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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
(AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

A new vaccine for celiac disease

Bob Curley - Healthline
Neil deGrasse Tyson (AP/Frank Micelotta)

Tyson may be a MeToo villain. What now?

Eve Andrews - Grist
Mako sharks killed at the South Jersey Shark Tournament in June 2017. (Lewis Pugh/Independent Media Institute)

Consequence of shark fishing tournaments

Rick Stafford
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This undated combination provided by Hologic shows an image taken using conventional mammography, left, and an image using a 3D mammography, right, with a tumor circled that wasn’t visible on the first image. A large study that was published Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that adding breast screening with 3D imaging to conventional digital mammograms is slightly better at finding cancer than regular scans alone, with fewer false alarms. (AP Photo/Courtesy Hologic) (AP)

Should some women get mammograms at 30?

Elizabeth Pratt - Healthline
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Farmers: Save bees or save themselves

Bryan Smith - WhoWhatWhy
The magnet core of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS, Compact Muon Solenoid) (AP/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

How everyone can learn quantum mechanics

Scott Bembenek, PhD
(AP Photo/Chris Post)

Curing a health system ill

Stacie B. Dusetzina - The Conversation
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Portrait painted by AI sells for $433K

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain
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Another reason to fight the patriarchy

Carrie King - Simplify
(ecoRobotix)

Weed-killing robots use fewer pesticides

Amber Wang - GearBrain
(Getty/Salon)

College-bound after a brush with death

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Devices have become our safety blankets

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain
(Larry Benvenuti/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Sea turtles offer dire warning

Dahr Jamail - Truthout
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Apple's plan for blood pressure monitors

Alistair Charlton - GearBrain
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Misinformation infects social media

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Filippo Menczer - The Conversation
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A Father’s Day reminder from science

Keith Payne - The Conversation
(AP/David Zalubowski)

Tesla Model X accelerated before crash

Lauren Barack - GearBrain
(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

"Mixed reality" is a burgeoning market

Lauren Barack
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler (Franklin Golden/Random House)

Everything doesn't "happen for a reason"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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A Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named "Starman" heads towards Mars. (Gett/SpaceX)

Elon Musk's insult to space

Keith A. Spencer
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Fake planet blamed for coming rapture

Matthew Sheffield
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AspenOverview0172.JPG">Mark Muir </a>)

Expand the forest to curb climate change

William Moomaw - The Conversation
(Shutterstock/AlessandroBiascioli)

Study: One-Night Stands Suck

Erin Coulehan
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