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Why are we so bad at producing the right flu vaccines?
Vaccines

Why are we so bad at producing the right flu vaccines?

And how can we improve?

Concussions make lasting changes to the brain, even after you feel fine
Health

Concussions make lasting changes to the brain, even after you feel fine

We don’t know what those changes actually mean.

A MISS spacecraft concept
Space

How the Air Force planned to put men on the moon

Just months after Sputnik's launch, the USAF had a manned lunar landing program all figured out.

Creatonotos gangis
Insects

This terrifyingly tentacled moth reminds us that nature is freakier than any nightmare

Hard nope.

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus
Bats

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus

Ghosts of bats past.

Daydream View
Tech Hacks

Try these 10 awesome virtual-reality apps for Google Daydream View

Jump into a new world.

Blue basin full of fruits and vegetables with tap water in the kitchen sink. Disinfecting fruits and vegetables to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Food Safety

How to actually remove pesticides from your fruit

Assuming that you should be worried about them in the first place.

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space
Space

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space

Take it from an astronaut.

Can you really die from a broken heart?
Heart Disease

Can you really die from a broken heart?

Extreme emotional distress can cause the heart muscles to weaken.

How artificial intelligence could help spies do their jobs
AI

How artificial intelligence could help spies do their jobs

When the intelligence analyst is an algorithm.

Don’t worry about eggs—these other foods are way more likely to give you Salmonella
Food Safety

Don’t worry about eggs—these other foods are way more likely to give you Salmonella

And they're harder to avoid.

Millions of years ago, hollow trees literally tore themselves apart to grow
Science

Millions of years ago, hollow trees literally tore themselves apart to grow

Sometimes, early life was profoundly weird.

Your best, beef-free Instagrams tagged #NoRedOctober
Environment

Your best, beef-free Instagrams tagged #NoRedOctober

Don't have a cow, man.

Bee sits on yellow flower.
Bees

Want to help the bees? Keep these out of your garden.

Three-fourths of the world’s honey contains neonicotinoids.

These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.
Weather

These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.

A community goes back to nature.

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.
Evolution

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

People are a great and terrible influence on the world.

Pollution kills nine million people a year
Pollution

Pollution kills nine million people a year

This doesn't feel like progress.

a wave crashes into a city
Climate Change

‘Geostorm’ is a very silly movie that raises some very serious questions

Let's talk about hacking the climate.

blue marble Earth image
Moons

This entourage of weirdos hangs out in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood

Don’t you want to meet them?

Adobe is training AI to be a better photo and video editor than you
AI

Adobe is training AI to be a better photo and video editor than you

Tech demos from the Max convention show impressive tech, all driven by machine learning