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The 10 most important automotive technologies of the year
Best of What's New

The 10 most important automotive technologies of the year

Tires that crush ice, a shape-shifting supercar, back-seat surveillance, and more.

The best entertainment tech of the year
Best of What's New

The best entertainment tech of the year

Are you not entertained? You will be if you spend some time with these gadgets.

Boeing Starliner Space Suit
Best of What's New

The 100 greatest innovations of 2017

The year's most transformative products and discoveries.

California’s hepatitis A outbreak shows why people need easy access to health care
Vaccines

California’s hepatitis A outbreak shows why people need easy access to health care

We have to act now if we want to save lives in the future.

laptop code
Security

Wi-Fi has a serious vulnerability. Here’s how to stay safe.

The weakness is in the encryption protocol we all use constantly.

Jeremy the snail and baby
Animals

In loving memory of Jeremy, the one-in-a-million mutant snail

Find me somebody to love.

merging neutron stars
Space Telescope

Gravitational waves just showed us something even cooler than black holes

Observatories all over the world caught a new kind of collision.

It looks like we’re in for another La Niña winter. What does that mean?
Weather

It looks like we’re in for another La Niña winter. What does that mean?

A quick refresher on what “the little girl” actually is.

crater moon
Moons

We could actually learn a lot by going back to the Moon

But we’ll have to get there first.

Pythons are invading Florida. Meet the scientists fighting back.
Animals

Pythons are invading Florida. Meet the scientists fighting back.

Betrayal, sex pheromones, and a lot of snake wrestling.

There’s no such thing as clean coal
Pollution

There’s no such thing as clean coal

It's not an industry we should save.

Here’s what you should know about hormone therapy for menopause
Health

Here’s what you should know about hormone therapy for menopause

Misinformation scares away many who could benefit.

If an astronaut gets hurt on the moon, this is how we’ll rescue them
Moons

If an astronaut gets hurt on the moon, this is how we’ll rescue them

In the event of a lunar emergency, use pulleys.

You don’t need a $200 Oculus Go to get into virtual reality right now
Technology

You don’t need a $200 Oculus Go to get into virtual reality right now

Here’s where the new product fits in the expanding VR landscape

Hurricane Ophelia is one extremely weird storm
Weather

Hurricane Ophelia is one extremely weird storm

It's rare for hurricanes to tread these waters.

hot chili peppers
Science

We ate the world’s spiciest chip, cried for 45 minutes, then wrote this article about it

Here's why humans love pain.

There are fungi living inside your gut, and they’re probably pretty important
Health

There are fungi living inside your gut, and they’re probably pretty important

Bacteria aren’t our only helpful parasites.

One Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats
Animals

One Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats

Native species could resurge once the rodents are gone.

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever
Tech Hacks

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever

How to digitize your media.

smallpox vaccines
Vaccines

The first smallpox vaccine changed the world—but we’re still not sure what was in it

The cowpox is a lie.