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Fat is sooo good and science can’t do a dang thing about it
Health

Fat is sooo good and science can’t do a dang thing about it

Fat, I wish I knew how to quit you.

Compact fiber-optic hubs
Renewables

In photos: updating New York’s vast and fragile telecom backbone

The cables that keep information flowing through the Big Apple are undergoing a transformation, from aging copper to strong and fast fiber.

We’re getting better at screening for cancer, and that could be a problem
Cancer

We’re getting better at screening for cancer, and that could be a problem

Opinions vary among medical professionals.

Canaries in the coal emissions: why climate change makes birds change their tune
Climate Change

Canaries in the coal emissions: why climate change makes birds change their tune

Birdsongs may hold invaluable climate clues.

Using your smartphone is better with a stylus
Tech Hacks

Using your smartphone is better with a stylus

We're bringing stylus back (yeah).

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements
Mars

Nuclear reactors the size of wastebaskets could power our Martian settlements

Small, but mighty.

TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post
Cryptocurrency

TK evergreen Bitcoin cryptocurrency price article blog post

Crypto currency prices change too fast for real blogging. Here's a template to get that crypto content out quickly.

Hackers are attacking the electric grid
Energy

Hackers are attacking the electric grid

And computer scientists are trying to stop them.

Courts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the same results
Science

Courts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the same results

Numbers aren’t always as impartial as they appear.

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine
Ocean

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

The world’s only omnivorous shark doesn’t just poop grass for fun.

These companies claim blockchain could help fight climate change
Climate Change

These companies claim blockchain could help fight climate change

Is it a breakthrough, or just a buzzword?

a meteor above earth
Space

That giant fireball in Michigan last night did not trigger an earthquake

But it was gorgeous.

Chevy AV
Self Driving

Here’s where your new car lands on the self-driving scale

Most modern rides rank around level 2 of 5 when it comes to automation.

Lightning, meet snowstorm: The makings of thundersnow
Weather

Lightning, meet snowstorm: The makings of thundersnow

Nobody expects to see lightning while a blizzard is raging.

Why cities where it definitely snows continue to act like they’ve never seen snow
Weather

Why cities where it definitely snows continue to act like they’ve never seen snow

Adapting to snow on the road is a long, cold process.

diabetes blood finger prick
Diabetes

The strange side effect of gastric bypass that helps diabetics

We don't really understand how bariatric surgery improves type 2 diabetes.

Scientists just uncovered the cause of a massive epidemic using 500-year-old teeth
Diseases

Scientists just uncovered the cause of a massive epidemic using 500-year-old teeth

Why is it so hard to pinpoint ancient diseases?

The grease recycling industry feeds on your city’s oily underbelly
Environment

The grease recycling industry feeds on your city’s oily underbelly

While you're just sitting around causing fatbergs.

No one knows if lobsters feel pain, which makes boiling them alive rather complicated
Animals

No one knows if lobsters feel pain, which makes boiling them alive rather complicated

Switzerland's new laws ask you to consider the lobster.

I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
Environment

I’ve dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life

My primary focus is searching for undiscovered species—mostly white, eyeless crustaceans.