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IQ is a really stupid concept
Psychology

IQ is a really stupid concept

It's stacked against most of the world.

Sinus infections can get to your brain—but don’t panic
Health

Sinus infections can get to your brain—but don’t panic

Traveling through the blood-brain barrier is difficult.

Scientists have identified a gene that’s killing purebred dogs. Does that even matter?
Diseases

Scientists have identified a gene that’s killing purebred dogs. Does that even matter?

Inbred dogs are kind of doomed.

woman napping on a couch
Life Skills

Learn how to take a nap because they’re really beneficial

How to make any time naptime.

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps
Fish

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps

Teamwork is dreamwork.

The great Pacific garbage patch is even trashier than we thought
Environment

The great Pacific garbage patch is even trashier than we thought

The ocean is flooded with plastic.

The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines
Climate Change

Scientists have some pretty outlandish ideas for cooling the planet down

Desperate times inspire desperate measures.

China’s new stealth fighter uses powerful materials with geometry not found in nature
Military

China’s new stealth fighter uses powerful materials with geometry not found in nature

Metamaterials can make the J-20 an extra stealthy electromagnetic force.

earth
Space

Don’t freak out about the Chinese space station that’s about to fall out of the sky

It’s big, but our planet is bigger.

New Zealand just took care of a $3.6 million mouse infestation
Animals

New Zealand just took care of a $3.6 million mouse infestation

The million dollar mouse is dead. Long live the million dollar mouse.

Good news: these exoplanets probably have water. Bad news: AHHH SO MUCH WATER.
Exoplanets

Good news: these exoplanets probably have water. Bad news: AHHH SO MUCH WATER.

You can get too wet for life.

Scientists still don’t understand how freedivers can survive such crushing depths
Science

Scientists still don’t understand how freedivers can survive such crushing depths

They hang between life and death in a delicate balance.

The chemicals in your cosmetics aren’t regulated
Health

The chemicals in your cosmetics aren’t regulated

It's up to us to stay educated and informed on the products that keep us looking good.

Travel safely with these electronics packing tips
Tech Hacks

Travel safely with these electronics packing tips

Don't break any gadgets.

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions
Environment

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions

And the emissions might not come from where you think.

a northern white rhino
Animals

The last male northern white rhino just died, but science could still make him a daddy

Sudan's death is not the end of the northern white rhino's saga.

The math behind the perfect free throw
Science

The math behind the perfect free throw

From a mathematical viewpoint, basketball is a game of trajectories.

AI vs Human
AI

Can AI solve the internet’s fake news problem? A fact-checker investigates.

We're in our misinformation predicament partly because of algorithms. Can they also get us out of it?

polar bear
Environment

A claim-by-claim analysis of a climate denial ‘news’ story

Anatomy of a fact check.

With Operation Popeye, the U.S. government made weather an instrument of war
Weather

With Operation Popeye, the U.S. government made weather an instrument of war

As geo-engineering projects soar, the declassified project is newly relevant.