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American flag suspended from an alien pole to signify recent UAP investigations by NASA and the DOD
NASA

UFO research is stigmatized. NASA wants to change that.

Discourse on aliens can be a touchy subject for service members and scientists gathering evidence.

Yellowstone floods could be flushing sewage into the park’s iconic river
Environment

Yellowstone floods could be flushing sewage into the park’s iconic river

A massive flooding event has shut down Yellowstone and damaged much of the park's infrastructure. The full extent of the damage is still unknown.

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work
Army

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work

Fort Carson is getting a 10-megawatt-hour redox flow battery system, which includes large tanks of liquid electrolytes.

The view of a hill from NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
Mars

How did Mars get its gasses? A special space rock holds clues.

A Martian meteorite suggests the Red Planet and Earth weren't created at the same speed.

a family of polar bears walk on a glacier
Global Warming

Greenland’s polar bears are learning to get around in a less icy world

A newly discovered population of polar bears uses freshwater ice flowing from glaciers for hunting grounds in the warming Arctic.

Person with black hair with a bald spot on their temple due to alopecia hair loss
Science

Alopecia patients finally have an FDA-approved hair-loss treatment

The oral drug restored hair growth in about half of patients after a year.

A small child is having a bandage put on his arm after receiving a shot. A caregiver stands behind him.
Vaccines

Young kids will likely have COVID vaccine access in the next few weeks

Following the endorsement, shots should become available to the general public within weeks.

A DIY cutting board with accent borders made out of a different type of wood than the rest of the piece.
Projects

4 simple ways to upgrade your boring DIY cutting boards

Make those chopping blocks look sharp.

Microplastic pellets on the beach.
Ocean

Horrific blobs of ‘plastitar’ are gunking up Atlantic beaches

Plastic and oil spill leftovers are combining into super waste.

Taking mobile portrait outside of a person holding two ice cream cones.
DIY

Simple tricks for taking better outdoor portrait photos with your phone

With proms, graduations, and summer bbq season upon us, now is as good a time as any to brush up on portrait photography best practices.

A grid of 12 images depict the Star Wars character Chewbacca performing office job tasks.
AI

The Dall-E Mini image generator’s ridiculousness might be its main appeal

The AI-powered system isn't fooling anyone. The ones that do represent the tech to be concerned about.

internet explorer logo on laptop
Internet

RIP Internet Explorer, and thanks for all the memes

Microsoft bids a long-coming farewell to a legacy browser.

DNA from plague victims’ teeth may unravel the origin of Black Death
Archaeology

DNA from plague victims’ teeth may unravel the origin of Black Death

A 14th-century pandemic may have started in Central Asia.

Starfish spawning in water
Land

8 award-winning photos of nature’s stranger things

The California Academy of Sciences brings us sperm clouds and happy stoats with its yearly photo competition.

A piping plover shorebird walks on sand, with tawny feathers on his back, a white stomach, a black band of feathers on his neck, and a green band on his ankle
Science

Remembering Monty and Rose, the Chicago shorebirds that became the face of a movement

The birds' legacy will endure through restoration efforts for endangered Great Lakes wildlife.

Your connected car could be putting your privacy at risk
Vehicles

Your connected car could be putting your privacy at risk

As the U.S. enters a new era of lawmaking, connected cars could become the new front of legal battles.

a robotic military dog
Military

A new tail accessory propels this robot dog across streams

The machine comes from Ghost Robotics, and the system that enables it to swim is called a NAUT.

bowls containing wheat flour, eggs, shellfish, peanuts, soybeans, and other common allergens
COVID-19

It’s harder for kids with food allergies to catch COVID

The link between these allergies and COVID immunity is largely mysterious.

Blocks of concrete on shovel.
Pollution

Green cement could change the construction game—but will builders actually use it?

From food waste to carbon storage, new cement options are popping up all over the world.

MIT stackable chip
AI

MIT’s new computer chip design lets you clip on parts like LEGOs

This modular architecture allows for sensors and processors to be added on or swapped out.