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Northrop Grumman NASA Anatares rocket launch at night
Technology

The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus NG-18 cargo ship is loaded with a 4-ton care package for ISS astronauts.

A red blood moon
Moons

A blood moon, lunar eclipse, and fiery meteor shower will all grace the sky this week

Tuesday's blood moon eclipse will be best viewed in the western United States and is the last lunar eclipse until 2025.

The environmental argument for banning menthol cigarettes
Pollution

The environmental argument for banning menthol cigarettes

The health and climate impacts are too big to ignore.

An iPhone on top of the keyboard of a Macbook laptop, getting ready to back up photos to the cloud.
Tech Hacks

The most effective ways to back up your precious photos to the cloud

Keep your digital memories safe

Two white dwarf stars
Space

The Milky Way’s oldest star is a white-hot pyre of dead planets

Star WDJ2147-4035 is around 10.7 billion years old, but doesn't look a day over 5 billion.

Over-the-counter birth control pills could change reproductive care in the US
Medicine

Over-the-counter birth control pills could change reproductive care in the US

The FDA is set to review the first over-the-counter birth control pill in November 2022.

An artist's rendition of the New Horizons spacecraft.
NASA

NASA’s New Horizons mission begins again at the edge of the solar system

Solar winds and icy objects are on the probe's next agenda.

monarch butterfly on milkweed
Life Skills

Help monarch butterflies by safely adding milkweed to your outdoor spaces

You can still do it while keeping your pets and other wildlife safe.

Some climate activists aren’t suing over the future—they are taking aim at the present
Fossil Fuels

Some climate activists aren’t suing over the future—they are taking aim at the present

In the face of more extreme weather, plaintiffs are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought.

A DIY floating shelf in a home with an Instant Pot and some books on it.
Projects

Defy gravity by building these floating shelves

A straightforward home improvement project that looks more difficult than it is.

Code as Policies robot demo at Google AI event
AI

Google is testing a new robot that can program itself

Human operators can type in instructions like "pick up the yellow block" and the robot will do the rest.

Hurricane Ian shows how older populations are especially vulnerable during disasters
Climate Change

Hurricane Ian shows how older populations are especially vulnerable during disasters

Age and social forces make disaster preparedness especially difficult for older populations.

A top view of the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0
Home

Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 review: Easy fires without the smoke

This fancy fire pit lights easy and burns clean.

Empty parking lot underneath blue sky with clouds
Engineering

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is being demolished for more SpaceX parking spots

The Boring Company, however, is still working on a Tesla tunnel beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center.

a man picks his nose
Health

There’s no proof picking your nose causes Alzheimer’s

Unless your finger is aggressively digging in your schnoz, feel free to mine for gold in peace.

Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant
Internet

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

Oil behemoths spent $24 million in two years on top search ads playing down their culpability for our climate crisis, according to new study.

23 tons of rocket debris landed in the remote Pacific Ocean today
Space

23 tons of rocket debris landed in the remote Pacific Ocean today

This is the fourth hazardous and uncontrolled re-entry from China's space administration.

A woman in a long sleeve white shirt reaches from bed to turn off her alarm clock.
Biology

The science behind our circadian rhythms, and why time changes mess them up

Understanding one of your body’s more important clocks can help you adjust to time changes.

Lemurs
Wildlife

Giant beasts once roamed Madagascar. What happened to them?

The remote island was once crawling with giant Subfossil lemurs, 10 foot-tall elephant birds, and giant tortoises.

pile of sticks
Drones

A drone made out of sticks? In the UAV space, anything flies.

There's a drone with rice cakes for wings, too.