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Nkosiyazi Mncube (23), is the first participant in the HIV vaccine trials at the MRC clinic on November 30, 2016 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South Africa launched a major clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the AIDS virus, which scientists hope could be the cure for the disease. (Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Jackie Clausen)

There Could Be an HIV Vaccine as Soon as 2021

There are currently three different vaccines entering final testing

Robins

French Bird Hunters Attract Controversy for Glue Trap Usage

Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s President Inexplicably Blames Amazon Fires on Leonardo DiCaprio

Biochar

Can Biochar Help Reduce Carbon Emissions Around the World?

mushrooms

Health & Fitness

FDA Fast-Tracks Psilocybin Treatment for Depression

A frozen 18,000-year-old puppy was uncovered in Russia.

Scientists Find 18,000-Year-Old Frozen Puppy

Arctic

Arctic Explorers Battle Climate Change to Reach North Pole

Very good dogs

Scientists Offer New Theory on Why Dogs Bond With Humans

Heliogen Solar Thermal Plant in Lancaster, California

Bill Gates-Backed Clean Energy Startup Announces Breakthrough

Sasquatch

Unexplained Canadian Wilderness Sounds Prompt Cryptid Speculation

Jennifer Doudna

CRISPR Co-Inventor Calls for Increased Regulation of Gene Altering

This New Fasting Trend Isn’t What You’d Expect

This New Fasting Trend Isn’t What You’d Expect

Climate strike

"Climate Strike" Is the 2019 Word of the Year, According to This Dictionary

Nashua, New Hampshire

Are Highly Skilled Workers a “Waste” in Small Towns? A New Study Says Yes.

Breath-testing device

New Report Questions the Accuracy of Breath-Testing Devices

International Space Station

Is Space the Next Frontier for Lamborghini?

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Drugs

New Study Analyzes Sewage, Discovers World’s Most Popular Drugs

Five hour workday

A German Consulting Firm Switched to a 5-Hour Workday. Everything Improved.

China Highway Roads

British Engineer Invents Electric Vehicle Cell Capable of 1,500 Miles of Range

Thomas Edison

Can Thomas Edison’s Reputation Be Salvaged?

NASA Viking 2 Mars Lander 1976

Evidence of Life on Mars Was Found in the ‘70s, Says Former NASA Scientist

billionaire space race

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the Race to Own Space

The Tongass National Forest in Ketchikan, Alaska

The Government Wants Your Opinion on Its Plan to Log Our Largest National Forest

Car Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States

Why US Car Emissions Are Continuing to Rise in the Era of the Hybrid

Mayan ruins

Archaeologist Uses Online Maps to Find 27 Previously Undiscovered Sites

Leonardo da Vinci Bridge

Leonardo da Vinci Designed One Hell of a Bridge, MIT’s 3D-Printing Confirms

Common Loon State Bird of Minnesota

Your State Bird Is Moving Away Because of Climate Change

NASA's Hubble Telescope that captured the Messier 87 galaxy.

Was Einstein’s Theory of Relativity … Wrong?

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