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NASA’s new weather satellite will show us wildfires and storms in insane detail
Weather

NASA’s new weather satellite will show us wildfires and storms in insane detail

A close look at severe weather

TweetDeck
Social Media

Twitter is killing its terrible Mac app. Here are your options for replacing it.

Find the best way to use Twitter from your Mac.

Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might be as well.
Exoplanets

Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might be as well.

It’s time to return to our hellish neighbor.

Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer
Cancer

Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer

Common microbes seem to help treat cancer—at least in mice.

a tire
Energy

This 18-mile stretch of Georgia highway is a living laboratory for clean energy

The Ray is a rural testing ground for cutting-edge tech.

If the Earth is spinning, why can’t I feel it?
Space

If the Earth is spinning, why can’t I feel it?

Asking for a friend...

vietnam war protesters
Science

We shouldn’t disregard the ideas that come from teens’ developing brains

Teens may be works in progress, but they help society evolve.

Kids can be citizen scientists, too—here’s how
Environment

Kids can be citizen scientists, too—here’s how

You might even make a major discovery.

The right kind of pessimism can have a positive effect on your life
Psychology

The right kind of pessimism can have a positive effect on your life

It's not all bad.

The flu season isn’t over yet, but the FDA is already working on next year’s vaccine
Health

The flu season isn’t over yet, but the FDA is already working on next year’s vaccine

Preparations for the 2018-19 season have to begin now.

Our closest neighboring star system sounds like a terrible place to live
Exoplanets

Our closest neighboring star system sounds like a terrible place to live

Instead of hosting planet-friendly dust, Proxima Centauri spews radiation.

Google’s Clips camera uses AI to try to spot your important family moments
AI

Google’s Clips camera uses AI to try to spot your important family moments

The little camera looks for faces and records short videos.

There’s a better way to use a standing desk
Health

There’s a better way to use a standing desk

Is standing actually better than sitting?

It’s 2018 and black lung disease seems to be on the rise
Health

It’s 2018 and black lung disease seems to be on the rise

There is no cure for the fatal condition.

Scientists are trying to figure out where the heck horses came from
Agriculture

Scientists are trying to figure out where the heck horses came from

A new study shows how little we know about their origins.

snow roman forum
Weather

Cyclones in the Pacific made it snow in Rome, and soon that weather will hit the U.S.

Your regular reminder that weather is a wild system of tiny causes and huge effects.

Star Trek, James Bond, and the trip from science fiction to science fact
Science Fiction

Star Trek, James Bond, and the trip from science fiction to science fact

Excerpt: The Edumacation Book

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be
Security

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be

Your computer can store clues.

We can’t truly protect the environment unless we tackle social justice issues, too
Pollution

We can’t truly protect the environment unless we tackle social justice issues, too

People of color continue to live closer to environmental hazards.

Special ‘blankets’ could help melt monstrous snowbanks more quickly
Climate Change

Special ‘blankets’ could help melt monstrous snowbanks more quickly

Giant, dirty piles of snow can clog up parking lots for weeks.