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How to save all the cool posts you find on social media
Tech Hacks

How to save all the cool posts you find on social media

Bookmark your favorite things.

Winter storm Grayson in January 2018
Weather

You can thank the Madden-Julian Oscillation for this wild winter

Swings in temperature are what the MJO does best.

woman in bed with pills
Heart Disease

She had a textbook medical condition, but it went undiagnosed for more than a year

How stereotyping diseases hurts patients.

AI

Stopping package theft could be just the start for Amazon’s smart camera plans

The next step may involve AI and machine learning.

Some people’s brains make them hear color and taste sounds. Genetics may explain why.
Science

Some people’s brains make them hear color and taste sounds. Genetics may explain why.

Unraveling the real sixth sense.

A tattoo needle against the skin
Science

Tattoos are permanent, but the science behind them just shifted

Your body never stops trying to contain the situation.

Cryptocurrency millionaires are pushing up prices on some art and collectibles
Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency millionaires are pushing up prices on some art and collectibles

The rise of Bitcoin and its ilk have seriously shifted some collectible prices.

Wind turbines.
Renewables

With wind farms, bias is in the eye of the beholder

They can be beautiful monuments or ugly eyesores depending on how you feel about clean energy.

Parenting
Tech Hacks

The best apps for overworked parents

Tech help for bringing up baby.

Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine
Vaccines

Influenza B is trying to escape our vaccine

Hell hath no fury like a virus scorned.

This little baby bird lived 127 million years ago and died the size of your pinky
Dinosaurs

This little baby bird lived 127 million years ago and died the size of your pinky

Its adorable fossil is teaching scientists a lot about bird evolution.

A hundred years later, we’re still not sure why the Spanish flu killed so many people
Diseases

A hundred years later, we’re still not sure why the Spanish flu killed so many people

Historical disease detectives are solving mysteries of the 1918 flu.

When splashy headlines become the goal of science, the process suffers
Science

When splashy headlines become the goal of science, the process suffers

Internal and external pressure drive a rush toward prestige.

How to choose the best TV streaming device for you
Tech Hacks

How to choose the best TV streaming device for you

Find the right dongle.

early stars
Moons

This is what some of the earliest stars in the universe might have looked like

Meanwhile in space: moon activity and satellites watching satellite launches .

Pooping on a mountain is even more complicated than it sounds
Environment

Pooping on a mountain is even more complicated than it sounds

Our guide to evacuating ethically in the wilderness.

Wishing your city had more wildlife? Just look a little closer.
Animals

Wishing your city had more wildlife? Just look a little closer.

Even urban areas have wild animals galore.

Heart attacks seem more common after extreme temperature changes
Climate Change

Heart attacks seem more common after extreme temperature changes

Unseasonably warm afternoons might not do us much good.

Social crowd
Tech Hacks

Take a break from Facebook and try one of these alternate social networks

Find a smaller, more specialized group.

stephen hawking and neil degrasse tyson
Physics

Stephen Hawking thinks he knows what happened before the beginning of time

Neil deGrasse Tyson asks him to weigh in.