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Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life
In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.
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SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.
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What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato
An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
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Mary Gaillard, Who Broke a Ceiling in Subatomic Research, Dies at 86
Overcoming discrimination in a mostly male preserve, she did groundbreaking work that showed experimentalist physicists where and how to look for new particles.
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Is Cola With Cane Sugar Actually Better? We Did a Taste Test.
When it comes to beloved sodas, the taste buds want what the taste buds want.
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How to Pick a Good Tomato (and Salvage a Bad One)
Don’t settle for a mealy tomato. Here are five expert tips from a chef to make sure they’re delicious every time.
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Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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Ahead of Trump’s Trade Deadline, Firms Rushed Goods Out of Duty-Free Warehouses
By keeping inventory in bonded warehouses or foreign trade zones, importers were able to hedge the tariff rate they ultimately paid.
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192,000 Play Kitchens Are Recalled After Child Dies of Strangulation
Children playing with the set can get caught on a hook of the toy kitchen and asphyxiate themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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Stock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.