Opinion | Anti-vaxxers' next target is the highly effective HPV vaccine. Here's why.

The safe, heavily researched HPV vaccine remains tragically under-used — and anti-vaccine movies and conferences could make it more so if we’re not careful. | Continue reading


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Major League Baseball's broadcast restrictions crimp the cord-cutters

Baseball’s complex blackout structure makes streaming games complicated to watch. Here’s why it’s so confusing. | Continue reading


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Scientists are searching for a mirror universe It could be right in front of you

If the "mirrorverse" exists, upcoming experiments involving subatomic particles could reveal it. | Continue reading


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Technologists think the internet is broken. So they're building another

Mark Nadal is one of a growing number of technologists trying to right what they see as the wrongs of the internet by building a new one around decentralization. | Continue reading


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Heat waves fall hardest on poor and elderly, experts say

A 1995 heat wave in Chicago killed 739 people. Now cities prepare for heat waves, but the root problems that caused the deaths still remain. | Continue reading


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On Instagram, counterfeit cash is for sale – and a short search away

Instagram has struggled to crack down on the sellers of counterfeit goods, who use the platform’s photo-focused network to show off their wares. | Continue reading


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Now the hard part: Why Netflix's toughest days are still ahead

Analysis: As rivals launch their own streaming services and take back rights to popular shows, Netflix is facing increasing pressure to create stronger original content. | Continue reading


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Microsoft will give away software to guard U.S. voting machines

The tech giant says it has tracked more than 700 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries against U.S. political organizations so far this election cycle. | Continue reading


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Opinion | Steve Vladeck: America's overuse of 'treason' has reached alarming levels

We are willfully turning a blind eye to the sordid history of treason that led to its unique treatment in the U.S. Constitution. | Continue reading


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China's rising tech scene threatens U.S. brain drain as sea turtles return home

Silicon Valley was "a little bit slow for us," said Shenzhen-based entrepreneur Jason Gui, one of millions of Chinese people who were educated in the U.S. | Continue reading


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On the other side of Prime Day, Amazon workers brace for 'two months of hell'

In a private Facebook group, workers discussed the stress of the consumer holiday, including what kind of perks workers can expect: "a granola bar." | Continue reading


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Eight decades later, the last Beetle rolls off the production line

The iconic Beetle might have vanished entirely if it weren’t for a British officer assigned to oversee the restoration of VW’s factory in the heavily bombed town of Wolfsburg after the end of World War II. | Continue reading


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Saudi airline cancels $6B Boeing order in favor of Airbus. Who's next?

“If this plane doesn’t start flying again before Christmas, it could start to get very ugly for Boeing in terms of order cancellations,” one aviation expert said. | Continue reading


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First baby in the U.S. born from transplanted womb of dead donor

The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio said it has done five uterus transplants so far and hoped to enroll 10 women in its study. | Continue reading


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Instagram to warn users BEFORE posting 'hate' comments

Adam Mosseri, the head of Facebook-owned Instagram, said the company is willing to make decisions that keep its users safe from online bullying, even if it leads to decreased usage. | Continue reading


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Are we living in a simulated universe? Here's what scientists say

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After years of big spending, tech's political machine turns to high gear

"I’ve never seen pushback in such a fashion before," Terry Schilling, executive director of the American Principles Project, told NBC News. | Continue reading


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Floating solar farms could make fuel and help solve the climate crisis

"Solar methanol islands” could curb our reliance on fossil fuels that belch harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. | Continue reading


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Tim Cook disputes 'absurd' reports about Jony Ive's departure from Apple

In a rare, scathing statement sent exclusively to NBC News, Cook took issue with a report published Sunday night by The Wall Street Journal. | Continue reading


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"Cuomo uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes," Trump tweeted. "They sue on everything, always in search of a crime." | Continue reading


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Scientists are searching for a mirror universe

If the "mirrorverse" exists, upcoming experiments involving subatomic particles could reveal it. | Continue reading


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Scientists are searching for a mirror universe. It could be in front of you

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Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate

Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio. | Continue reading


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Mississippi loses hundreds of teachers from licensing

This latest challenge shows how schools struggle to fill empty teaching positions and maintain teaching standards. | Continue reading


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Spacecraft that sail on sunshine could be the next big thing in spaceflight

These solar sails could herald a new era of spaceflight in which spacecraft forgo the rocket motors they’ve relied on for decades. | Continue reading


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Mailchimp bans anti-vaccination content

The move to block vaccine misinformation follows similar actions by other tech companies including Facebook and Amazon. | Continue reading


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Possible clue to Lyme arthritis found in people's inflamed joints

New study focused on people with Lyme arthritis, but findings may apply to chronic symptoms of the tick-borne disease. | Continue reading


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Dolphins along the Gulf Coast are dying at triple the normal rate

This spring's momentous floodwaters or the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill could be the cause. | Continue reading


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IT professional family of four found shot dead in Iowa

Autopsies were pending for an Iowa Department of Public Safety worker, his wife and their two sons. Police said all had been shot. | Continue reading


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Chinese cyberattack hits Telegram app during Hong Kong protest

Activists in both Hong Kong and mainland China often use Telegram to organize protests. | Continue reading


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Drowning is one of the hardest homicides to prove. Cops want to change that

Since drowning is common, police may initially assume it's an accident. A small group of investigators and divers are pushing for more scrutiny. | Continue reading


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Give up your password or go to jail

“The world should know that what they’re doing out here is crazy,” said a man who refused to share his passcode with police. | Continue reading


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NBC News Now, a free streaming service, launches Monday through Friday

The service, which doesn't require cable service authentication, is intended to go round-the-clock by next year. | Continue reading


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No other candidate has made it central to his or her rationale for running and proposed presidential agenda. | Continue reading


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California approves wide power outages to prevent wildfires

The plans could inconvenience hundreds of thousands of customers while endangering some who depend on electricity to keep them alive. | Continue reading


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The eclipse that proved Einstein right 100 years ago

When the moon blotted out the sun on May 29, 1919, scientists were able to confirm the physicist's theory of relativity. | Continue reading


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Analysis: The president is wielding power in ways not seen in the United States in generations — if ever. | Continue reading


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Three more dead on Everest amid concerns about congestion near summit

“Before you reach the summit you have to wait and every minute counts at that height,” said Krishma Poudel of Peak Promotion mountaineering agency in Nepal. | Continue reading


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Uber and Lyft drivers are using the companies' algorithms against them

Community is more powerful than technology. | Continue reading


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The measure, which creates a narrow exception to the state's double jeopardy law, now goes to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk. | Continue reading


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IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries

An intelligence crisis could undermine our problem-solving capacities and dim the prospects of the global economy. | Continue reading


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U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian warplanes off the coast of Alaska

Russia's Ministry of Defense acknowledged its planes were in the region on what it described as scheduled training exercises. | Continue reading


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Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism

Private Facebook groups urge parents to poison autistic kids with chlorine dioxide to “cure” them. These moms are going undercover to fight back. | Continue reading


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San Francisco's facial recognition ban is the beginning of a national battle

“Our traditional secrecy and lack of transparency has probably come back to haunt us,” the president of the National Police Foundation said. | Continue reading


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Housing crisis has Seattle weighing end of mandatory single-family house zoning

Can the city solve its housing crisis by doing away with single-family zoning? | Continue reading


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The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought

New research suggests that the Big Bang that birthed the cosmos occurred 12.5 billion years ago. | Continue reading


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Drone pilot charged with violating secure airspace over two NFL games

A drone dropped anti-media leaflets over the San Francisco 49ers' and Oakland Raiders' stadiums in 2017 in violation of national security restrictions. | Continue reading


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Bezos Space Settlements Ideas and Their Roots in the 1970s

The billionaire tycoon's ideas draw from the vision of physicist Gerard K. O’Neill, who pioneered concepts for space settlements in the 1970s. | Continue reading


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