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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

Why Hawaii is trying to ban a common sunscreen
Ocean

Why Hawaii is trying to ban a common sunscreen

It's a coral reef killer

blood falls
Climate Change

Antarctica’s Blood Falls: not so mysterious, but still freaky as heck

Just some "blood" gurgling out of the ice, nothing to see here.

Why NASA is running out of spacesuits
Mars

Why NASA is running out of spacesuits

The agency is “years away” from building a replacement

These hot robots will help us find life on icy moons
Robots

These hot robots will help us find life on icy moons

Heat and drills will help us probe for alien microbes

The U.S. Navy is designing safer batteries, because no one wants a fire at sea
Military

The U.S. Navy is designing safer batteries, because no one wants a fire at sea

Samsung isn’t the only organization worried about flammable batteries

Yorkshire terrier pooping
Animals

All mammals poop in 12 seconds and there’s an equation for the ‘duration of diarrheal defecation’

Welcome to Poopular Science

organ mountains
Environment

What are national monuments and why is Trump reviewing them?

American history, pre-history, and ecology all in one

nasa cassini saturn
NASA

A spacecraft just flew between Saturn and its rings for the first time ever—and there are pictures

NASA's Cassini is approaching its final days

Bricks made from fake Martian soil are surprisingly strong
Mars

Bricks made from fake Martian soil are surprisingly strong

But can they build our future outpost on the red planet?

Why big animals can’t take a little rain
Climate Change

Why big animals can’t take a little rain

Giant sloths and saber-toothed tigers, oh my

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing
Science

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing

Flavor: The science of our most neglected sense

pills
Health

A placebo really can mend a broken heart

The power of belief compels you

Scientists are puzzling out how butterflies assemble their brightly colored scales
Insects

Scientists are puzzling out how butterflies assemble their brightly colored scales

Shine bright like a butterfly

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings
Security

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings

With Unroll.Me in the internet’s crosshairs, here’s are some best practices to manage how you share your information

Smartphone-controlled cells release insulin on demand in diabetic mice
Diabetes

Smartphone-controlled cells release insulin on demand in diabetic mice

Diabetes: There’s literally an app for that

We now have the power to make bones nearly invisible
Health

We now have the power to make bones nearly invisible

Providing a new window into skeletal diseases

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet
Medicine

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet

How close are we to artificial gestation?