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  1. Humans

    Space Woes: NASA programs reel from shuttle problems

    Technological problems for NASA's space shuttle Discovery, such as falling foam and dangling insulation, are causing safety worries and throwing a crimp into the U.S. space program.

    By Naila Moreira
  2. Tech

    Speed Reader: Gene sequencing gets a boost

    The first lab-ready technology to challenge the dominant gene-sequencing technique known as the Sanger method taps miniaturization and parallel reading of hundreds of thousands of DNA stretches to boost speed and slash cost.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Health & Medicine

    Virus Attack on Cancer: Heat makes neglected technology work better

    Adding heat sensitizes tumor cells to the effects of a genetically modified virus, which then can kill them.