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A microbiologist explores the distinctive odors of a day at the beach.

When it was completed a century ago, the Panama Canal was an incredible feat of engineering. And, as Popular Science documented in 1913, it was also a big win for public health.

The things that parents do and eat can change what traits they pass on to their unborn babies––but scientists are saying it's too soon to be giving pregnancy advice based on epigenetics studies.

One day, bacteria like this could go into biological-silicon circuits.

Do people have a right to be forgotten?

That's one badass mantis

Experts from NASA say it’s time to stop beating around the bush when it comes to looking for life on Mars—and they’ve started an Indiegogo campaign to do something about it.

Interviews with doctors suggest the Lone Star tick, and the allergy to sugars in red meat that it can cause, is on the rise.

Plus a recipe for turning them into a tasty treat

Keeping up with the droneses

Maybe the animals were just mad about their low page-ranking

Heavy rains are flooding cities and towns from Nebraska to Michigan to Maine. Is the problem failing infrastructure, global warming...or both?

Hi, guys! There sure are a lot of you.

So why is no one taking it?

Tactical equipment without a strategic goal.

Just because a Russian soldier's Instagram says he's in Ukraine doesn't mean he is.