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Cryptocurrency

‘The Merge’ is happening. Here’s what that means for those in crypto.

A popular cryptocurrency is getting a big change.

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback
Birds

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback

The Asociación Armonía and the Rainforest Trust report progress in protecting one of the world's rarest birds.

Stock image of person holding debit card next to laptop for financial transaction
Cryptocurrency

The US government just teased its instant payment system for 2023

The Federal Reserve's major project is now expected to arrive between May and July of next year.

An entrance closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health

Americans’ life expectancy dropped even lower in 2021

The new data shows the biggest drop in life expectancy over the past 100 years.

A gloved hand drawing a vaccine.
Vaccines

FDA green lights Omicron-targeting mRNA vaccine boosters

The Biden administration is set to roll out a campaign for the single-dose booster after Labor Day.

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Internet

Uber enlists home security company ADT in attempt to improve ride safety

ADT announced an in-app 'mobile safety solution' to connect Uber riders with security agents.

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Environment

A dried-up arm of the Nile provides another clue to how Egyptians built the pyramids

Nature remains one of humanity’s most important relationships.

The US is sending ‘Vampire’ weapons to hunt drones in Ukraine
Weapons

The US is sending ‘Vampire’ weapons to hunt drones in Ukraine

From the back of a vehicle like a pickup, the monstrous system can fire missiles to take out drones.

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Diseases

Monkeypox safety measures will be put to the test at New Orleans’ Labor Day festival

In the leadup to one of the country's major LGBTQ celebrations, the CDC, New Orleans health officials, and local community groups are working on a monkeypox vaccine plan.

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Tech Hacks

11 Twitter bots that will make the most of your timeline

These bots can take screenshots, save threads, and much more.

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying
Air Force

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying

A team in Kansas will be scanning in the helicopter's thousands of pieces. Here's why.

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Announcements

The Daredevil issue will thrill you to no end

Our newest issue looks at what happens when we step up to the edge of a cliff—and jump.

Extreme pogo jump
Outdoor Gear

Inside the high-flying world of extreme pogo

Atop a new generation of souped-up sticks, these daredevils want to do for pogo what legends like Tony Hawk did for skateboarding.

A prolonged drought lowered the level of the Elbe River so much that the so-called Hunger Stone, one of the oldest hydrological monuments in Central Europe, appeared in Decin, Czech Republic on August 18, 2022. It heralded the famine years - reduced harvests due to drought. The stone is engraved with the years, the oldest from 1616, and inscriptions, the most distinct of which are the old German "Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine"
Climate Change

‘Hunger stones’ showing the history of drought in Europe are resurfacing

The continent is facing what is possibly the worst drought in 500 years.

a waxing moon
Moons

With Artemis, NASA is aiming for the moon once more. But where will it land?

The satellite's shadowy south pole may soon be the location of a future moon base.

A person in a blue buttondown shirt using a Macbook laptop on a wooden desk with a plant and some books nearby.
Tech Hacks

Your inbox can do a lot more than just organize your email

There's more to email than email.

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Internet

FTC sues data broker for selling sensitive information, including abortion clinic visits

'Where consumers seek out health care, receive counseling, or celebrate their faith is private information that shouldn’t be sold to the highest bidder.'

People wade across a flooded street after heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi on July 25, 2022
Climate Change

A ‘monsoon on steroids’ has submerged a third of Pakistan

More than 1,000 people have died in devastating flooding.

Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates
Animals

Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates

Outside of humans, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are the only species to have 'multi-level' alliances.

Amazon Ring security doorbell camera installed next to front door
Internet

Privacy advocates urge cancellation of Amazon’s nightmarish Ring Nation

MGM Studios, owned by Amazon, is set to premiere the security cam clip show next month.