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COVID-19

Social distancing can make living with eating disorders harder

Understanding how pandemic-related environmental changes influence people with eating disorders is key to treating the conditions.

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Electric Vehicles

Pushing an electric Corvette to 212 mph isn’t easy without causing a meltdown

We drove Joe Biden's $750,000 dream car.

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Dinosaurs

This triceratops cousin suffered from osteosarcoma, just like many humans do

Though the world has changed a lot in 77 million years, cancer might still look pretty similar.

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COVID-19

Social distancing saves lives. Here’s the proof.

Statewide policies prevented more than 600,000 cases within three weeks.

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Vaccines

Russia just approved a COVID vaccine—but that’s not necessarily good news

Vaccine candidates go through three important phases of clinical trials for good reasons.

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COVID-19

The best ways to reduce the risk of COVID-19 indoors

Consider an air filter, a rapid HVAC system, or even just a box fan.

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Global Warming

Toxic waste sites aren’t prepared for hurricane season

The EPA has ignored reports that Superfund sites are not resilient to climate change, and communities are at risk.

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Smartwatches

You can try the new Apple Watch features—including sleep tracking—right now

Apple has released a watchOS public beta for the first time, and you can download it now.

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Life Skills

How to get the perfect fit when buying clothes online

Make it work.

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Fossil Fuels

Citizens of Mauritius are cleaning up a major oil spill themselves

Authorities have been slow to act, and locals are picking up the slack.

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Life Skills

This quick workout will help your sore hips and back

Pilates-inspired moves to fit in fitness in your office or kitchen.

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Ocean

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

A new study found toxic chemicals in whales and dolphins.

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COVID-19

Does your favorite mask actually work? Researchers now have a way to tell.

Not all masks are made equal.

Woman waiting for airplane with coronavirus mask.
COVID-19

The safest way to travel during the pandemic

Other travelers are the biggest risk.

These storms are thought to contain a kind of water-ammonia hail ('mushballs') specific to Jupiter's atmosphere, which drags the ammonia down into the deep atmosphere and may explain the presence of shallow lightning flashes.
Weather

Ammonia ‘mushballs’ could spark strange lightning on Jupiter

The slushy snowballs may heavily affect jovian meteorology.

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COVID-19

There’s still a lot of COVID-19 data that we don’t have

Studying a virus in real time has its methodical challenges.

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COVID-19

Nearly 100,000 U.S. kids tested positive for COVID-19 in the second half of July

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

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Social Media

Go ahead and use TikTok all you want

Just keep the same common-sense practices in mind as you would with an app like Instagram, experts say.

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Animals

This ancient reptile had a super long neck to sneak up on unsuspecting fish

Reconstructions of fossil skulls reveal Tanystropheus was an aquatic ambush predator.

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Projects

This DIY-er found a boat he liked in the PopSci archives. Then he built it.

A long-time fan shares his ideas on how to upgrade a 72-year-old design.