral

4:03pm September 16, 2015

by Brendan Byrne

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, visited Florida Tuesday to announce his other company, Blue Origin, will launch rockets from Cape Canaveral. He created his private space firm 15 years ago.

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Engineers made the implant with a metallic 3-D printer that melts titanium powder.

Engineers Create A Titanium Rib Cage Worthy Of Wolverine

4:03pm September 15, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Doctors say it's the first time a titanium sternum and set of ribs have been made with a 3-D printer. The custom-made device has already been implanted in the chest of a cancer patient in Spain.

Jeff Bezos says the launch pads at Cape Canaveral have been dormant for "too long — we can't wait to fix that."

Amazon's Bezos Plans To Build, Launch Rockets From Florida

11:42am September 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In announcing a new expansion of commercial efforts to launch earthlings into space, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the launch pads at Cape Canaveral have been dormant for too long.