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Manatee waving
Ocean

Taking manatees off the endangered species list doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them

Come for the sea cow pictures, stay for the environmental policy

Sondrestrom Glacier
Environment

This one simple trick predicts when an ice age will pause

And it all started with an e-mail

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes
Health

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes

A reported link between herpes and autism isn't as scary as it sounds

7 planets in the trappist-1 solar system
Exoplanets

A whopping seven Earth-size planets were just found orbiting a nearby star

Three of them may be habitable

Cat poop parasites don’t actually make you psychotic
Mental Health

Cat poop parasites don’t actually make you psychotic

Correlation and causation get mixed up again

Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard’s doomsday vault
Agriculture

Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard’s doomsday vault

Just two years after tumultuous withdrawal

Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?
Whales

Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?

We could use their twisted secrets to treat nerve damage

Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying
AI

Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying

There's more to it than smarter A.I.

This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman
Archaeology

This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman

The evidence lies in a Chaco Canyon crypt

Should we mine the deep ocean?
Environment

Should we mine the deep ocean?

Behind the deep sea “gold rush” for increasingly rare minerals

Pluto New Horizons
Pluto

Pluto might be a planet again. Let’s talk about why this matters.

Scientists aren’t just jerking you around—this is about something more than your childhood nostalgia

Why does this straw look like it’s broken?
Science

Why does this straw look like it’s broken?

Understand this and you'll be a master spearfisher.

What is causing these black and white bars to change direction?
Physics

What is causing these black and white bars to change direction?

A quick physics lesson should clear things up

Brown diamonds
Climate Change

La Paz adapts to a world without water

The city is high and dry after losing its glaciers

Scoles My Week water dump
Conservation

I spent a week exploring how we’ll have to live in post-water America

Cutting water consumption requires more consideration than you'd think

In photos: Dubai’s massive desalination plant
Environment

In photos: Dubai’s massive desalination plant

Where they tame the undrinkable ocean

glass of water
Health

What’s in a glass of water?

Tap water can be full of surprises

The EPA has a new leader, and the outlook for science is not good
Environment

The EPA has a new leader, and the outlook for science is not good

Make the EPA Great Again?

We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters.
Animals

We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters.

The way we categorize things is actually important

L-15 JL-10 jet fighter trainer
Military

The Chinese Air Force is about to get a swarm of fighter jets for training pilots

China is investing in the supporting elements of modern air power.