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  1. Particle Physics

    Electrons surf protons’ waves in a new kind of particle accelerator

    For the first time, scientists accelerated electrons using plasma waves from proton beams.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Earth

    Artificial intelligence could improve predictions for where quake aftershocks will hit

    Scientists trained an artificial intelligence system to figure out where aftershocks are likely to occur.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Health & Medicine

    Officials raise Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria to nearly 3,000 people

    Nearly 3,000 Puerto Ricans died due to Hurricane Maria as of February 2018, according to a new report.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    The United States and Brazil top the list of nations with the most gun deaths

    Globally, the estimated number of gun deaths due to homicides, suicides and unintentional injuries went up from 1990 to 2016.