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What is sickle cell disease?
Diseases

What is sickle cell disease?

The disease that primarily affects African Americans in the United States still has no cure.

The Curiosity rover and other spacecraft are learning to think for themselves
Mars

The Curiosity rover and other spacecraft are learning to think for themselves

Autonomous science-bots will make it easier to explore our solar system … and beyond.

Why go to Mars when you can telecommute there instead?
Mars

Why go to Mars when you can telecommute there instead?

Skyping with Mars.

Climate change will make your coffee cost more and taste worse
Climate Change

Climate change will make your coffee cost more and taste worse

Over half of Ethiopia’s crop is in peril, and the same goes for other coffee-producing countries.

Genetically engineered fungus knocks out deadly mosquitoes using scorpion toxins
Health

Genetically engineered fungus knocks out deadly mosquitoes using scorpion toxins

A single spore can do what insecticides can't.

Fungal spores staining painting
Archaeology

The world’s art is under attack—by microbes

Bacteria and fungi are a menace to paintings, sculptures, and ancient artifacts.

wildebeest
Animals

This river ecosystem hinges on thousands of drowned, rotting wildebeest

It's the circle of life.

Mountain Lions are so scared of humans that the sound of talk radio sends them running
Animals

Mountain Lions are so scared of humans that the sound of talk radio sends them running

'Fraidy cats.

Sky Harbor Airport
Aviation

Phoenix is too hot for planes to take off

High temperatures mean thin air, which makes getting airplanes off the ground tricky

Don’t believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.
Climate Change

Don’t believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.

Yes, it's happening.

needle with blood
Health

People are apparently injecting themselves with other people’s blood to get high now?

Because we ran out of other terrible ideas.

kepler planet
Exoplanets

NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets

But our days of massive exoplanet dumps may be numbered.

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube
DIY

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

Let video be your guide.

Dinosaurs got an evolutionary assist from huge volcanic eruptions
Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs got an evolutionary assist from huge volcanic eruptions

Blown away.

cat
Cats

DNA from Egyptian mummies and Viking graves reveals how cats conquered the world

Their trek from pest exterminator to pet.

The Australian Eastern Abyss is a treasure trove of strange, often penis-shaped animals
Ocean

The Australian Eastern Abyss is a treasure trove of strange, often penis-shaped animals

There's so much goo.

Three-quarters of the planet could face deadly heatwaves by 2100
Climate Change

Three-quarters of the planet could face deadly heatwaves by 2100

And a third of us already do.

Tech news catch-up: Amazon ate Whole Foods, Verizon ate Yahoo, and lots of new video games!
Technology

Tech news catch-up: Amazon ate Whole Foods, Verizon ate Yahoo, and lots of new video games!

The stories you may have missed.

Don’t believe the hype about Russia’s hypersonic missile
Navy

Don’t believe the hype about Russia’s hypersonic missile

Not about the speed, it's about how it uses that speed.

Female elk are practically bulletproof by age 9
Animals

Female elk are practically bulletproof by age 9

They learn to outsmart hunters as they get older.