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Climate Change

Tasmania’s gorgeous, glowing water is a sign of something sinister

This luminous display means that changes are afoot

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us
Security

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Although biometrics are slowly helping

Doctors unite to say climate change is making us sick
Climate Change

Doctors unite to say climate change is making us sick

Our health is on the line

Great news: Some bed bugs are really good at climbing
Insects

Great news: Some bed bugs are really good at climbing

Regular traps can’t hold them

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees
Bees

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees

Too much of a good thing

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture
Agriculture

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture

It acts as a buffer for our ignorance

Introducing the world’s oldest plant-like fossil
Evolution

Introducing the world’s oldest plant-like fossil

1.6 billion years of flora

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole
Black Holes

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole

But they get along just fine

Researchers are using tomato peels and eggshells to make tires
Climate Change

Researchers are using tomato peels and eggshells to make tires

Meals into wheels

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab
Health

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab

Excerpt: The Body Builders

How to not die in a blizzard
Health

How to not die in a blizzard

The one simple trick? Stay inside.

Up to half of the Arctic’s melt might be totally natural
Climate Change

Up to half of the Arctic’s melt might be totally natural

But climate change is still responsible for the rest

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped
Environment

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped

A clarification about our WaterSeer article

A Mexican gray wolf
Animals

These photos force you to look the victims of climate change in the eye

An interview with photographer Joel Sartore

If the EPA doesn’t believe in science, what is it good for?
Environment

If the EPA doesn’t believe in science, what is it good for?

What's left when the Environmental Protection Agency throws facts out the window?

Minitaur in snow
Military

A new legged robot wants to wobble, crawl, and bounce its way into the market

Minitaur wants to get a leg up on wheeled robots

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying
Security

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

See ya, CAPTCHA!

NASA’s new ozone layer watchdog takes orbit
International Space Station

NASA’s new ozone layer watchdog takes orbit

The ozone layer is no longer thinning, but we need to keep an eye on it

Breakthroughs, stardom, and collapse: the life cycle of a sea arch
Environment

Breakthroughs, stardom, and collapse: the life cycle of a sea arch

Weathering the waves

What are the “natural flavors” in your food? Biotech is making the answer more complicated.
Science

What are the “natural flavors” in your food? Biotech is making the answer more complicated.

Scientists are turning to microbes to manufacture scents and flavors