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Vaccines

The current state of the pandemic in five graphs

Some eight months into the pandemic, we rounded up some key takeaways in graphical form.

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COVID-19

Remdesivir is the first FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment. Here’s what to know about it.

A new wave of studies convinced the US government to make the drug an option for non-pediatric hospitalized patients.

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Ocean

We finally know why sea pickles glow

These sea creatures shine bright because of some nifty light-producing genes.

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Life Skills

How to decide who to vote for

Do whatever you need to plan, but don’t worry too much about it.

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Diseases

Your grip strength could hint at future health problems

A decrease in grip strength at certain ages has been tied to a higher chance of death from cancers and cardiac disease.

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Security

How to make your Twitter account more secure in an age of hacks

The recent Bitcoin hack happened from within, but now is a great time to make sure your account is locked up.

The moon is in line to get LTE.
Moons

The moon will soon have cell service

NASA and Nokia plan to install it in 2022.

masks
COVID-19

2020 is shaping up to be America’s deadliest year in recent memory

Nearly 300,000 people have died in excess compared to years prior.

Little banana and chile tarts dusted with flour or sugar
Life Skills

There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here

Reading charts, learning aromas and textures, and understanding how one ingredient—in this case garlic—can be altered by the way it’s prepared.

Adobe Photoshop Neural Filters
AI

Photoshop’s Neural Filters can alter people’s expressions in convincing—and nightmarish—ways

Slide the Happiness filter to maximum and let AI do the rest.

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COVID-19

COVID-19 continues to make flying a risky proposition

Flying, and the activities in between a flight, can put you at risk of catching the coronavirus.

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NASA

Meet the disk-shaped halo of hot gas you currently live in

The size and shape of the Milky Way’s halo may hold clues to the history of our universe.

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Pollution

Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office

Industries are exceeding allowable emissions without facing consequences.

GMC Electric Hummer
Electric Vehicles

The 2022 GMC electric Hummer looks a lot different than you might expect

With 1,000 horsepower and a 350-mile range, this electric pickup looks impressive on paper.

Canvassing
Life Skills

Five ways to help democracy even if you can’t vote

We’re all in this together.

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Pollution

It’s about time adults start rising up against climate change

Everyone, from children to grandparents, should take action.

An Amur tigress rubbing herself against a Manchurian fir tree
Wildlife

Check out the breathtaking winners of the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

The London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition highlighted some of the world’s rarest, most beautiful creatures

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Land

How 25 chinchillas could save a mountain

In Chile, a rare rodent sits atop 3.5 million ounces of extractable gold. Now a mining company is trying to trap and move them.

The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in the sky over a rendering of the ground on asteroid Bennu
NASA

Watch live as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snags a chunk of asteroid

These dust particles and rocks could hold the secret to the beginning of life on Earth.

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Health

Everyone should have a social life, especially older adults

Time with friends and family is important at all stages of life.