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Why your brain makes New Year’s resolutions impossible to keep
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Why your brain makes New Year’s resolutions impossible to keep

By Claire Maldarelli

How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?
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How the heck do you even add a leap second to the year?

By Sara Chodosh

Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe
Environment

Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe

By Sara Chodosh

Will we ever invent a teleportation device?
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Will we ever invent a teleportation device?

By Michael Koziol

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot
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In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot

By Rachel Feltman

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?
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Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?

By Michael Koziol

For this deep-sea archaeologist, finding the Titanic at the bottom of the sea was just the start
Environment

For this deep-sea archaeologist, finding the Titanic at the bottom of the sea was just the start

By Mary Beth Griggs

This geophysicist uses rock-sniffing subs to understand polar magnetic flips
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This geophysicist uses rock-sniffing subs to understand polar magnetic flips

By Peter Hess

Trump’s newest adviser wants to mine the moon
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Trump’s newest adviser wants to mine the moon

By Sarah Fecht

Egyptian Fruit Bats
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Now we know what an angry, hungry bat sounds like

By Mary Beth Griggs

The hibernation science in ‘Passengers’ is not far from reality
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The hibernation science in ‘Passengers’ is not far from reality

By Jason Lederman

We’ve been grinding up plants to eat for over 10,000 years
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We’ve been grinding up plants to eat for over 10,000 years

By Sara Chodosh

ALPHA's antimatter trap
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Antimatter just got a little bit less mysterious

By Sophie Bushwick

How did music get its groove? Scientists made rhythm evolve in a lab to find out.
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How did music get its groove? Scientists made rhythm evolve in a lab to find out.

By Kate Baggaley

How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star
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How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star

By Matt Giles

Pokemon Go probably didn’t make its users more active after all
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Pokemon Go probably didn’t make its users more active after all

By Amy Schellenbaum

HAT-P-7 b exoplanet
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We’ve spotted cloudy weather on a giant exoplanet

By Sarah Fecht

Ayah Bdeir Headshot
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How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet

By Ayah Bdeir, as told to Sophie Bushwick

This feathery dinosaur tail has been beautifully preserved for 99 million years
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This feathery dinosaur tail has been beautifully preserved for 99 million years

By Sara Chodosh

Our favorite science-themed ugly Christmas sweaters
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Our favorite science-themed ugly Christmas sweaters

By Jason Lederman

You can taste garlic with your feet
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You can taste garlic with your feet

By Jason Lederman

John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95
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John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Mars Explorers Wanted Poster
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All the NASA space gifs you never knew you needed

By Rachel Feltman

New Cassini photos show the hexagon on Saturn’s north pole
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New Cassini photos show the hexagon on Saturn’s north pole

By Sophie Bushwick

Despite a bumpy beginning, NASA’s Juno is hard at work exploring Jupiter
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Despite a bumpy beginning, NASA’s Juno is hard at work exploring Jupiter

By Leigh Fletcher/The Conversation

Looking for silicon-based alien life? Don’t hold your breath.
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Looking for silicon-based alien life? Don’t hold your breath.

By Kate Baggaley

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glides back into the space race
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glides back into the space race

By Kelsey D. Atherton

No one really knows how to name exoplanets
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No one really knows how to name exoplanets

By Michael Koziol

New evidence suggests our hominid cousin Lucy loved climbing trees
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New evidence suggests our hominid cousin Lucy loved climbing trees

By Rachel Feltman

Now you can buy gorgeous furniture made of mushrooms
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Now you can buy gorgeous furniture made of mushrooms

By Knvul Sheikh

NASA wants you (yes, you) to solve its poop problems
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NASA wants you (yes, you) to solve its poop problems

By Rachel Feltman

Bourbon County beer is back with a new pasteurization process
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Bourbon County beer is back with a new pasteurization process

By Sarah Fecht

Solar Impulse
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14 science and tech breakthroughs we’re thankful for this year

By Sarah Fecht

How scientists will use artificial intelligence to find aliens
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How scientists will use artificial intelligence to find aliens

By Clay Dillow

New Zealand earthquake lifts a bizarre sea wall up to land
Environment

New Zealand earthquake lifts a bizarre sea wall up to land

By Sara Chodosh

Planet
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Pluto’s frozen heart may hide an ocean inside

By Sarah Fecht

Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet
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Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet

By Michael Koziol

space launch march 4
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Should we be worried about SpaceX’s plan to fuel the Falcon 9 with astronauts on board?

By Sarah Fecht

This week’s supermoon is going to be more super than usual (we promise)
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This week’s supermoon is going to be more super than usual (we promise)

By Samantha Cole

Why Ron Howard and Brian Grazer want to take you to Mars
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Why Ron Howard and Brian Grazer want to take you to Mars

By Sarah Fecht

NASA's Satellite Juno at Jupiter
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Juno Is Still Stuck In The Wrong Orbit Around Jupiter

By Michael Koziol

Why The Heck Do Animals Live In Our Houses?
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Why The Heck Do Animals Live In Our Houses?

By Grennan Milliken

SpaceX
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SpaceX Finally Knows What Caused its Falcon 9 Rocket to Explode

By Sarah Fecht

Laser-Eyed Device Could Speed Up NASA’s Search For Life On Mars
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Laser-Eyed Device Could Speed Up NASA’s Search For Life On Mars

By Sarah Fecht

authagraph map
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Why Are We Still Using Bad Maps?

By Michael Koziol

After 20 Years, NASA Finally Finished Building The James Webb Space Telescope
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After 20 Years, NASA Finally Finished Building The James Webb Space Telescope

By Knvul Sheikh

10 Disgusting Ways Your Body Betrays You In Space
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10 Disgusting Ways Your Body Betrays You In Space

By Michael Koziol

This May Be The First Dinosaur Brain Ever Studied. What Can It Teach Us?
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This May Be The First Dinosaur Brain Ever Studied. What Can It Teach Us?

By Kate Baggaley

The Cosmic Crash That Created Our Moon Was Crazier Than We Thought
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The Cosmic Crash That Created Our Moon Was Crazier Than We Thought

By Samantha Cole

Vintage Space is Moving!
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Vintage Space is Moving!

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Bye Bye, BlogNet
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Bye Bye, BlogNet

By Maki Naro

Silkpunk Sci-Fi Author Ken Liu Talks Fantasy, Technology and the Future of the Human Race
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Silkpunk Sci-Fi Author Ken Liu Talks Fantasy, Technology and the Future of the Human Race

By Nexus Media

World’s Biggest Alien-Hunting Project Takes Aim At Mysterious Star
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World’s Biggest Alien-Hunting Project Takes Aim At Mysterious Star

By Sarah Fecht

When Things Go Wrong In The Kitchen
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When Things Go Wrong In The Kitchen

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begonia pavonina leaf
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Iridescent Leaves Take Advantage Of Quantum Mechanics To Thrive In The Shade

By Peter Hess

What’s Inside Proxima Centauri B, Our Nearest Exoplanet Neighbor
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What’s Inside Proxima Centauri B, Our Nearest Exoplanet Neighbor

By Charles Q. Choi

New NASA Photos Show ExoMars Lander May Have Exploded On Impact
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New NASA Photos Show ExoMars Lander May Have Exploded On Impact

By Kelsey D. Atherton

exomars landed
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After Rough Descent, Europe’s Mars Lander Is Probably Dead

By Rebecca Boyle

exomars landed
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Update: One Win, One Big Maybe For Europe’s Mars Mission

By Rebecca Boyle

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli Separation
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What Will The ExoMars Lander Do?

By Rebecca Boyle

Estwing Al-Pro Framing Hammer
Technology

The 10 Greatest Home Innovations Of The Year

By Dave Gershgorn and Harlan Murphy

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year
Technology

The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sarah Fecht

Alptransit Gotthard Base Tunnel
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The 11 Greatest Engineering Innovations Of 2016

By Shannon Palus and Jenn Schwartz

Sick Penguin
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Can Being Cold Really Make You Sick?

By Melissa Klein

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