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Internet

Ransomware hackers hit a massive Los Angeles School system over the weekend

Over 600,000 students and school employees were targeted in a ransomware plot.

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Climate Change

The terroir of wildfire: How winemakers are adapting to a smokier world

Wineries are discovering how smoke changes the flavor of their grapes—and whether the public will like it.

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Ocean

Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies

New research shows how billfishes, tunas, and sharks survive in ocean 'food deserts.'

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Life Skills

How to enjoy the flavor, history, and science of Turkish coffee

A guide to jumpstart your mornings with this delicious, centuries-old drink.

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International Space Station

How Tiangong station will make China a force in the space race

China’s Tiangong space station is almost complete. Here’s what it means for the country's rise as a space superpower.

How AI is helping you edit photos
Technology

How AI is helping you edit photos

From Lightroom to Luminar Neo, we surveyed the field and these are the most-powerful AI-enhanced photo editing platforms.

The leg and hip bones of an ancient skeleton, with the left foot missing halfway down the calf.
Archaeology

A 31,000-year-old grave in Indonesia holds the earliest known amputation patient

The discovery of a young adult who lived for years with an amputated leg pushes back the first documented limb surgery by 20,000 years.

The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images
Sun

The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope rests atop the Hawaiian mountain and volcano Haleakalā.

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Health

Juul to pay states $435M and stop marketing e-cigarettes to kids

The company reportedly bought ad space for their products on Nickelodeon.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

A bisexual goose raising a family with two black swans isn’t as strange as it sounds

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas
Ocean

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas

The odds of this kind of occurrence is still less than 1 in 4 million.

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Engineering

In photos: Journey to the center of a quantum computer

A fantastic voyage into the cold inner workings of a mystical modern machine.

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula
Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula

The silky swirls are home to a bright and large star-forming region.

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Tech Hacks

How to make Android look like iOS

Giving your Android hardware a iOS look is possible.

a pile of plastic trash with an emphasis of a gray crate filled with other plastic items including a black plastic eel trap
Ocean

A close look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch reveals a common culprit

An overwhelming amount of plastics hauled from the patch trace back to fishing industries in Japan, China, South Korea, and the US.

Why sea lampreys are going to be a bigger problem for the Great Lakes
Animals

Why sea lampreys are going to be a bigger problem for the Great Lakes

A cross-border program keeps sea lamprey populations at bay. But a two-year pandemic disruption was never part of the plan.

This Florida teen is making a business out of rebuilding old-school auto tech
Engineering

This Florida teen is making a business out of rebuilding old-school auto tech

The crew at Riley's Rebuilds works out of a garage and handles about 20 carburetors a week. Here's how the repair process works.

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Social Media

Signal’s new president is a privacy advocate and active critic of Big Tech

The end-to-end encrypted messaging platform tapped ex-Google manager Meredith Whittaker for the new role.

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster
Vaccines

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

The inhaled booster is the first approved alternative to an injectable COVID-19 vaccine.

Creative Live! Cam Sync V3 webcam review
Peripherals

Creative Live! Cam Sync V3 webcam review: A little elbow grease

This budget camera has strong specs, but needs some TLC.