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The latest climate assessment isn’t surprising, but it still sucks
Climate Change

The latest climate assessment isn’t surprising, but it still sucks

If only we could just study for a better grade.

What we know about the new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Environment

What we know about the new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Kelvin Droegemeier could be an huge boon to the scientific community.

beef meat fresh carnivore
Heart Disease

Please do not try to survive on an all-meat diet

Here’s what you should know about the latest carnivore trend.

These sandals replace petroleum with sugarcane. How smug can I be about wearing them?
Sustainability

These sandals replace petroleum with sugarcane. How smug can I be about wearing them?

Fossil fuels aren’t sustainable, but alternatives aren't perfect, either.

Plastic junk spews greenhouse gases, just like cows and cars
Climate Change

Plastic junk spews greenhouse gases, just like cows and cars

New study directly links plastics and climate change.

Planet Earth overshoot day
Climate Change

Earth Overshoot Day came early this year. That’s a bad thing.

We consumed a year’s worth of natural resources in just seven months.

a hand holding a glass sphere
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: art made from human skin, solving a 17th-century thought experiment, and detachable sex organs

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays
AI

Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays

Medical imaging will be revolutionized by extreme light, artificial intelligence, and more.

The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat
Climate Change

The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat

And we should take what it's taught us into future fights.

scutoid
Science

Did scientists discover a new shape? Well, first we have to define ‘shape.’ Also, ‘new.’

A cool scientific finding and a strange semantic investigation.

Ancient space crystals may prove the sun threw heated tantrums as a tot
Sun

Ancient space crystals may prove the sun threw heated tantrums as a tot

You can learn a lot from 4.5-billion-year-old rocks.

Drew Castlewood with standard camera
Technology

Here’s how 3D printing is changing photography

The Standard Camera, Cameradactyl, and the PinBox are three cameras using 3D printing.

Ancient climate change may have dragged the wild horses away
Global Warming

Ancient climate change may have dragged the wild horses away

Maybe that's why none exist today.

These windows could keep the sun out while powering your house
Climate Change

These windows could keep the sun out while powering your house

New solar technology could transform the way we view — and power — our world.

lungworm angiostrongylus cantonensis
Insects

Two people got rat lungworm from eating raw centipedes. Could you be next?

The answer is yes—even if you don't like eating bugs.

How jumping genes hijack their way into the next generation of babies
Evolution

How jumping genes hijack their way into the next generation of babies

Where do transposons do their transposing?

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts
Security

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

But you can tap into similar powers without a device.

Mars is missing a lot of this crucial terraforming ingredient
Mars

Mars is missing a lot of this crucial terraforming ingredient

Time for a new plan.

A small island in the ocean.
Global Warming

Only 13 percent of the world’s oceans are still wild

The forecast isn’t looking great, either.

Cell phone batteries are destined to die, and we have physics to blame
Phones

Cell phone batteries are destined to die, and we have physics to blame

The second law of thermodynamics is the enemy here.