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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Tuesday, November 29, 2016 NYTimes.com/Science » Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Kenneth Berry, 41, with his 10-year-old son, Keing, in Los Angeles. Mr. Berry was shot more than 20 years ago. Ivan Kashinsky for The New York Times For Many Gunshot Victims, Obamacare Gives a Chance to Heal By SARAH VARNEY The expansion of state Medicaid programs under the health care law has brought coverage, and necessary treatment, to previously uninsured shooting victims. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times Space's Trash Collector? A Japanese Entrepreneur Wants the Job By MARTIN FACKLER A start-up company called Astroscale is dedicated to cleaning up some of humanity's hardest-to-reach rubbish, and its plans include a small satellite with an adhesive glue. 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