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A new painkiller promises relief without addiction, but there's still lots to do

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AT-121 looks good on paper, but don’t expect it to solve the opioid crisis any time soon.

The federal government estimates that 2.1 million people had an opioid use disorder in 2016. Some scientists hope new painkillers can help.

Don't like what Google says about you? You might be able to change it

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Control what people see.

When was the last time you googled yourself? Potential employers, dates, and friends may search for your name—and what they see can affect their first impression of…

How a kickball helped surgeons heal a fetus

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Before operating within a living womb, they had to practice.

Operating on a fetus that's still in the womb is tricky, and the margin for error is minuscule. So surgeons practice beforehand—with an assist from a kickball.

The backyard griddle is ready to challenge charcoal and gas grills

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Make smashburgers like a short order cook.

Griddles are popping up in more backyards and burgers are better for it.

Cheese played a surprisingly important role in human evolution

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Ancient Egyptian cheese helps us understand when and how dairy came into our lives.

While the techniques from bioarchaeology have provided this fantastic detail on Neolithic diets, where the science stops, experimental archaeology can explore what was…

Probiotics are drugs, so we should test them like drugs

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Only a few probiotic pills have actually been proven to work, despite all the health claims supplement companies make about them.

In a study out today in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, researchers report that a probiotic intended to treat a parasitic infection in mice actually…

Appliances, smartphones and 8K TVs: More of the best gadgets from IFA 2018

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Whip up a bratwurst and cruise the new gadgets.

Here are some new gadgets!

In-flight Wi-Fi is terrible—here's how to make it better

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Don’t waste airplane time on load times.

On long flights, nothing makes time pass like burying your nose in work. Unfortunately, in-flight Wi-Fi leaves a lot to be desired. Here's how to improve it.

How to clean up your computer's embarrassingly messy desktop

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Give your machine a digital declutter.

A messy desktop slows down your computer and acts as a constant distraction. Here's how to clean up your Windows or macOS interface.

Five tools for meticulous measurements

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Distance, weight, and even color have dedicated measuring tools.

Miniscule measurements can make all the difference with pernickety processes like hanging a perfectly level picture.

When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it

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Your first meal of the day isn’t as simple as you might think.

Since childhood, we’ve constantly been told that breakfast—compared to all other meals—is the by far the most important one. But research hasn’t always shown that to be…

Tropical Storm Gordon could hit hurricane status before it next hits the U.S.

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The weak storm is on its way out of Florida, but it's gaining strength.

The weak tropical storm will eventually make landfall somewhere between New Orleans and Mobile—possibly on the verge of hurricane strength.

Last week in tech: A huge pile of new gadgets to close out the summer

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Who will sit in the giant Acer gaming throne once winter comes?

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An inside look at a $2,200 pair of custom headphones

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The Ultimate Ears Live in-ear monitors use hearing aid tech for super-precise sound.

Each in-ear unit contains eight speakers, and each of those is tuned to a specific part of the audio spectrum.

Something called ‘squeezed light’ is about to give us a closer look at cosmic goldmines

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Gravitational wave detection is going through an even tighter squeeze.

Gravitational wave detectors work by looking for teeny tiny movements caused by massive cosmic collisions, but quantum mechanics mean things can get even more precise.

The scoop on how mouse poop might get humans to Mars

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Researchers are testing how life on the International Space Station affects the microbiome.

It turns out that when a person alters their normal sleep-wake cycle, the community of microorganisms in their gut—their microbiome—changes, too.

Space debris or sabotage? Conflicting theories about the recent ISS leak

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The leak has been repaired, but its origins remain mysterious.

Air slowly seeped out of a hole aboard a Russian vessel connected to the International Space Station last week.

Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 game twists physics to make web-swinging super fun

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Insomniac games started with real physics and tweaked to make swinging around the city a blast.

Swinging around the map is a lot more fun than plodding around on a digital horse.

Mathematicians finally found the perfect bubble blowing formula

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Science tackles the hard questions at last.

What’s the recipe that separates making a good bubble from making a bad bubble? A team of mathematicians took on the daunting question.

Charted: Here's how much your food waste hurts the environment

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When you let broccoli rot in your fridge, you add noxious gases to more than just your veggie drawer.

Let's face it: We’ve all found liquified lettuce in our veggie drawers. Don't fret. It's arguably impossible to consume 100 percent of the food we buy. But a healthy…
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