Aneuploidy – when a cell has an irregular number of chromosomes – is a major cause of pregnancy loss. Scientists may have uncovered a gene that increases the risk of aneuploidy.
Apple and its CEO Tim Cook urged Indiana and its governor to “think different.”
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The protests over police shootings of unarmed black men may signify a new kind of civil rights movement based less on spectacle and more on social media and data.
Paper filing may soon be a thing of the past. But increased automation means humans will be more important than ever.
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April 15 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. But how did we come to commemorate the genocide of European Jewry in this way when survivors could barely speak of the horrors they endured?
President Obama and his Cuban leader Raul Castro shake hands as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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The attention lavished on the handshake between Obama and Castro belies the hard work needed to create true, equal partnerships between the United States and Latin America.
This derailed oil-carrying train in Ontario in March was the third from a single freight company in a month.
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Derailed train cars carrying oil have more communities concerned about spills. What’s behind the oil-by-rail boom and a federal agency’s ‘urgent’ call last week for better safety?
People continue to marry less – and later – in life.
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Women have made remarkable strides in politics but a Hillary Clinton White House would still have to contend with continuing sexism against women in public life.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro at the VII Summit of the Americas.
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People have been changing plant genomes ever since agriculture got started thousands of years ago. Here are the high-tech ways researchers insert new genes into plants now.
Drink up.
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Last month Burger King took soft drinks off of their kids’ menu. But will making low-fat milk and apple juice the new default options change how kids eat?