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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

How scientists managed to store information in a single atom
Technology

How scientists managed to store information in a single atom

Gluten-free diets are not actually linked to diabetes
Diabetes

Gluten-free diets are not actually linked to diabetes

Low gluten consumption might be relevant, but no one really knows at this point

How we know that climate change is happening—and that humans are causing it
Global Warming

How we know that climate change is happening—and that humans are causing it

It's a matter of how, not if

EPIC Earth
Global Warming

Six irrefutable pieces of evidence that prove climate change is real

Here's everything you need to know

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep
Health

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep

Meet the first Chrono City

A Hacker Infiltrating A Computer
Security

WikiLeaks’s CIA hacking trove doesn’t live up to the hype

For most people, secure message apps are just as secure as we thought

HOV lane
Vehicles

City folk: You could probably share rides a lot more often than you do

Sharing is caring, you guys

Hawaiian bobtail squid
Science

22 stunning images that turn science into art

The 2017 Wellcome Image Award winners

Yes, having sex makes you better at your job
Mental Health

Yes, having sex makes you better at your job

It may be NSFW, but it’s a safe bet for improving your workplace productivity

Raindrops spew bacteria into the air as they burst—and it’s kind of beautiful
Physics

Raindrops spew bacteria into the air as they burst—and it’s kind of beautiful

Watch it for yourself

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live
Tech Hacks

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live

Don’t just dump your old mobile.

underwater image of true's beaked whale
Whales

Here’s the first video of one of the planet’s most elusive beaked whales

We've finally seen a True's beaked whale in its natural habitat

In war, it’s not just your allies that matter—their allies matter too. And so do theirs.
Military

In war, it’s not just your allies that matter—their allies matter too. And so do theirs.

Friends of friends of friends are basically friends

This is how your brain constructs emotions
Health

This is how your brain constructs emotions

Book excerpt: How emotions are made

The embattled campaign for Canada’s national bird
Birds

The embattled campaign for Canada’s national bird

Will the gray jay ever take its rightful place?

Buoy
Space

NOAA’s satellites are on the chopping block. Here’s why we need them.

Our eyes in the sky are facing budget cuts