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Data model predicts peak flu outbreaks

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China launches its first ever moon rover

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Global Winds, Imaged in the GEOS-5 Nature Run (William Putman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

NASA has an incredible wind map

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Everything you need to know about today’s Mars launch

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Earlier puberty may spell doom for boys’ choirs

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Watch a monkey control a computer with its mind

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Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City
Records show ancient Chinese workers pulled the 300-ton center stone in this famous staircase over man-made roads of ice. (Image courtesy of Chui Hu)

Engineers uncover mystery surrounding China’s Forbidden City

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Put a giant sea turtle in a wind tunnel. What happens?

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A 3-D Printed Spider Robot, Screenshot from 'T8 the Bio Inspired 3D Printed Spider Octopod Robot' by Robugtix on YouTube

3-D printing finds use in Hollywood: Creating monsters

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Infographic shows air pollution deaths around the world

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Doctors vacuum a 2-foot-long clot out of man’s leg

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Mars is probably not home to life, according to sad new study

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Illustration of Clostridium difficile (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

2 million Americans annually get infections that antibiotics can’t cure

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Studies: Linking doctors’ pay to performance is better for patients

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Microphone turns your fingertip into a speaker

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Lettuce goes where few men have gone before

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U.S. schools to start serving healthier food this fall

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