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10 incredible space photos from astronaut Don Pettit’s new book
International Space Station

10 incredible space photos from astronaut Don Pettit’s new book

Spaceborne just landed in book stores

One side of a reddish-brown brick building, with 15 windows arranged in a grid on the façade, each containing a separate window air conditioning unit.
Life Skills

How to prevent your window AC unit from falling out, and other cool tips

It's time to get that air conditioner going again.

A mockup of the DAVINCI+ which will release a metal probe to fall through Venus’s atmosphere and measure its makeup.
Solar System

NASA is finally going back to Venus. Here’s what its twin missions hope to uncover.

VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will arrive at the long-overlooked planet toward the end of the decade.

Indigenous languages hold the keys to medicinal forest libraries
Medicine

Indigenous languages hold the keys to medicinal forest libraries

When languages die, so do entire generations of botanical knowledge.

pearlfish and a sea cucumber
Fish

This Fish Burrows Up A Sea Cucumber’s Anus For Safety (And Food)

An excerpt from a new book about absurd creatures

A person wearing a baseball cap and tan jacket holds a pair of green, silver, and yellow pruning shears up to a tree branch, read to cut.
Evolution

Humans have become the biggest selection force in evolution

We’re shaping the distant future of biodiversity, as well as the present.

This new electric aircraft has 12 propellers and hints at a flying taxi future
Aviation

This new electric aircraft has 12 propellers and hints at a flying taxi future

Archer just revealed a craft called Maker, and someday a version of it could fly you around a city.

Keystone XL is officially dead
Fossil Fuels

Keystone XL is officially dead

The pipeline's developer has pulled the plug on the controversial project at last.

wet street market selling fish
COVID-19

New data shows Wuhan markets were ripe for diseases to jump from animals to people

Multiple species known to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 were sold there, both legally and illegally.

Portuguese F-16 fighter plane with orange tiger design
Aviation

European fighter jets are making a diplomatic statement with their tiger print

The Portuguese F-16 Fighting Falcon is just one member of a historic squadron.

What actually happens to the clothes you donate depends on where you live
Environment

What actually happens to the clothes you donate depends on where you live

It depends on where you live, but many thrift stores and other donation programs can divert even the most tattered items from the landfill.

The world now has a fifth ocean
Ocean

The world now has a fifth ocean

The Southern Ocean joins the club.

Did the dip in carbon emissions during the pandemic really help the atmosphere?
COVID-19

Did the dip in carbon emissions during the pandemic really help the atmosphere?

The Earth may have hit a new three-million-year record.

Salt marshes keep score on humanity’s plastic problem
Health

Salt marshes keep score on humanity’s plastic problem

Microplastics have been piling up in many areas since the 1950s.

These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air
Army

These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air

Meet the Pegasus family of drones.

man sitting in an airplane seat under linear acceleration
Aviation

Bodies In Motion: Exploring the Human Limits of Future Travel

The limits of travel are defined not by what vehicles can do, but by what vehicles can do to us. So how much can we take?

Dyson's hair styling tool
Best of What's New

2019’s most exciting personal care products

They’re the Best of What’s New.

How will Formula One reckon with electric cars?
Electric Vehicles

How will Formula One reckon with electric cars?

A noisy debate about the world's fastest and most popular motorsport.

The Todoist app on an iPhone.
Tech Hacks

How to set phone reminders for anything

Outsource your memory.

Australotitan dinosaur compared to an excavator (c)Eroman Museum
Dinosaurs

This Australian behemoth is officially the largest dinosaur on the continent

The wait—and weight—was worth it.