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Using an unnamed space rocket, a team of German researchers have successfully studied the Bose-Einstein condensate.

Where will NASA land its next Mars rover? Listen at noon ET to get the details from the #Mars2020 mission team as they look at the science exploration possible at this site and how it’ll help answer key questions about the potential for ancient life on Mars.

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Promising news: ‘Mini brains’ grown in a dish have spontaneously produced human-like brain waves for the first time — and the electrical patterns look similar to those seen in premature babies.

Structures could help researchers to study the early stages of brain development disorders, including epilepsy.

What’s one way to prevent a traffic jam? Self-driving cars may have an answer:

Artificial intelligence–powered cars can put the brakes on stop-and-go traffic.

Since the very first module Zarya launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 20 November 1998, the International Space Station has delivered a whole new perspective on this planet we call home. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of international collaboration and research for the benefit of Earth with our astronaut Alexander Gerst’s longest timelapse yet!

In just under 15 minutes, this clip takes you from Tunisia across Beijing, China and through Australia in two trips around the world. You can follow the Station’s location using the map at the top right-hand-side of the screen alongside annotations on the photos themselves.

This timelapse comprises approximately 21 375 images of Earth all captured by Alexander from the International Space Station and shown 12.5 times faster than actual speed.

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A GENETICALLY modified virus that kills cancer cells and destroys their hiding places has been developed by British scientists.

It targets both cancer cells and healthy cells that are tricked into protecting the cancer from the immune system.

The role of fibroblasts is to hold different types of organs together but they can get hijacked by cancer cells to become cancer-associated fibroblasts or CAFs.

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“Campesinos” are driving the evolution of maize in North America.

• By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega on November 19, 2018

A new show looks back over a half century of this surprisingly robust genre.

• By Elizabeth Bailey on November 19, 2018