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city near a lake at dusk
Environment

Lakes in the northeast are getting dangerously salty, and it’s our fault

Ice-free roads come with a cost

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve
Evolution

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve

Shaking the branches of the tree of life

How to make the best protest sign
Projects

How to make the best protest sign

Hey hey. Ho ho.

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end
Ocean

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end

In the face of climate change, experts are giving up hope.

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo
Evolution

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

Mandrills, they're just like us!

Human flesh isn’t very nutritious
Nutrition

Human flesh isn’t very nutritious

Prehistoric cannibals likely had other motivations

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea
Health

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea

Ignorance may really be bliss

Hundreds of icebergs are suddenly invading shipping lanes
Ocean

Hundreds of icebergs are suddenly invading shipping lanes

Unusual ice activity

frankenstein
Health

Frankenviruses may have gobbled up host cells in order to grow

It was a dark and stormy petri dish…

Matija Strlič
Science

Old books actually smell like chocolate and coffee

Sniffing out literary smells

Smoking still kills over 6 million people a year
Cancer

Smoking still kills over 6 million people a year

Put down that butt

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease
Diseases

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease

Genetics isn't everything

Today’s hurricanes kill way fewer Americans, and NOAA’s satellites are the reason why
Weather

Today’s hurricanes kill way fewer Americans, and NOAA’s satellites are the reason why

More folks than ever live in cyclone-territory, but less are dying

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly
Fish

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly

Crazy levels of RNA tinkering could explain how cephalopods got so smart

How Syria is still using chemical weapons in 2017
Weapons

How Syria is still using chemical weapons in 2017

It surrendered weapons, not weapons scientists

This Earth-size virtual telescope could take the first picture of a black hole
Black Holes

This Earth-size virtual telescope could take the first picture of a black hole

Scientists just switched on the Event Horizon Telescope

This graphene filter could make it cheaper to drink seawater
Climate Change

This graphene filter could make it cheaper to drink seawater

We'll drink to that

This “Spiderman” sea snail shoots webs of mucus
Animals

This “Spiderman” sea snail shoots webs of mucus

With great snot comes great responsibility

We sleep less as we age because our brains don’t think we’re tired
Health

We sleep less as we age because our brains don’t think we’re tired

Sadly, there’s nothing we can do about it—yet

Why NASA is going to vaporize one of its best spacecraft
Moons

Why NASA is going to vaporize one of its best spacecraft

Cassini's "grand finale" begins April 23