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Testing Einstein’s E=mc2 in Outer Space

First rain on world’s largest artificial watershed

Compassion meditation may boost neural basis of empathy

Targeting inflammation to treat depression

Children in foster care develop resilience through compassion

Mindful multitasking: Meditation first can calm stress, aid concentration

Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect

Mountaintop blasting to mine the sky with the Giant Magellan Telescope

Popular orbits lead to planetary pile ups, deserts

With Climate Change, U.S. Could Face Risk From Chagas Disease

Using galaxies as yardsticks

Astronomy Professor Daniel Eisenstein is using a new understanding of spacing between galaxies to build a 3-D map of the cosmos and confirm theories about its structure.