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Stem cell clinics' much-hyped treatments lack scientific support Jan 30 2020 6:00 AM Stem cell treatments for knee pain are strong on marketing, weak on science. READ MORE   These are the most detailed images of the sun ever taken Jan 29 2020 3:52 PM First images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal details on the surface of the sun three times as small as ever seen. READ MORE   Your most pressing questions about the new coronavirus, answered Jan 29 2020 3:18 PM With more questions than answers right now, researchers are racing to understand 2019-nCoV and stop the rapidly growing global health crisis. READ MORE

Tiny meteorites suggest ancient Earth had a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere Jan 29 2020 11:45 AM Simulations of reactions between 2.7-billion-year-old micrometeorites and atmospheric gases hint Archean Earth's atmosphere had high levels of CO2. READ MORE

An astrophysicist honors citizen scientists in the age of big data Jan 29 2020 6:00 AM In 'The Crowd and the Cosmos,' an astrophysicist gives due to citizen scientists and says they will continue to have a future in discovery. READ MORE

Can the coronavirus outbreak be contained? Jan 28 2020 12:51 PM More than 50 million people are quarantined in China, but whether the strategy will stem the epidemic's spread is unclear. READ MORE

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