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Your puffy jacket’s insulation might have been forged in a coal or gas-fired oven. That’s changing.
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And what they might do next.
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How to use your smartphone without leaving a trace
Cover up your digital footprints.
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This once-a-month birth control pill unfurls like a star in your stomach
People all over the world could benefit from the advancement, which has so far been tested on pigs.
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The 100 greatest innovations of 2019

We take every one of the 100 awards we dole out seriously. That final debate follows hundreds of smaller discussions in meeting rooms, Slack chats, and hallways throughout the year. Dig in, there’s some great stuff in here. Some might even call it “the best.” We sure think so.

All 100 innovations for Best of What’s New 2019 >>

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Naked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are super carbon dioxide breathers (trust us, they’re joining the Avengers).

THE MOLE—as in 6.02214076×10^23, the unit in chemistry used to count really really tiny stuff like atoms and molecules.