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Vaccines

These states are on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge

Now is not the time to let our guards down.

How Google Aims To Dominate Artificial Intelligence
AI

How Google Aims To Dominate Artificial Intelligence

The search giant is making its AI open source so anyone can use it

If The Sun Went Out, How Long Would Life On Earth Survive?
Sun

If The Sun Went Out, How Long Would Life On Earth Survive?

PopSci provides chilling answers to your burning questions

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Technology

A new poll reveals split opinions on how—and when—police body cam footage is released

The public wants the data to be shared immediately. Police chiefs argue otherwise.

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COVID-19

Countries resume use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after new data shows it’s safe

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

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Life Skills

How to remove stains of any kind

Clean all the stains.

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Animals

The process sea slugs use to regrow severed body parts is surprisingly common

Studying organisms like the body-regenerating sea slugs can teach us about how plants evolved.

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Technology

Why square aspect ratios still live on in new movies like ‘Justice League’

The history of aspect ratios takes some interesting turns.

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Tech Hacks

Turn yourself into an illustrated avatar for free

Who needs a profile pic, really?

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COVID-19

Why people cared less about catching COVID when it mattered most

Risk perception is simultaneously trickier and simpler than you might think.

DIY

How to send self-destructing messages

Honda’s RC161 uses a 250cc inline-four that revs to 14,000 rpm. The sound it emits near redline defies logic.
Motorcycles

The five sexiest-sounding motorcycles

These amazing machines sing a tune for the ages.

Close up view of a "giant larvacean" (blue tadpole-like animal) and its "inner house."
Ocean

These animals build palaces out of their own snot

Using lasers, scientists digitally reconstructed these delicate, squishy houses.

A DACA supporter holds up a sign saying, "Our dreamers are the future of our nation"
COVID-19

Dreamers have been leading America’s pandemic response, despite their own shaky future

The ever-shifting immigration policy could stretch the country’s medical workforce even more.

AFT Production Twins lineup for the Volusia 1 Final in the Florida twilight.
Motorcycles

Flat track

The flat track motorcycle racing season takes on dirt and danger in Florida.

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Aviation

NTSB Cites Poor Safety Culture in Air Ambulance Accident

Board also called the FAA a contributing factor.

China WeChat Weibo
Military

How China has shaped information about the Wuhan coronavirus online

One strategy: pointing at the flu season in the US.

Sorry, even Mariah Carey can’t twist bottle caps off with her voice
Physics

Sorry, even Mariah Carey can’t twist bottle caps off with her voice

We do not yet have a verdict on whether she can open garage doors.

Environment

The Oscars produces major red carpet waste

That famous carpet is reportedly ‘destroyed’ each year after its one moment in the spotlight.

America's UFO highway
Space

UFO sightings say more about us than about aliens

A handful of researchers have spent years gathering data on UFOs, and their findings tell us a lot about human habits.