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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.

Five new science books you should read this month
Science

Five new science books you should read this month

Seeds, adventures, medicine, and more.

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.

Net neutrality: Where do we go from here?
Internet

Net neutrality: Where do we go from here?

The FCC voted to repeal net neutrality. This is what that means.

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.