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Trumps War Against Silicon Valley

The president's battle against Silicon Valley might be creating an opening for a foreign power to invest in artificial intelligence

Trump has been relentlessly attacking Silicon Valley's leading tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and Twitter.

Meanwhile, a divide between D.C. and Silicon Valley threatens a serious partnership that will be critical to our future.

The microbiome: What you need to know from the research

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What is the microbiome?

Like it or not, your body is teeming with trillions of bugs — microbial cells, that is. Thinking about these bacteria and other microorganisms that you host both outside and inside your body might leave you feeling queasy, but they’re actually critical to maintaining your health, from your weight to your mood.

CT scans and the national lung screening trial

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Globally, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death, and recently surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of smoking-related mortality. The National Cancer Institute estimates that this year in the U.S., more than 222,000 men and women will be diagnosed with the disease and 157,300 will die. The high mortality rate is in part a consequence of the difficulty in diagnosing the disease. Using chest X-rays, physicians typically discover lung cancers only at an advanced stage.