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dogs
Evolution

New study asks how your favorite doggos came to be

The most extensive evolutionary map of dog breeds ever made

In photos: where Navy warships are built
Navy

In photos: where Navy warships are built

Steel becomes arsenal.

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings
Science

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings

Excerpt: Awkward

Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more
Climate Change

Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more

Climate change might make Americans more active, but don't get too excited

Mars' atmosphere
Mars

What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020

Short answer: a time machine

What’s the best way to crack an egg? Physics has the answer.
Ask Us Anything

What’s the best way to crack an egg? Physics has the answer.

Swiftly, and smack in the middle

star-nosed mole
Animals

Star-nosed moles are nature’s speed-eating champions

How else are they weird? Let us count the ways

These caterpillars chow down on plastic bags
Animals

These caterpillars chow down on plastic bags

A different kind of metamorphosis

What is EPA Open Data, and why would it shut down?
Environment

What is EPA Open Data, and why would it shut down?

We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s (almost) gone

Life in Los Angeles was brutal for saber-toothed cats
Science

Life in Los Angeles was brutal for saber-toothed cats

Slamming hulking prey on the ground and impaling them with sabers is tough work

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth
Technology

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth

A mining monster, by the numbers.

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today
Technology

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today

The bigger they are, the harder they compute

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission
Moons

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission

The Saturn explorer's death spiral begins on Sunday

Of course, all our plastic crap ends up in the Arctic
Pollution

Of course, all our plastic crap ends up in the Arctic

It isn’t freaking Narnia

Cell phone coffee
Cancer

Do mobile phones cause cancer? Evidence still says ‘no’ despite what random people on an Italian jury think

Can we please stop having this debate?

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias
AI

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias

No one taught AI the rule about never reading the comment section

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure
Science

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

But these eyedrops are a long way off

Why it’s not partisan to march for science
Climate Change

Why it’s not partisan to march for science

Facts don’t speak for themselves

Viryl WarmTone Record Press
Robots

Vinyl is back. But until now, record-making has been stuck in the ’80s.

Modern machinery for the vinyl renaissance

skulls
Health

Burning bones helped prove that women were poisoned by glowing paint

Excerpt: The Radium Girls