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The FAA Says SpaceX Can't Expand Its Texas Launch Site—Yet Jun 21, 2022

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SpaceX must address dozens of environmental issues before it can upgrade Starbase in Boca Chica. The launch license needed for the Starship program remains pending.

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Monkeypox Can Be Contained—but Time Is Running Out Jun 20, 2022

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Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold.

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The Secret to Tastier Fake Meat? Breeding Better Beans Jun 16, 2022

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Scientists are using genomics to create high-protein soybeans and peas. Their aim? To make meat and milk substitutes that can rival the real thing.

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A New Kind of Genome Editing Is Here to Fine-Tune DNA Jun 15, 2022

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Instead of deleting genes, epigenetic editing modulates their activity. A new paper tests if it’s able to undo a genetic effect of early alcohol exposure.

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The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here Jun 14, 2022

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Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.

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Welcome to the Great Reinfection Jun 13, 2022

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A repeat encounter with Covid used to be a rarity. But now that Omicron has changed the game, expect reinfections to be the new normal.

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Rising Food Prices Will Make Obesity Rates Worse, Not Better Jun 10, 2022

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When faced with food insecurity, studies show that people opt for cheap, energy-dense meals that are bad for their health.

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How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers Jun 09, 2022

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Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit.

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This Startup Wants You to Eat Ground-Up Chicken Bones Jun 08, 2022

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A Finnish company says it has found a way to incorporate bone into ground chicken, lowering the production cost and environmental impact of the meat. But will anyone eat it?

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Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis Jun 07, 2022

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It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.

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