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This experimental airplane will change shape while flying
Aviation

This experimental airplane will change shape while flying

The wing is strong but light.

Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people
Medicine

Emergency rooms push Medicaid patients out more often than privately-insured people

Gaps in access to quality medical care persist, despite laws against it.

A glossary of essential motorcycle terms
Motorcycles

A glossary of essential motorcycle terms

Sound like you know what you're talking about

Melting roads are just one downside of record-breaking Alaskan heat
Environment

Melting roads are just one downside of record-breaking Alaskan heat

People have died attempting to cross ice that normally would be stable this time of year.

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold
Birds

At the height of the Peruvian guano boom, people mined poop instead of gold

Excerpt: Wild at Heart

Traumatic memories pit two neuron groups against each other
Health

Traumatic memories pit two neuron groups against each other

The research “opens the floodgates” on a new way of looking at the brain.

Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability
Agriculture

Young farmers are challenging convention to improve sustainability

“When the paradigm shifts past a certain point, they will all follow.”

What to know about the software issue that delayed major airlines today
Aviation

What to know about the software issue that delayed major airlines today

Plus, why “slack” matters in the airline industry.

Everything you need to know about male hormonal birth control
Health

Everything you need to know about male hormonal birth control

There are several promising options in the works.

Puffy unicorn stickers could save millions of migrating birds each year
Birds

Puffy unicorn stickers could save millions of migrating birds each year

Windows pose a lethal threat to migrating birds. But humans can help.

Megapixels: Mini frog, two frog, pumpkin frog, new frog
Animals

Megapixels: Mini frog, two frog, pumpkin frog, new frog

The week's amphibian photos have been truly ...ribbeting.

quantum teleportation illustration
Physics

Quantum teleportation is real, but it’s not what you think

A commute so quick you could just die.

Dual rotors could make the Defiant one of the world’s fastest helicopters
Aviation

Dual rotors could make the Defiant one of the world’s fastest helicopters

This machine will challenge the way you think about chopper design.

See what happens when tapeworms infest your brain
Diseases

See what happens when tapeworms infest your brain

A tragic case report shows the horrifying result when tapeworms don't stay confined to your intestines.

A mysterious disease is ravaging Florida’s coral, and now it might be spreading elsewhere
Ocean

A mysterious disease is ravaging Florida’s coral, and now it might be spreading elsewhere

Even if it's not stony coral tissue loss disease, the reefs are in trouble.

Last week in tech: New Apple services, a super-strong robotic ostrich, and more
Technology

Last week in tech: New Apple services, a super-strong robotic ostrich, and more

This isn't just content—it's content plus.

Four food pranks for office life on April 1
Projects

Four food pranks for office life on April 1

Be amusing, not irritating.

The FDA is finally updating its decades-old mammogram standards
Health

The FDA is finally updating its decades-old mammogram standards

Radiologists must now report a patient's breast density, which can complicate diagnosis.

Earth’s most invasive species is a frog-killing fungus
Animals

Earth’s most invasive species is a frog-killing fungus

The international pet trade has helped a fungal infection spread to 501 species of amphibians.

The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request
Moons

The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request

We'll need more money, more time, or both.