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This week’s ultra hot weather is brought to you by heat domes—and climate change
Climate Change

This week’s ultra hot weather is brought to you by heat domes—and climate change

It’s a good weekend to stay inside.

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Tech Hacks

10 tips for making your group chats less terrible

Stay in contact with your college friends, kickball team, and siblings without sometimes wanting to throw your phone away.

Soldier termites marching
Evolution

These photos are proof that evolution is wild and wondrous

From human evolution to biodiversity, our understanding of life on Earth grows ever sharper.

Researchers retraced a woolly mammoth’s steps 17,000 years after it died
Animals

Researchers retraced a woolly mammoth’s steps 17,000 years after it died

Woolly mammoths roamed over wide open spaces, tusk analysis suggests.

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Army

Here’s how the US Army plans on winning the wars of our future

The conflicts might be really big.

costal view of palermo, sicily
Climate Change

Anticyclone Lucifer is bringing record-breaking temperatures to Italy

The country reported the highest temperature in Europe, ever.

Flickering light could help astronomers weigh supermassive black holes
Black Holes

Flickering light could help astronomers weigh supermassive black holes

All astronomers need is a flickering disk.

People are moving into risky flood zones—but they may not have a choice
Climate Change

People are moving into risky flood zones—but they may not have a choice

Rapidly developing cities in Asia are especially affected.

a colorful illustration of long-tailed gray rodents carrying assorted objects such as buttons, bones, bugs, and flowers
Evolution

What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.

Humans stand to learn a lot from these furry little collectors.

an undersea drone being lowered into the water
Navy

A fleet of winged underwater robots will patrol the seas for the US Navy

The Navy awarded some $40 million for robots that will study the oceans, going as deep as 3,300 feet for as long as 90 days.

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Smartwatches

Best smartwatch: Fitbit, Samsung, Apple Watches & more

Smartwatches that sync with your lifestyle provide speedy access to so much more than just time.

Venus as a white dome in the background, a camera in the left foreground, in black and white.
Solar System

A probe destined for Mercury ended up rubbernecking Venus

The BepiColombo snapped a selfie during a rare double-flyby, when two spacecrafts passed near Venus within 33 hours.

A yellow sponge-looking blob in a petri dish.
NASA

NASA just sent one of the world’s smartest slimes to space

A single-cell organism is helping astronomers and school kids alike to understand space.

Hands polishing fancy leather shoes on a fancy wooden table.
Life Skills

A complete guide to shining your fancy leather shoes

Don't forget to raise your pinky while you're at it.

Natural produced carbon declining rates from 1750 to 2010 with climate change
Climate Change

Not convinced that humans are causing climate change? Here are the facts.

Let's dive into decades of data.

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant
Environment

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant

This North American herb uses its glistening, reddish hairs to snare bugs.

Hands holding phone using WhatsApp
Tech Hacks

How to get rid of the ‘forwarded’ label on WhatsApp

Recycle your memes and GIFs like a champ.

An artist's depiction of an extinct pterosaur, a flying reptile relative of dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs

This dragon-like reptile once soared over Australia

The pointy-toothed creature ruled Australian skies 105 million years ago.

Library of books.
AI

This new AI tool from Google could change the way we search online

For over two decades, Google has been indexing the web. Now it’s attempting to understand nuances in human language so it can deliver better search experiences.

Mountains and body of water in Queenstown, New Zealand
Agriculture

You can’t escape climate change by moving to New Zealand

Some countries are better prepared for climate change than others. The goal should be to bring stability everywhere.