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What slime mold and online shoppers have in common
Animals

What slime mold and online shoppers have in common

Trying to make good choices in a cold, hard world

Here’s how air pollution kills 3,450,000 people a year
Pollution

Here’s how air pollution kills 3,450,000 people a year

Coal is costly

Climate change contributes to mental illness
Mental Health

Climate change contributes to mental illness

It makes us a little nuts

The truth about climate change continues to be inconvenient in Al Gore’s new trailer
Climate Change

The truth about climate change continues to be inconvenient in Al Gore’s new trailer

'An Inconvenient Truth's' sequel takes climate deniers to task

Does brushing your teeth affect your appetite?
Ask Us Anything

Does brushing your teeth affect your appetite?

It's complicated

The devastating effects of childhood lead exposure could last a lifetime
Pollution

The devastating effects of childhood lead exposure could last a lifetime

Even moderate exposure might lower IQ

mosquito
Insects

We may finally know how mosquitoes fly

But we're still not sure why

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second
Space

This building hanging from an asteroid is absurd—but let’s take it seriously for a second

Welcome to the Analemma tower and its half hour elevator rides

Samsung’s new digital assistant, Bixby, tries to push past voice recognition toward true AI
AI

Samsung’s new digital assistant, Bixby, tries to push past voice recognition toward true AI

The Galaxy S8 smartphone can see, listen, and learn.

Human brain illustration | Vizzies winner
Science

The 10 best science images, videos, and visualizations of the year

These are the 2017 winners of the Vizzies Challenge.

China’s Marine Corps is getting bigger and stronger
Military

China’s Marine Corps is getting bigger and stronger

A reorganization and expansion brings the program from 20,000 to 100,000 Marines.

Sauroprint giant footprint
Dinosaurs

To save their land, they unveiled the world’s biggest dinosaur footprint

Australia has always had the market cornered on enormous animals trying to kill you

The entire female menstrual cycle can now be replicated in a Petri dish
Health

The entire female menstrual cycle can now be replicated in a Petri dish

Providing researchers with a platform to study drugs and diseases influenced by these hormones

Asian dust might be the secret to keeping California’s sequoias alive
Environment

Asian dust might be the secret to keeping California’s sequoias alive

Small but mighty, distant dust packs a powerful punch

Here’s how China is battling drones
Military

Here’s how China is battling drones

There’s no shortage of targets.

What the frack is in fracking fluid?
Energy

What the frack is in fracking fluid?

Most of the ingredients are unknown

AI and deep learning can now help you be more popular on Twitter
AI

AI and deep learning can now help you be more popular on Twitter

Post Intelligence is a project by two ex-Google execs to help you know what and when to Tweet.

Living with a lynx—for science
Wildlife

Living with a lynx—for science

Book Excerpt: Inner Life of Cats

Titan
Moons

Electrically charged sands on Titan would make seriously sturdy sandcastles

No water required

Spinach leaves
Engineering

How to turn a spinach leaf into a human heart

Step one: detergent