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  Katharine Maylone

  

  As it closes in on Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft faces peril

  Los Angeles Times

  The day has come. As fireworks mark the Fourth of July, scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory hope to celebrate a milestone of their own: NASA’s Juno spacecraft entering orbit around Jupiter. NASA’s Juno is within hours of reaching Jovian orbit, said Scott Bolton, Juno’s …

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  Katharine Maylone

  

  

  BBC Earth | Environment, Climate Change, AI, Food, Health, Social, & Technology

  BBC News - BBC World

  As we face the world’s greatest environmental challenges, BBC Earth brings you solutions in psychology, food, climate change, health, social trends, and technology that can make the world a more sustainable place.

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  Katharine Maylone

  May 2, 2016
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  Katharine Maylone

  

  The bacteria in your belly can determine what diet will work best for you

  Business Insider - Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer

  The community of microbes that live in your stomach, otherwise called a microbiome, plays a big role in how you digest food. That's why some people eat probiotic yogurt or take supplements. And now, researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have come up with a mathematical …

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  Katharine Maylone

  

  How ‘Human’ Is This Newly Discovered Species?

  TIME - Justin Worland

  The discovery of a new human-related species, named Homo naledi, has thrown the evolutionary biology world for a loop. The newfound species, uncovered in a South African cave system, appears to be an odd combination of primitive and modern features not previously seen together. From the remains of at …

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  Katharine Maylone

  

  Homo naledi: New species of human ancestor discovered in South Africa

  CNN

  Rising Star Cave, South Africa CNN — When an amateur caver and university geologist arrived at Lee Berger’s house one night in late 2013 with a fragment of a fossil jawbone in hand, they broke out the beers and called National Geographic. Berger, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in …