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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?

A mastodon carcass could totally rewrite American history—but there’s reason to be skeptical
Science

A mastodon carcass could totally rewrite American history—but there’s reason to be skeptical

CSI: Mastodon

How hot peppers and marijuana could help cure gut problems
Diabetes

How hot peppers and marijuana could help cure gut problems

Just don't try to fix your colitis with Sriracha

Meet the giant diesel engine that powers huge shipping containers
Technology

Meet the giant diesel engine that powers huge shipping containers

A diesel sea beast.

Rigging up: How to pack for a month drilling oil
Fossil Fuels

Rigging up: How to pack for a month drilling oil

Or for a month stuck anywhere, really.

dogs
Evolution

New study asks how your favorite doggos came to be

The most extensive evolutionary map of dog breeds ever made

In photos: where Navy warships are built
Navy

In photos: where Navy warships are built

Steel becomes arsenal.

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings
Science

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings

Excerpt: Awkward

Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more
Climate Change

Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more

Climate change might make Americans more active, but don't get too excited

Mars' atmosphere
Mars

What it would actually take to get to Mars by 2020

Short answer: a time machine

What’s the best way to crack an egg? Physics has the answer.
Ask Us Anything

What’s the best way to crack an egg? Physics has the answer.

Swiftly, and smack in the middle

star-nosed mole
Animals

Star-nosed moles are nature’s speed-eating champions

How else are they weird? Let us count the ways

These caterpillars chow down on plastic bags
Animals

These caterpillars chow down on plastic bags

A different kind of metamorphosis

What is EPA Open Data, and why would it shut down?
Environment

What is EPA Open Data, and why would it shut down?

We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s (almost) gone

Life in Los Angeles was brutal for saber-toothed cats
Science

Life in Los Angeles was brutal for saber-toothed cats

Slamming hulking prey on the ground and impaling them with sabers is tough work

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth
Technology

This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth

A mining monster, by the numbers.

Meet the man who’s preserving your childhood TV memories
Technology

Meet the man who’s preserving your childhood TV memories

Guy Spiller is a special kind of archivist.

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today
Technology

The incredible evolution of supercomputers’ powers, from 1946 to today

The bigger they are, the harder they compute

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission
Moons

The 5 most amazing things we’ve learned from NASA’s Cassini mission

The Saturn explorer's death spiral begins on Sunday

Of course, all our plastic crap ends up in the Arctic
Pollution

Of course, all our plastic crap ends up in the Arctic

It isn’t freaking Narnia