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What we know about diet soda’s connection to heart disease, stroke, and early death
Heart Disease

What we know about diet soda’s connection to heart disease, stroke, and early death

People who drank two or more artificially-sweetened drinks per day might be at a higher risk.

little kid flu shot
Vaccines

Flu season’s been pretty quiet this year—here’s why

It's not just because of measles.

Chilldren taking political action to save the environment
Climate Change

Kids skipping school to protest climate change isn’t just reasonable—it’s logical

Why adults no longer have the right to object to their children taking radical action.

spacex iridium 8 launch
Mars

Next month’s SpaceX launch could help end America’s reliance on Russian rockets

If it’s not delayed again, that is.

Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health
Diseases

Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health

These packaged foods can increase overall risk of death.

The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet
Agriculture

The Green New Deal could help farmers help the planet

The new potential plan could incentivize farming practices that help remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere.

A380
Aviation

Goodbye to the A380, the biggest passenger plane there ever was

It was just too large.

elk chronic wasting disease
Health

Scientists worry ‘zombie deer’ disease could jump to humans

Chronic wasting disease is currently in 24 states.

a white rat perched on a glass jar
Science

Tricking rats with augmented reality unlocked a secret about our own brains

Ever wondered why you feel a little funny when you step off a treadmill?

welded bottlecaps
Projects

How to spin weld at home

Forge bonds without screws, glues, or fancy gear

Two long-necked dinosaurs pose together in the rain
Dinosaurs

This newly discovered titanosaur had heart-shaped tail bones

How romantic.

How self-driving cars can predict the way pedestrians move
Self Driving

How self-driving cars can predict the way pedestrians move

Good drivers anticipate what others will do. Autonomous cars need to do the same.

Eero router
Security

Amazon is thinking about routers and you should be, too

Jeff Bezos and company bought a mesh network company and that makes things complicated.

opportunity on Mars
Mars

NASA officially ends the Opportunity rover’s 15-year mission

The longest-running surface mission laid the groundwork for some big things ahead.

Greenland shore beach sand economy climate change
Climate Change

Greenland’s melting glaciers are unearthing a hidden economic goldmine

Even long-term problems can yield short-term gains.

martian-dust-devil
Mars

RIP Opportunity: A eulogy for the beloved Mars rover

The little rover that could.

Spider glowing eyes geology paleontology
Spiders

Megapixels: This fossilized spider’s eyes are still glowing 110 million years later

Courtesy of some spooky shale.

man jumping down red rocks
Health

First aid basics for your adventure in the wilderness

Pack essentials for your next hike.

a man looks at several babies in an incubator
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: strange sneezes and how sideshows saved 6,500 babies

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down
Medicine

Supplements make false claims to prey on people with Alzheimer’s—but the FDA is cracking down

Don’t trust anything that says it can cure Alzheimer’s or dementia.