Marijuana Policy and Opioids, Placenta, Exoplanets, DNA Replication

Science Friday

A new way to look at fetal health, using the placenta. Plus, the Kepler mission found thousands of new planet candidates, including 10 possible rocky worlds within their stars habitable zone. And a new video captures DNA in the act of replication.

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