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Life Skills

The best way to pack your car for any road trip

Prevent any bag jostling from distracting you from the road.

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Sustainability

Biden’s infrastructure bill is funding the switch to electric school buses

Vulnerable populations and school districts are considered high-priority.

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Tech Hacks

Tweeting a spoiler? Put a content warning on it.

Nobody likes spoilers.

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Space Telescope

What comes after the James Webb Space Telescope? Some astronomers want LIFE.

The Large Interferometer for Exoplanets could chase new exoplanets and galaxies with a fleet of tools—if it ever gets off the ground.

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COVID-19

What older adults need to know about long COVID

While we don't know everything about the effects of long COVID, we know that older adults need particular care.

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Army

The Army is testing out ‘wolfpacks’ of swarming drones

A recent exercise highlights the way that swarms of drones can help soldiers with tasks like scouting, post-battle assessment, and more.

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Medicine

Miscarriages could become more dangerous in a post-Roe world

The same medications and procedures essential for abortions are also used to treat miscarriages in the US.

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COVID-19

An estimate of how many Americans have died from each COVID variant

Omicron has a mild reputation. The numbers show otherwise.

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Laptops

Best Chromebooks

Chromebooks are lighter, cheaper, and perfect for the basics.

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Engineering

The new Frontier supercomputer will be the fastest in the world

The Frontier system, run by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is ranked as the most powerful supercomputer in the world.

The Wyss Zurich Team connects the donor liver to the perfusion machine in the clean room.
Medicine

Swiss researchers kept a donor liver healthy for a remarkable 68 hours

The new method could increase the number of organs available to transplant patients.

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Agriculture

Try your hand at sustainable gardening with at-home hydroponics

Don't expect to grow an avocado tree from your studio apartment any time soon.

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Climate Change

What these flowers can teach us about adapting to a human-altered world

Even for the purple loosestrife, or Lythrum salicaria, rapid evolution has limits. Knowing this can help with conservation.

A great white shark and megalodon co-existed nearly 4 million years ago.
Sharks

How great white sharks probably hastened the demise of megalodon

Shark teeth contain signs of a deadly rivalry between the two species.

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Cats

Outdoor cats are deadly—and not just for birds and squirrels

That free-roaming lifestyle could be endangering you and your kitty's health.

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Renewables

Two new bills could help pump up a climate-friendly system for heating and cooling homes

Heat pumps combine an AC and furnace into one energy-efficient system.

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Internet

Connecticut will pay a security analyst 150k to monitor election memes for misinformation

The state is the latest hoping to quash online rumors before they impact the polls.

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Science

The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family

Often a footnote in PopSci's origin story, our founder's sister amassed a body of work that stands on its own.

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Electric Vehicles

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

Companies are working to find a way to reclaim lithium from dead power cells and put it back on the road.

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Life Skills

It’s time to figure out your real bra size

Heavy is the head that wears the crown—and so is the back that carries around big boobs.