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20 helpful Google Home commands to try
Tech Hacks

20 helpful Google Home commands to try

"OK Google, help me out!"

orange spiky sea cucumber in the water
Ocean

Sea cucumbers have a secret superpower

It looks like a diseased pickle, but looks can be deceiving

The new Google Earth lacks some important tools for researchers
Environment

The new Google Earth lacks some important tools for researchers

Fortunately, Google says it will keep the classic desktop app up to date

Antarctica is leaking from the inside out
Climate Change

Antarctica is leaking from the inside out

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is draining huge quantities of water out to sea.

illustration of the protostellar disk of HH212
Space

Cosmic ‘hamburger’ gives scientists a rare view of a newborn solar system

It could help us learn more about how stars and planets form

Salt might actually make you hungry, not thirsty
Health

Salt might actually make you hungry, not thirsty

Bodies are weird

Why Bill Nye is set to march on Washington
Technology

Why Bill Nye is set to march on Washington

Sometimes science should be political

Man-eating lions might like us because we’re squishy
Animals

Man-eating lions might like us because we’re squishy

New research on the teeth of lions who've hunted humans

China is building the world’s largest nuclear submarine facility
Military

China is building the world’s largest nuclear submarine facility

It can build four subs at a time.

How to become a Lego master builder
Projects

How to become a Lego master builder

The guy Lego pays to play

book cover not a scientist
Technology

When politicians link immigrants to disease, the science just doesn’t add up

Book Excerpt: Not A Scientist

Facebook’s new Camera Effects Platform wants to augment your entire reality
AI

Facebook’s new Camera Effects Platform wants to augment your entire reality

See the world through Facebook's eyes.

Pushing the limits of assistive technology during the Boston Marathon
Technology

Pushing the limits of assistive technology during the Boston Marathon

What an ambitious test tells us about the state of remote guidance for the visually impaired

Running might be kind of contagious
Fitness & Exercise

Running might be kind of contagious

Are you working out today because your friend went jogging yesterday?

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water
Environment

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water

A timeline of all the reasons we've gone to battle over the H2O.

biologist with bird
Science

Most scientific studies only use male subjects. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.

It's birdbrained

clouds
Global Warming

Everything you need to know about geoengineering

Scientists may finally put some of the basic principles to the test in 2018—and not everyone is happy about that

China hypersonic aircraft
Military

A look at China’s most exciting hypersonic aerospace programs

The latest scramjets, near-space planes, and super wind tunnels.

A woman enjoys the natural light refracted by water in a bottle
Climate Change

How to turn used plastic bottles into skylights and street lamps

Let the sunshine in

Why basic biology is so important in biomedical research
Health

Why basic biology is so important in biomedical research

Excerpt: Rigor Mortis