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A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Thursday.

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SpaceX Completes Successful Launch, Narrowly Misses Catching $6 Million Nose Cone

2:52pm February 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

As part of his "rocket reusability" ethos, Elon Musk had hoped to use a giant net on a boat to catch the rocket's protective covering. It turns out it's hard to catch stuff falling from space.

New data show that some dogs may match their owner's movements, says Barbara J. King.

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Keeping A Close Eye: Dogs, Social Referencing, And Evolution

1:40pm February 22, 2018

by Barbara J. King

Does your dog watch you closely? A new experiment shows how dogs may match our movements and, in some breeds more than others, gaze at us for information, writes anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Activists participate in the Take Back The Workplace March and #MeToo Survivors March & Rally on Nov. 12, 2017, in Hollywood, Calif. A new survey offers the first set of nationwide data on prevalence, showing that the problem is pervasive and women are mo

A New Survey Finds 81 Percent Of Women Have Experienced Sexual Harassment

8:38pm February 21, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A nationwide survey found that most women have experienced some form of sexual harassment, many since their teenage years. The results illustrate why the #MeToo movement was so successful.

Kristopher Kelly near his home in Concrete, Wash., in February. He broke his pelvis and all his ribs in a work accident last year. The resulting infection he developed in the hospital almost killed him.

Did An IV Cocktail Of Vitamins And Drugs Save This Lumberjack From Sepsis?

5:42pm February 21, 2018

by Richard Harris

A 51-year-old man nearly died from septic shock, when a crushing injury led to overwhelming infection. After getting an experimental treatment, he's recovering well, but some doctors want more proof.

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At the level of quantum particles, there is evidence that actions in the present can influence the past, says Marcelo Gleiser.

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Can We Change The Past?

2:02pm February 21, 2018

by Marcelo Gleiser

Putting humans and consciousness aside, at the level of quantum particles, Wheeler's delayed-choice experiments show that actions in the present can influence the past, says physicist Marcelo Gleiser.

Gary Nabhan holds white tepary beans grown at his home in Patagonia, Ariz. Nabhan believes that drought-tolerant teparies could become a solution for growing food in a hotter and drier Arizona.

Arizona's Tepary Beans Preserve A Native Past, Hold Promise For The Future

1:16pm February 21, 2018

by Mariana Dale

Local Native Americans grew teparies for centuries, but the beans began to sink into obscurity. Now, thanks to seed preservation and farmers who want to preserve the past, they're making a comeback.

Shaorong Deng gets an experimental treatment for cancer of the esophagus that uses his own immune system cells. They have been genetically modified with the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.

Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes

11:58am February 21, 2018

by Rob Stein

More than a third of patients with cancer of the esophagus responded to experimental treatment in China with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. Several CRISPR studies are underway there.

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Cherry blossom trees, known as sakura, flourished in Japan. Fairchild imported several dozen trees for his own property in Chevy Chase, Md., and after seeing how much people liked them, he helped negotiate a larger shipment of trees to be planted around t

Like Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your Plate

7:40pm February 20, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

In the early 20th century, botanist David Fairchild traveled the world and brought plants back to the U.S. that we now see as thoroughly American. NPR talks with the author of a book on Fairchild.

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Michio Kaku Predicts "The Future of Humanity"

2:33pm February 20, 2018

The futurist and physicist talks about mankind's next giant leap.

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Hidden Brain: A Study Of Airline Delays

6:47am February 20, 2018

by Shankar Vedantam

Flight delays and late arrivals have gone down since 1990. At the same time, airlines have increased scheduled flight times because flights are taking longer, and more time is spent taxiing.