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Genetics and stress interact to shape human health…

[caption id="attachment_12145" align="alignright" width="333"] Marsha Mailick[/caption] This is a story of nature and nurture. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Waisman Center have shown one way in which human genetics and chronic stress interact to…

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Space technologies improve surgeries back on earth

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a novel surgical robotic system that provides tactile feedback and is capable of single-incision and natural orifice (incision-free) robotic surgery. The system minimizes surgical trauma and is safer than…

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Science record set on space station

[caption id="attachment_12138" align="alignnone" width="625"] The record-breaking Expedition 50 crew[/caption] If anything should break in space, let it be records. The astronauts of Expedition 50 have done just that by setting a new record for most…