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asteroid P/2016 G1
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Astronomers spot an asteroid being struck by another object.

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Deputy Director for Science and Technology Pat Falcone discusses her career, and women in science and technology in this Princeton University podcast.
Nuclear chemist Dawn Shaughnessy
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Dawn Shaughnessy's team is partially responsible for adding six new elements to the periodic table’s ranks.
Image of Jupiter with water droplet
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With gentle pulses from gigantic lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory transformed hydrogen into droplets of shiny liquid metal using the world’s largest and most energetic laser.
Trees in summer and winter
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Nearly four decades of global temperature data collected by satellites reveal the atmospheric fingerprint of climate change.
Satellite image of desert landscape
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The rocks in Oman remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air and turn it to stone. In theory, these rocks could store hundreds of years of human emissions of CO2.
Scientist in forensics laboratory
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Nations seek to better address future chemical-weapons threats.
Boulby Mine, home to the Watchman experiment
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What are nations like North Korea and Iran really doing at nuclear reactors that are out of sight?

Someday, wispy subatomic particles known as antineutrinos could provide a clear view of what countries with illicit nuclear weapons programs are trying to hide.

Ivana Cvijanovic with mountain backdrop
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Lawrence Livermore’s increasingly powerful climate models have sounded a stark warning for California.
Laser-driven shock compression experiment
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Long theorized to be found in the mantles of Uranus and Neptune, the confirmation of the existence of superionic ice could lead to the development of new materials.