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Does Hyundai’s rooftop solar panel change the fuel-economy equation?
Electric Vehicles

Does Hyundai’s rooftop solar panel change the fuel-economy equation?

Solar panels on cars make more sense than a decade ago.

Menstrual cups were invented in 1867. What took them so long to gain popularity?
Health

Menstrual cups were invented in 1867. What took them so long to gain popularity?

Period tech helped women "overcome prejudice leveled against a bleeding body." The technology's future could be even more freeing.

The nuclear mutant is still evolving
Science

The nuclear mutant is still evolving

Our mutants, ourselves.

Border detention centers won’t give vaccines, despite flu deaths and potential U.S. outbreaks
Health

Border detention centers won’t give vaccines, despite flu deaths and potential U.S. outbreaks

The flu can pass more easily in crowded conditions, like those at the border.

How predicting the future shifted from fiction to fact—and what we lost along the way
Science Fiction

How predicting the future shifted from fiction to fact—and what we lost along the way

Consider the brain in a vat.

Burning Amazon Rainforest
Land

The Amazon rainforest is burning, and humans are to blame

The blaze can be seen from space.

How elite drivers train to endure the punishing conditions of pro racing
Fitness & Exercise

How elite drivers train to endure the punishing conditions of pro racing

An F1 trainer explains how athletes survive the heat, stress, and g-forces during a race.

Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty
Spiders

Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty

They get rather aggressive after a tropical cyclone passes through.

survival pack and gear
Projects

Build the ultimate natural disaster survival kit

Stock essential items and stay prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws your way.

Pence says U.S. rocket companies will put astronauts in space this year. U.S. rocket companies aren’t so sure.
Science

Pence says U.S. rocket companies will put astronauts in space this year. U.S. rocket companies aren’t so sure.

Rocket engineering turns out to be even harder than rocket science.

Running in the snow
Diabetes

Remember brown fat? We may finally know why it’s so darn good for you.

The mysterious tissue could help prevent obesity and diabetes.

A tiny Polish village has had nothing but baby girls for a decade—and that’s actually pretty normal
Science

A tiny Polish village has had nothing but baby girls for a decade—and that’s actually pretty normal

Here's how that computes.

How humans created color for thousands of years
Science

How humans created color for thousands of years

Back before we could paint our world with pixels, we needed precious commodities to make pigments.

Everything you need to know about the new Apple credit card
Technology

Everything you need to know about the new Apple credit card

It might be a good option for people with less-than-perfect credit who like Apple products.

Posting a copyright notice on social media doesn’t actually accomplish anything
Security

Posting a copyright notice on social media doesn’t actually accomplish anything

What to know about the typo-laden privacy screed you may have seen going around Instagram.

How to avoid summer colds
Life Skills

How to avoid summer colds

A sunburn and a cough is a terrible combination.

NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip
Moons

NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip

The flyby mission aims to sniff flumes of alien seawater, but will attempt no landing there.

New research links air pollution to increased risk of depression and bipolar disorder
Mental Health

New research links air pollution to increased risk of depression and bipolar disorder

Bad air quality is also associated with dementia and cardiovascular disease.

The FCC created an online index for known phone scams
Security

The FCC created an online index for known phone scams

Do you know what the 809 scam is?

Legionnaires’ disease is totally preventable, but surprisingly deadly
Diseases

Legionnaires’ disease is totally preventable, but surprisingly deadly

There's been a big uptick in cases over the last decade.