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moon trash
Moons

Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon

We mapped out all the space trash.

How to print giant wall-worthy images yourself
Projects

How to print giant wall-worthy images yourself

We like big posters and we cannot lie.

Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)
Moons

Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)

It was smelly up there.

Medications could affect how you react to a heatwave
Mental Health

Medications could affect how you react to a heatwave

Here's what you need to know.

The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos
Moons

The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos

Apollo 11 gave us the Rosetta Stone of our solar system’s history.

Did we mishear Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon?
Moons

Did we mishear Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon?

A linguist looks into the missing 'a.'

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar
Engineering

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar

The 2020 Corvette Stingray puts the power behind the driver.

Brain interfaces aren’t nearly as easy as Elon Musk makes them seem
Health

Brain interfaces aren’t nearly as easy as Elon Musk makes them seem

We don’t know enough about the brain for you to control your smartphone with yours.

The Apollo 11 mission as told through the astronauts’ heart rates
Moons

The Apollo 11 mission as told through the astronauts’ heart rates

This is what happened with the three men's tickers during critical moments of the journey.

Designer plants could help you do your laundry
Engineering

Designer plants could help you do your laundry

The tobacco plant could make cheap detergent instead of cigarettes.

Here’s what makes ADX Florence the country’s most secure prison
Technology

Here’s what makes ADX Florence the country’s most secure prison

El Chapo may soon reside in the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”

These six big moon mysteries remain unsolved
Moons

These six big moon mysteries remain unsolved

Even 50 years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

Island trees can’t run from climate change
Climate Change

Island trees can’t run from climate change

“If these species are left to fend for themselves, climate change will eventually drive them extinct.”

Florida is a preview of our climate change future
Climate Change

Florida is a preview of our climate change future

Four fresh-squeezed horror stories

Your state probably isn’t prepared for droughts or floods
Climate Change

Your state probably isn’t prepared for droughts or floods

And climate change will only make people more vulnerable.

Plans to build a massive telescope on sacred Hawaiian land have sparked protests—and arrests
Space

Plans to build a massive telescope on sacred Hawaiian land have sparked protests—and arrests

Breaking down the Mauna Kea controversy.

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online
AI

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

The hottest app of the moment collects your data, but they're certainly not alone.

One more thing artificial intelligence can beat you at: Solving a Rubik’s cube
AI

One more thing artificial intelligence can beat you at: Solving a Rubik’s cube

There are 43 quintillion ways to scramble a cube. This AI can solve it in seconds.

The history of science is for sale
Space

The history of science is for sale

From auction houses to eBay, this is how people buy up Nobel Prizes and space rocks.

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.