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If you want personalized medicine, we’ll need to know what time it is in your liver
Health

If you want personalized medicine, we’ll need to know what time it is in your liver

This atlas maps what time it is in different parts of your body.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Lady Liberty’s big secret, the ultimate exercise hack, and a penis in a bottle

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

decade of hurricanes
Global Warming

Charted: How hurricanes are becoming more extreme

Climate change is driving significant shifts in extreme weather.

How we found a beautiful new species of snailfish deep beneath the sea
Fish

How we found a beautiful new species of snailfish deep beneath the sea

Researchers discovered these ethereal purple specimens four-and-a-half miles down.

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Health

Antidepressants might contribute to antibiotic resistance

But even if they do, they're not our biggest concern.

Sending wireless data 372 miles between two balloons takes really good aim
Technology

Sending wireless data 372 miles between two balloons takes really good aim

Here's why one of Google's sister companies is working on the tech.

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Mars

The double-hinged door between astrophysics and the military

Excerpt: Accessory to War

a road at night
Vehicles

Our street lighting doesn’t need to be this bad

Light shines at full intensity even during periods of low activity.

Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.
Weapons

Of course semi-automatic guns are deadlier. Here’s why scientists took so long to say so.

We desperately need research on firearms—but the federal government can't fund it.

New trackers will help scientists follow elusive critters
Animals

New trackers will help scientists follow elusive critters

Researchers hope to map the path of bird flu and other pathogens.

This new blood test can figure out what time it is inside your cells
Health

This new blood test can figure out what time it is inside your cells

There are tiny clocks inside you, and they're all out of whack.

Hurricane Florence could stall out over the East Coast for days, bringing intense flooding
Weather

Hurricane Florence could stall out over the East Coast for days, bringing intense flooding

It's looking an awful lot like Harvey.

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NASA

After 11 years, NASA’s asteroid-hopping spacecraft is running out of fuel

Here are some highlights from its journey

California is set to go carbon-free by 2045
Renewables

California is set to go carbon-free by 2045

A new bill has been fast-tracked in the midst of a climate change-fueled wildfire season.

Last week in tech new iphones
Technology

Last week in tech: New iPhones inbound, Twitter went to Congress, and Google turned 20

This week's round-up of technology news is pumpkin spice flavor

I became a cyborg to manage my chronic pain
Health

I became a cyborg to manage my chronic pain

Implanting a new generation of spinal stimulators.

alcohol wine
Diseases

Remember when a glass of wine a day was good for you? Here’s why that changed.

It all comes down to the way we used to study drinking.

salmon healthy food
Life Skills

Cook meals in coffee makers, dishwashers, and other unexpected appliances

You don't need a full kitchen to make dinner.

Adding clean energy to the Sahara could make it rain (and not just figuratively)
Renewables

Adding clean energy to the Sahara could make it rain (and not just figuratively)

To green or not to green?

Hurricane Harvey’s record-setting floodwaters were packed with pollution and disease
Climate Change

Hurricane Harvey’s record-setting floodwaters were packed with pollution and disease

And this problem isn't unique to Texas.