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Another nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more, just by looking at your "likes."

And more importantly, is Jurassic Park accurate?

A Swedish man modified an RC airplane, stuck a camera on it, and then flew it to space and back.

That heretofore unknown variety of life found deep below the frozen surface of Lake Vostok in Antarctica? Yeah...about that...

Whether people acquire savant syndrome or are born with it, they exhibit a range of astounding skills. Most share one common thread: tremendous memory.

Inside the construction of the Shanghai Tower.

Which is a bargain, actually.

North Korea has basically zero chance of hitting anyone but themselves with a nuke. But if they did manage to launch a missile, what technology do we have to stop it?

Despite all the trendy concept drawings you may have seen, trees actually hate living on top of buildings.

Transform an old lightbulb into a glowing April Fools’ prank.

A special issue of Nature takes up the rampant sexism in science.

Hundreds of species of plants and animals have been waiting literally decades to even be considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Thankfully, that's about to change.

Mars has been cold and dry for half its life, but as recently as 500 million years ago, its surface was shaped by water.

The inspiration is less and less MySpace, and more and more New York Times.

Tissues at the ready, everyone.

The finalists for Smithsonian's annual nature photography contest are in, and they're stunning.

In the northernmost reaches of Canada, within the Arctic Circle, scientists have found fossils of...camels. Wait, what?