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western spotted skunk
Evolution

Ancient climate change drove the evolution of this adorable hand-standing skunk

Way back in the ice ages

Your air conditioning habit makes summer smog worse
Pollution

Your air conditioning habit makes summer smog worse

As temperatures rise, power plants pump out more emissions

saturn
NASA

Listen to the surprisingly empty gap between Saturn and its rings

Cassini made its second epic ring dive on Tuesday

Hulu’s $40 Live TV service is basically basic cable for cord-cutters
Technology

Hulu’s $40 Live TV service is basically basic cable for cord-cutters

The live streaming TV landscape has gotten a lot more complicated in the past year.

star clusters overlaid with pink and blue colors
Science

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why dark matter matters (and is kind of our frenemy)

Excerpt: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

One in four Americans drink water that fails safety standards
Health

One in four Americans drink water that fails safety standards

Danger on tap

Wastewater injection played a role in Oklahoma’s largest earthquake
Environment

Wastewater injection played a role in Oklahoma’s largest earthquake

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Pawnee

Love eating chicken? Thank hungry Medieval Catholics.
Birds

Love eating chicken? Thank hungry Medieval Catholics.

Two legs good, four legs bad

onion garlic peppers tomato
Food Safety

Why I can never eat onions or garlic again

Animal, vegetable, miserable

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?
Ask Us Anything

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Scientists haven't quite landed on an answer

Female dragonflies feign death to avoid sex
Insects

Female dragonflies feign death to avoid sex

Boy oh boy is animal reproduction upsetting

What it’s like to climb a century-old oak tree
Science

What it’s like to climb a century-old oak tree

Excerpt: Witness Tree

The trouble with Elon Musk’s ‘Boring’ plan to fight traffic with tunnels
Space X

The trouble with Elon Musk’s ‘Boring’ plan to fight traffic with tunnels

There are likely better ways to reduce congestion

These conservatives want to convince you that climate change is real
Climate Change

These conservatives want to convince you that climate change is real

Understanding science doesn't make you liberal

Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics
Health

Pregnant women shouldn’t be afraid to take antibiotics

The link between antibiotics and miscarriage is murky—but infections are definitely bad

China J-31 stealth fighter
Military

China’s J-31 stealth fighter gets an improved prototype—and a potential future on a carrier

More government funding may be on the way.

Everything you need to know about the tornadoes (and blizzards) that struck this weekend
Weather

Everything you need to know about the tornadoes (and blizzards) that struck this weekend

Twisters in Texas and Mississippi, floods in Arkansas, blizzards in Kansas

How drone swarms could help protect us from tornadoes
Weather

How drone swarms could help protect us from tornadoes

Eyes in the sky

From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination
Archaeology

From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination

It's almost easy to find mastodon bones in the United States

tomato and ketchup
Energy

7 ingenious ways to deal with food waste

From tomato tires to toast-based beer