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Our french fry supply is safe for now, but the future is uncertain
Though potatoes are a resilient crop, weird weather is putting them in peril.
Kat Eschner

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MacOS Catalina offers new ways to watch and listen to content. Here’s how to take advantage of them.
Psst... iTunes is not dead yet.
David Nield
Environment
Early climate change models held up better than you think
Most projections dating back to the 1970s have understood how increasing carbon dioxide will warm our planet
By Ula Chrobak
Space
NASA’s solar probe reveals stunning results after swooping in close to the sun
Rogue plasma waves and sideways, 100,000-mile-per-hour solar winds abound.
By Charlie Wood

Entertainment
These incredible sports photos required serious camera wizardry to capture
By Jeanette D. Moses/Popular Photography
Technology
An inside look at how Magic: The Gathering Arena digitized the world’s most complex card game
Stan Horaczek
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Revamp your home office for $20
Candis McDow
Environment
Another year, another carbon emissions record
By Ula Chrobak

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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Nine gifts for the literal tree hugger in your life
Eleanor Cummins
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Gifts to save the planet
By Rachel Feltman
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The best DIY kits to give as gifts
By Sophie Bushwick
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Five gifts for the home cook who already has everything
Sara Chodosh

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Gifts for new parents (not their babies) that will make their lives easier

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Another year, another carbon emissions record

Science

Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals

"I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis."

–Sally Ride

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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.