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Received a weird Amazon email about a baby registry you don’t have? You aren’t alone.

September 20, 2017, 9:27am Life

On Tuesday afternoon, I received an email: Read story

Crew members of Mission V, walk up hill with a cart next to the university’s facility Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) at the Mauna Loa volcano, Big Island, Hawaii. After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed space psychology research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday. The participants are in a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts of a long-term manned mission to space on astronauts. NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by the 2030s.

Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

Crew members of Mission V, walk up hill with a cart next to the university’s facility Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) at the Mauna Loa volcano, Big Island, Hawaii. After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed space psychology research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday. The participants are in a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts of a long-term manned mission to space on astronauts. NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by the 2030s.

September 17, 2017, 2:35pm Nation & World

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January emerged from isolation Sunday. They devoured fresh-picked tropical fruits, vegetables and a fluffy egg strata after eating mostly freeze-dried food during their isolation. Read story

It’s a rare parent of a teen who doesn’t worry about kids’ uber-usage of social media.

Principal challenges kids, offers them $100 to unplug

It’s a rare parent of a teen who doesn’t worry about kids’ uber-usage of social media.

September 17, 2017, 6:00am Entertainment

Diana Smith is growing so concerned about the potential perils of technology on kids’ psyches and behavior that she devised a refreshing solution this summer. Read story

An image of Saturn seen from the Cassini spacecraft in 2008.

Saturn spacecraft Cassini makes fiery, final dive

An image of Saturn seen from the Cassini spacecraft in 2008.

September 15, 2017, 10:53pm Nation & World

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. Read story

Seed storage preserves rare, threatened plants

September 14, 2017, 6:05am Life

An ordinary-looking freezer in a sturdy cinderblock shed at a suburban Boston botanical garden holds what might be New England’s most important seed catalog. Read story

FILE- In this Aug. 10, 2011 file photo Tatyana Gryazeva, right, a criminalist at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, instructs Lache Rossouw, center, a visiting scientist from South Africa, and Kelsey Baker, an intern, on extracting DNA at a training lab of the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s Forensic Biology Lab in New York. A technique for analyzing DNA evidence developed by the laboratory has come under fire amid questions about its reliability.

Once hailed, DNA testing techniques now under fire

FILE- In this Aug. 10, 2011 file photo Tatyana Gryazeva, right, a criminalist at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, instructs Lache Rossouw, center, a visiting scientist from South Africa, and Kelsey Baker, an intern, on extracting DNA at a training lab of the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s Forensic Biology Lab in New York. A technique for analyzing DNA evidence developed by the laboratory has come under fire amid questions about its reliability.

September 14, 2017, 6:05am Life

Two techniques for analyzing DNA evidence that were once considered cutting edge are now under fire amid questions about their reliability, and criminal defense attorneys in New York have asked a state agency to investigate the renowned lab that once used both methods. Read story

This July 23, 2008 image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. After a 20-year voyage, Cassini is poised to dive into Saturn on Friday, Sept. 15, 2016.

NASA’s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft faces fiery finish

This July 23, 2008 image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. After a 20-year voyage, Cassini is poised to dive into Saturn on Friday, Sept. 15, 2016.

September 13, 2017, 6:05am Nation & World

After a 20-year voyage, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is poised to dive into Saturn this week to become forever one with the exquisite planet. Read story

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active is quite robust, while maintaining the features that Galaxy S8 customers expect and even doing better on some key features.

S8 Active holds up to rough treatment

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active is quite robust, while maintaining the features that Galaxy S8 customers expect and even doing better on some key features.

September 10, 2017, 6:00am Business

Getting a new phone is exciting. Read story

Harvey brings a plague of floating fire ants into Houston

September 7, 2017, 6:00am Life

In addition to widespread suffering and devastation, Hurricane Harvey has brought a plague of floating fire ants to the Houston region. Read story

Post doctoral fellow Leslie Mitchell works in April at a New York University lab in the Alexandria Center for Life Sciences in New York, where researchers are attempting to create completely man-made, custom-built DNA.

How scientists redesign DNA codes

Post doctoral fellow Leslie Mitchell works in April at a New York University lab in the Alexandria Center for Life Sciences in New York, where researchers are attempting to create completely man-made, custom-built DNA.

September 7, 2017, 6:00am Life

Scientists are working to create yeast that operates with custom-made DNA. Read story