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Steps on the Road to Programmable Matter (Infographic)"Kilobots" are tiny robots that self-assemble into target shapes.
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Can Aspirin Help Prevent Cancer? (Infographic)Results of a study of aspirin use and deaths from cancer and other diseases.
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Elephants Crowned Top Smellers Among Selected Mammals (Infographic)African elephants bested rats, a former olfactory record-holder, among selected placental mammals.
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Tesla and Edison Compared (Infographic)Nikola Tesla, genius inventor, and Thomas Edison, expert businessman.
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How New Childbirth Therapies Work (Infographic)Methods including three-parent embryos and womb transplants could revolutionize childbearing.
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How El Niño Causes Wild Weather All Over the Globe (Infographic)Warmer water changes weather patterns, bringing floods and droughts across the globe.
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Chart of Earthquakes Worldwide, 2000-2014 (Infographic)The numbers of earthquakes recorded at various magnitudes.
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How the Deadly MERS Virus Has Spread Around the World (Infographic)Of 536 cases reported since 2012, 145 have died.
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Experts Predict the Future of the 'Internet of Things' (Infographic)While most surveyed expected benefits to the majority of the public, many expressed concerns for privacy and unintended consequences.
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Global Warming: Official Report Shows Climate Change is Human-Caused (Infographic)The U.S. National Climate Assessment shows that summers are getting hotter, heat waves are lasting longer, and weather is getting more extreme.
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How Pot Smoking Changes Your Brain (Infographic)Studies of brain scans of pot smokers found that the density of brain matter was increased in the pleasure centers of the brain.
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How the Bluefin-21 Searches For Flight 370 Wreckage on the Ocean Floor (Infographic)Unmanned submersible uses sonar to scan the ocean floor and return a 3D map to the surface.
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Poll: Most Americans Think Future Tech Will Make Life Better (Infographic)59 percent of those polled were optimistic, while 30 percent thought the changes would make people worse off.
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Beer on Twitter: Finding Drinking Patterns in Tweet Data (Infographic)Researchers create maps of beer preferences by geotagging tweets.
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How Scientists Created a Semi-Artificial Life Form (Infographic)By editing its DNA sequence on a computer, scientists modified a eukaryotic yeast cell.
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New Research Finds Cell Damage in Autistic Brain (Infographic)Patches of cells in the outer layer of the cortex are disorganized in the brains of autistic children.
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The Mystery of Missing Flight 370 (Infographic)More than two weeks after its strange disappearance, Malaysian officials announced they believe Flight 370 crashed into the sea.
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Study: Civilization Doomed by Overconsumption, Wealth Inequality (Infographic)Advanced societies frequently collapse unless steps are taken to regulate resource consumption and economic stratification.
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Nutrition Facts Label: Proposed FDA Changes (Infographic)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to update the labeling on food packages to reflect the latest thinking on diet and nutrition.
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Calories Burned by Winter Sports Activities (Infographic)Relative number of calories expended during 10 minutes of various Olympic activities.
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Dyson Spheres: How Advanced Alien Civilizations Would Conquer the Galaxy (Infographic)By surrounding their star with swarms of energy-collecting satellites, advanced civilizations could create Dyson spheres.
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How DARPA's Robotics Challenge Works (Infographic)The Challenge is a series of tasks to test the capabilities of robots designed for disaster response in emergencies.
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Vaping: How E-cigs Work (Infographic)E-cigarettes vaporize a flavored liquid rather than burning tobacco.
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Excessive Added Sugar Clogs Americans' Diets (Infographic)Drinking soft drinks alone gives teenagers more than the recommended maximum daily amount of sugar.
