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Glowing skin might start in your genes
Health

Glowing skin might start in your genes

Your DNA likely plays a key role, but there are still things you can do for your skin.

By Julissa Treviño

A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews
Tech Hacks

A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews

Become a better judge.

By Whitson Gordon

Volcano decides eruptions are boring, tries sliding into the sea instead
Environment

Volcano decides eruptions are boring, tries sliding into the sea instead

Mount Etna is having trouble keeping it together.

By Neel V. Patel

Russia’s rocket failure could leave the ISS without a crew
International Space Station

Russia’s rocket failure could leave the ISS without a crew

A lot on the ISS depends on the Soyuz.

By Mary Beth Griggs

How to set up your home Wi-Fi
Internet

How to set up your home Wi-Fi

Secure your internet

By Jason Lederman

Adult mouse with two mothers
Stem Cells

Scientists just created healthy mice with same-sex parents

And some went on to have healthy babies of their own.

By Kat Eschner

two astronauts posing together
NASA

Two astronauts just survived a ‘ballistic descent’ in a Russian rocket. Here’s everything we know.

American Nick Hague and Russian Alexey Ovchinin endured a rough emergency landing.

By Mary Beth Griggs

There is simply no precedent for Hurricane Michael
Weather

There is simply no precedent for Hurricane Michael

It just hit the Florida Panhandle with 155 MPH winds.

By Dennis Mersereau

Miranda to Europa: You think you’ve got treacherous landing zones? Hold my beer
Moons

Miranda to Europa: You think you’ve got treacherous landing zones? Hold my beer

Meet the moon with 11 mile high cliff

By John Wenz

Sans Forgetica font sample
Psychology

This wacky-looking font can help you remember what you read

Typefaces are typically easy to read. Not Sans Forgetica.

By Eleanor Cummins

a palm tree bending in the wind
Weather

Hurricane forecasts can be confusing—here’s a helpful glossary

All the terms you need to know to stay ahead of the storm.

By Dennis Mersereau

Hurricane Michael is slamming into Florida as a devastating category 4
Weather

Hurricane Michael is slamming into Florida as a devastating category 4

An unpleasant surprise for the region.

By Dennis Mersereau

Hiral Tipirneni
Science

These scientists may be your next members of Congress

We spoke to candidates with science backgrounds from across the political spectrum

By Lexi Krupp

This machine could turn your power walking into usable energy
Renewables

This machine could turn your power walking into usable energy

Is your body the new clean energy battery?

By Marlene Cimons

Mount Vesuvius murdered its victims in more brutal ways than we thought
Environment

Mount Vesuvius murdered its victims in more brutal ways than we thought

Boiling blood and exploding skulls.

By Neel V. Patel

glass bottles on a shelf with handwritten labels
Health

So, what’s the deal with homeopathy?

Excerpt: The Sawbones Book

By Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy

All the cool new gadgets from Google’s Pixel 3 smartphone launch event
Technology

All the cool new gadgets from Google’s Pixel 3 smartphone launch event

Live from Google's announcement event in New York City.

By Stan Horaczek

Voyager 2 is almost outside the sun’s protective bubble
Space

Voyager 2 is almost outside the sun’s protective bubble

It follows its predecessor toward where no other (active) spacecraft has gone before.

By Charlie Wood

Smoke billows out of tall cement smokestacks against a grey sky.
Global Warming

What you should know about the new climate change report

We have the technological capability to stop our earth from warming further. But it looks like that won't happen.

By Jillian Mock

Gene editing can’t help human fetuses yet, but it just made a big leap in mice
Gene Editing

Gene editing can’t help human fetuses yet, but it just made a big leap in mice

A promising proof of concept.

By Kat Eschner