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Trees might actually make summer air pollution even worse
Pollution

Trees might actually make summer air pollution even worse

Talk about treeson

WannaCry Screenshot
Security

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

How do we stop this from happening again?

It’s easier than ever to die of a caffeine overdose
Heart Disease

It’s easier than ever to die of a caffeine overdose

Just stick to coffee

The Waymo-Lyft alliance could shift the competition for a robotic taxi service into high gear
Technology

The Waymo-Lyft alliance could shift the competition for a robotic taxi service into high gear

A science fiction fantasy of driverless cabs feels closer

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt
Medicine

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

Excerpt: Miracle Cure

3D printed ovaries
Health

New 3D printed “ovaries” enabled mice to give birth to live young

The ovary substitutes may one day help treat infertility in humans

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction
Birds

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction

Humans are likely to blame

What to do if you get caught in an avalanche
Weather

What to do if you get caught in an avalanche

We asked the experts

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past
Archaeology

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past

Excerpt: Built on Bones

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash
Pollution

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash

Paradise lost

Americans keep buying veggies and then throwing them away
Nutrition

Americans keep buying veggies and then throwing them away

Healthy foods are the ones we’re most likely to trash

We may be closer to predicting the extreme rain events of the future
Climate Change

We may be closer to predicting the extreme rain events of the future

Why some places flood while others stay dry

The week in tech: tunnels, coolers, and bears. Oh my.
Technology

The week in tech: tunnels, coolers, and bears. Oh my.

15 technology stories you might have missed this week

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Health

The biggest ransomware attack in history is crippling UK hospitals

Cybersecurity isn't cheap, but it's less expensive than ransom

icebridge
NASA

19 of the coolest images from NASA’s Operation IceBridge

Ice ice baby

A non-developer’s guide to all the stuff Microsoft announced at its Build 2017 conference
Technology

A non-developer’s guide to all the stuff Microsoft announced at its Build 2017 conference

Microsoft wants Windows 10 everywhere.

neighbor
Physics

Why the universe is so dang empty

From the folks behind PHD Comics

See how much sugar is packed into ‘healthy’ food
Health

See how much sugar is packed into ‘healthy’ food

Using xkcd's classic (and gross) Cadbury Egg analogy

Quadcopter drone in flight
Technology

Report: 96 percent of pilot-reported drone sightings are totally benign

Close encounters of the drone kind are rarer than they seem

Smile for the Hubble
Physics

Space Shots: The Universe’s Best Images

A gallery of photos, visualizations, and other pictures of outer space.