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• Microbes survived inside giant cave crystals for up to 50,000 years

  18-02-2017 18:55
  
  Microbes trapped in crystals in Mexico's Naica mine may represent some of the most distinct life forms found in Earth so far.
  
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• Gravity probe exceeds performance goals

  18-02-2017 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The long-planned space mission that seeks to detect gravitational waves is on course to be selected this summer.
  
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• Europa lander mission takes another step toward reality

  18-02-2017 17:09
  
  NASA is working on a possible lander mission in which the main science goal would be to search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa.
  
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• Second cause of hidden hearing loss identified

  18-02-2017 14:40
  Some people can pass a hearing test but have trouble understanding speech in a noisy environment. New research identifies a new mechanism for this condition just years after its discovery.
  
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• Eclipse to be turned into mega-movies

  18-02-2017 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Citizen photos taken during August's total solar eclipse in the US will be spliced into continuous videos.
  
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• Naica's crystal caves hold long-dormant life

  18-02-2017 08:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Long-dormant microbes are found inside giant crystals of the Naica mountain caves - and revived.
  
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• The secret of scientists who impact policy

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Vermont) Researchers analyzed 15 policy decisions worldwide, with outcomes ranging from new coastal preservation laws to improved species protections, to produce the first quantitative analysis of how environmental knowledge impacts the attitudes and decisions of conservation policymakers.
  
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• Scholar to talk about role of science in law

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (Northwestern University) Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Shari Diamond, one of the foremost empirical researchers on jury process and legal decision-making, will address the importance of involving scientists in the legal system at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston.
  
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• Researcher examines premature death in delinquent youth

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (Northwestern University) Northwestern University researcher Linda Teplin will share data showing alarming premature mortality rates for delinquent youth at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston.
  
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• Reboot Gitmo for science

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Vermont) How do you redeem a place like Gitmo, the notorious US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?Reboot the naval base and detainee center as a cutting-edge marine research lab and peace park, says Joe Roman, a conservation biologist at the University of Vermont (UVM).
  
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• How to build a bio-bot: Researchers share design and development of biological machines

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves -- or better yet, when prompted -- is more complicated than it looks. Rashid Bashir and Taher Saif of the University of Illinois will speak on the design and development of walking and swimming bio-bots at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  
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• GA4GH at AAAS 2017

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (Global Alliance for Genomics and Health) The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), an international coalition of academic, industry, and patient groups that aims to foster a culture of data-sharing between researchers and clinicians, will host a symposium in the Medical Sciences and Public Health track of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Feb. 18, 2017, at 1 p.m. in room 309 of the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass.
  
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• Examining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (Michigan State University) Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star (about as big as Earth), in a laboratory rather than from afar via a telescope. Cosmic detonations of this scale and larger created many of the atoms in our bodies, says Michigan State University's Christopher Wrede. A safe way to study these events in laboratories on Earth is to investigate the exotic nuclei or 'rare isotopes' that infl
  
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• Communications expert explains how science should respond to fake news

  18-02-2017 06:00
  
  (University of Wisconsin-Madison) The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last US election cycle. But fake news is not at all new in the world of science, notes University of Wisconsin-Madison Life Sciences Communication Professor Dominique Brossard. Addressing the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Brossard discussed the fake news phenomenon in the context of science and online social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
  
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