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The new book ‘18 Miles’ takes readers on a journey through the atmosphere and the history of understanding climate and weather.

Scientists hope the world’s smallest satellites will boldly go where no probe has gone before.

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During an interview at a Boston- area café, Zac Manchester apologized for not bringing along a copy of his latest satellite — one of many duplicates due to enter orbit this fall during a mission to the International Space Station. “Don’t worry,” says Manchester, a Stanford University professor of aeronautics and astronautics. “I’ll put one in an envelope and mail it to you.”

Sun spots – or actinic keratoses – are caused by UV light. Now people are using medicated creams to remove them before they have a chance to turn cancerous.

A new way to store data could be on the horizon. A team of scientists are hoping to make new storage devices with lasers.

Neuroscientists know a lot about how our brains learn new things, but not much about how they choose what to focus on while they learn. Now, researchers have traced that ability to an unexpected place in the brain.

In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs to learn which sights, sounds, and sensations in its environment are the most important and monitor how the importance of those details change over time. Yet how humans and other animals track those details has remained a mystery.

Scientists think they’ve figured out how animals sort through the details. A part of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus, or PVT, serves as a kind of gatekeeper, making sure that the brain identifies and tracks the most salient details of a situation. The findings appear in the journal Science.

An Edmonton man battling a rare blood cancer is scheduled to have a potentially life-saving stem cell transplant later this week.

Bille Nguyen is set to receive his transplant in Calgary on Thursday, one day after his sister Susan donates her stem cells.

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The Titanic is back – and it’s ready to complete the voyage its predecessor attempted over 100 years ago.

The Titanic II, a replica of the original “ship of dreams,” will be setting sail in 2022, following the same Southampton, England, to New York route the famed Titanic tried in 1912.

RITZ-CARLTON’S FIRST CRUISE SHIP ENTERS THE WATER

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Researchers plan to use the device to develop a ‘gut on a chip’ and attach it to a ‘brain on a chip.’

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Blue Origin recently received a large cargo ship, which they will retool to retrieve the first stage of their reusable New Glenn rocket.