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Three billion miles away on the farthest known major planet in our solar system, an ominous, dark storm — once big enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean from Boston to Portugal — is shrinking out of existence as seen in pictures of Neptune taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Scientists put a lot of effort into uncovering the history of these tiny bits of matter, in the hopes that it will tell us something about the universe, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.

Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!

With Cape Town in the news, it’s important to understand many other major cities around the world are also at risk.

The United Arab Emirates is seeking ideas from around the world that explore the possibilities of space settlement and habitation.

The United Arab Emirates plans to launch a satellite this year, send a probe to Mars by 2021 and put people on the planet by 2117.

How the mind can make sense of quantum physics in more ways than one.

A new breakthrough will make DNA sequencing much more accurate and accessible, meaning it’s only a matter of time before your doctor starts doing it.

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Imagine you’re visiting your doctor for a checkup. Your doctor takes all the usual measurements like your height, weight, heart rate, and blood pressure, and then tells you she’s going to sequence your DNA.

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