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IBM announces breakthrough in chip technology

IBM announces breakthrough in chip technology

The computer giant says it has produced a prototype of transistors that are just 7 nanometers wide, half the width of the smallest ones currently used.

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By week's end: Pluto, cephalopods and a rescue mission

By week's end: Pluto, cephalopods and a rescue mission

A taste of what you might have missed this week with a chance to discover something new for the second week of July.
by William Lager

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Scientists discover one of the oldest horned dinosaurs

Scientists discover one of the oldest horned dinosaurs

Scientists have found a "new" horned dinosaur that lived about 79 million years ago -- and they say the discovery helps them understand the early evolution of the family that includes Triceratops.

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How do babies learn to talk?

How do babies learn to talk?

Babies can learn whatever language (or languages) they're exposed to. But how do they do it? It's a step-by-step process of learning that begins even while they're still in the womb.
by Molly Bloom

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After sketchy science, Shark Week promises to turn over a new fin

Shark Week is here, and scientists are afraid. Not of the toothy swimmers -- but of inaccuracies, bad science and the demonization of animals that aren't as ferocious as Discovery Channel has made out.
by Neda Ulaby

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Checking mammoth DNA against elephants hints at how they got hairy

Checking mammoth DNA against elephants hints at how they got hairy

A clump of a mammoth's fur bought on eBay led scientists to a long list of ways the extinct species was special. One specific gene likely played a role in helping mammoths thrive in icy weather.

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Pilot in solar-powered plane sets aviation record

Pilot in solar-powered plane sets aviation record

A sun-powered airplane landed in Hawaii after a five-day journey from Japan that smashed the previous record of 76 hours for the longest duration nonstop solo flight.

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Digital boot camp graduates break with coder image

Digital boot camp graduates break with coder image

Prime is trying to change the industry to make it more diverse and kinder than the culture of the 'brogrammer.'
by Jon Collins

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Great white sharks and the thrill of unseen nature

Great white sharks and the thrill of unseen nature

Unusual clusters of great white sharks are occurring just off a California beach where anthropologist Barbara J. King recently spent time, leading her to reflect on how much of nature is unseen by us.
by Barbara J. King

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