Joe Palca
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Avoiding The Ouch. Scientists Are Working On Ways To Swap The Needle For A Pill
A lot of vaccines and some medications need to be delivered by injection. Two groups of researchers are designing ways of delivering these medications by putting them in pill form.
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Why Morning People May Have A Health Edge Over Night People
A new study suggests that being a morning person makes you slightly less susceptible to depression or mental illness. It, however, is not a very big effect.
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VIDEO: Inventor Inspired By Childhood Memories Of Fungus
As a child on a New York farm, Eben Bayer helped his dad shovel wood chips in the barn. That's where he noticed a stretchy web of fungus that became the basis of his biodegradable packing material.
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NASA's Mars Probe Is To Land Soon Near The Planet's Equator
NASA's spacecraft InSight is scheduled to land on Mars Monday afternoon. It's expected to deploy a sensitive seismometer and temperature probe to let scientists explore the planet's interior.
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Waiting For Opportunity To Get In Touch
NASA mission managers haven't heard from the Martian rover Opportunity since June. A dust storm interfered with communication but the storm is over now and engineers hope to hear from the rover soon.