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The New Horizons spacecraft is headed towards an object nicknamed "Ultima Thule" (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

What New Horizons will see next

Nicole Karlis
Annie Easley (NASA)

Annie Easley, barrier-breaking scientist

Dan Samorodnitsky
Villagers walk through debris after being hit by a tsunami as they carry their belongings on December 24, 2018 in Carita, Banten province, Indonesia. (Getty/Ulet Ifansasti)

Why experts missed the tsunami

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Delta Theta Sigma fraternity brothers hunt for deer together on Penn State University farm land in State College, Pa. The Delta Theta Sigma fraternity is geared toward students interested in agriculture careers, many of them avid hunters from growing up in small towns and rural areas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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The science of serendipity

James Geary
This undated identification file photo shows former Western Connecticut State University student Adam Lanza, who authorities said opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. (Western Connecticut State University via AP)

Revisiting Adam Lanza's autism in 2018

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2006 file photo, a doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in his Chicago office. A national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have mostly silent infections caused by the sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus, and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers. The study was released Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) (AP)

Federal vaccine court pays out billions

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
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Is salvia the key to a malaria vaccine?

Hannah Thomasy
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Accused doctors get 2nd chance in CA

Barbara Feder Ostrov, Harriet Blair Rowan - KFF Health News
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Viral stowaway a defense against disease

Josh Peters
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Health care is where the jobs are

Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
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Hep C and drug abuse go hand in hand

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
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Ready for the courts?

Zachary Siegel - Undark
This Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, displayed on a laptop computer screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

5 ways nixing ACA could be disasterous

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
"Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race" by Brian May and David J. Eicher; Earthrise (MIT Press/NASA)

"Earthrise" (and Apollo 8) turns 50

David J. Eicher, Brian May
Josh Gordon #10 of the New England Patriots (Getty/Maddie Meyer)

Star athletes redefining masculinity

Nicole Karlis
Caylyn Otto stands next to her son, Oliver, at the Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Born nearly seven weeks early, the baby is one of the youngest heart transplant recipients at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Doctors say Oliver, who was due Feb. 20, has been doing remarkably well post-transplant. At background left is his father, Chris Crawford. (AP Photo/Terry Tang) (AP)

No cash, no heart

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km). (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

NASA pays a visit to asteroid Bennu

Nicole Karlis
(AP/Achmad Ibrahim)

A planet in loss mode

Subhankar Banerjee - TomDispatch.com
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-84610p1.html'>Kzenon</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Beware of natural supplements

C. Michael White - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=4896915'>Matt_Brown</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Online shaming may make behavior worse

Brian Edward Kinghorn - The Conversation
(Pichugin Dmitry/Shutterstock)

Did Neanderthals make cave paintings?

Patty Hamrick
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-210661p1.html'>Andrey Myagkov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

One implant, two prices

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017, file photo, the "Pink Star" diamond, the most valuable cut diamond ever offered at auction, is displayed by a model at a Sotheby's auction room in Hong Kong. The stunning 59.6 carat diamond has sold for HK$553 million or US$71.2 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, setting a record for any diamond or jewel. It's Also the highest price for any work ever sold at auction in Asia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Diamonds are forever

Joshua Wilhide, William LaCourse - The Conversation
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