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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.

Wooly Mammoth
Gene Editing

No, the woolly mammoth won’t actually be resurrected by 2019

Contrary to many reports

Border patrol can search your cell phone whenever they feel like it
Security

Border patrol can search your cell phone whenever they feel like it

Securing our digital lives might require offline solutions

What are the ethics of creating new life in a simulated universe?
Science

What are the ethics of creating new life in a simulated universe?

The morality of intelligence in laboratory-made worlds.

CRISPR
Gene Editing

Who should be allowed to use CRISPR?

Exclusive agreements with private companies could delay vital research

The dwarf planet Ceres may be capable of supporting life
Space

The dwarf planet Ceres may be capable of supporting life

Dawn spacecraft discovers organic materials on its surface

What’s next for the drone war?
Drones

What’s next for the drone war?

If Trump follows Obama's precedent, careful consideration and gradual transparency. But that's a pretty big "if."

Here are the teams competing to map the ocean for $7 million in prizes
Ocean

Here are the teams competing to map the ocean for $7 million in prizes

The Ocean Discovery XPrize competition announces its semifinalists

Our mothers’ exposure to BPA might lead us to binge as adults
Health

Our mothers’ exposure to BPA might lead us to binge as adults

A mouse study found brain changes related to satiety

Scientists may have just made a malaria vaccine breakthrough
Vaccines

Scientists may have just made a malaria vaccine breakthrough

But the vaccine has its limitations

Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill
Mars

Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill

A newly-investigated essay from 1939 reveals Churchill's thoughts on E.T.

You can fake a healthy skin tone to look more attractive (without actually being healthier)
Psychology

You can fake a healthy skin tone to look more attractive (without actually being healthier)

Beauty really is only skin deep

NASA wants to put astronauts on the very first launch of its new mega-rocket
NASA

NASA wants to put astronauts on the very first launch of its new mega-rocket

The Space Launch System could carry astronauts as soon as 2019

A small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America’s vanishing bees
Bees

A small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America’s vanishing bees

Little habitats on the prairie to save our nation's pollinators