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  1. Tech

    Switch-a-Vision: Electric spectacles could aid aging eyes

    A new type of eyeglasses that change their focus in response to electric signals may one day replace bifocals and other types of reading glasses.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. Astronomy

    Crash: Ripples of space-time debut in black hole simulations

    Two teams have for the first time successfully simulated the merger of two black holes and the event's production of gravitational waves.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    A better test for lung cancer?

    A genetic test of cells lining the windpipe can detect lung cancer in smokers.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Hot-pepper ingredient slows cancer in mice

    Capsaicin, the component of red pepper that makes it hot, kills cancer cells in a test tube and inhibits their growth in mice.