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Chocolate cake in a mug with a spoon
Life Skills

Add a dash of chemistry for the best microwave mug cake of your life

This single-serving dessert takes 60 seconds—and some science.

hispaniola solenodon
Evolution

These animals have nipples on their butts and that is not the most fascinating thing about them

The tiny, venomous mammal outlived the dinosaurs, but might go extinct due to extreme clumsiness.

A primer on the primal origins of humans on Earth
Evolution

A primer on the primal origins of humans on Earth

Our history is complicated. Our pre-history, even more so.

Someday, you might subscribe to a self-driving taxi service, Netflix-style
Self Driving

Someday, you might subscribe to a self-driving taxi service, Netflix-style

Type 003 Aircraft Carrier China
Military

A Chinese shipbuilder accidentally revealed its major navy plans

Nuclear submarines, giant aircraft carriers, robot warships.

Even plastic art decays, but museum curators are on the case
Environment

Even plastic art decays, but museum curators are on the case

Scientists can help them save their polymer-based collections.

Playing hockey on a sled totally changes the game
Science

Playing hockey on a sled totally changes the game

Para hockey has its own unique biomechanics.

What does brain size have to do with intelligence?
Science

What does brain size have to do with intelligence?

Very little—even if it's very big.

winter landscape trees
Weather

It’s not your imagination, we really are getting more blizzards

And we might be in for another one.

Green buildings will have to go beyond conserving energy
Environment

Green buildings will have to go beyond conserving energy

The Svart Hotel will meet the stringent Powerhouse standard. Is that enough?

stephen hawking sits in front of a sign that says "Welcome Time Travelers"
Space

What Stephen Hawking gave to us

I had a lunch with him I'll never forget.

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy
Agriculture

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy

Extracting methane from biogas could create fuel without fracking.

Stephen Hawking, a man synonymous with the mysteries of the cosmos, is dead at 76
Physics

Stephen Hawking, a man synonymous with the mysteries of the cosmos, is dead at 76

The famous physicist died at home early on Wednesday.

smoke night alone
Health

National data says substance abuse is on the decline. These charts tell a different story.

National averages hide the counties that desperately need our help.

Weird winter weather has scientists looking to the north pole
Climate Change

Weird winter weather has scientists looking to the north pole

Temperatures in the Arctic could help drive extreme weather in the United States.

Satellite image of the Sundarban mangrove forest in Bangladesh.
Climate Change

The people of Cape Town are running out of water—and they’re not alone

The whole world is drying up.

This ‘acoustic lighthouse’ could keep birds from killing themselves on wind turbines
Climate Change

This ‘acoustic lighthouse’ could keep birds from killing themselves on wind turbines

Clean energy doesn't have to be deadly.

Humans flourished through a supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago (so you can make it through Tuesday)
Archaeology

Humans flourished through a supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago (so you can make it through Tuesday)

At least, some of them did...

Now’s your chance to discover a new planet (with Google’s help)
Exoplanets

Now’s your chance to discover a new planet (with Google’s help)

The company's open source AI software is an armchair explorer's dream.

How about this disease-infested rat weather we’re having?
Animals

How about this disease-infested rat weather we’re having?

It's a beautiful day for bacteria.