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Cell phone coffee
Cancer

Do mobile phones cause cancer? Evidence still says ‘no’ despite what random people on an Italian jury think

Can we please stop having this debate?

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias
AI

Language is training artificial intelligence to replicate human bias

No one taught AI the rule about never reading the comment section

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure
Science

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

But these eyedrops are a long way off

Why it’s not partisan to march for science
Climate Change

Why it’s not partisan to march for science

Facts don’t speak for themselves

Viryl WarmTone Record Press
Robots

Vinyl is back. But until now, record-making has been stuck in the ’80s.

Modern machinery for the vinyl renaissance

skulls
Health

Burning bones helped prove that women were poisoned by glowing paint

Excerpt: The Radium Girls

Why are the measles coming back?
Vaccines

Why are the measles coming back?

And what’s a few measly measles anyway?

China’s first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit
Military

China’s first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit

Tianzhou 1 is expected to be China's most prolific spacecraft.

Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat
Animals

Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat

They can basically survive without oxygen

four supernovas
Space Telescope

A warp in space-time just gave us four views of one exploding star

Astronomers catch a galaxy magnifying and splitting the light from a supernova

1929Merchant Express
Vehicles

The evolution of the great American pickup truck, from 1925 to today

Keep on truckin’.

Is bicycling a cancer-fighting miracle? Probably not.
Diseases

Is bicycling a cancer-fighting miracle? Probably not.

No more than regular exercise, anyway

Scientists discover yet another rocky planet that could (maybe) host alien life
Exoplanets

Scientists discover yet another rocky planet that could (maybe) host alien life

A sky full of super-Earths

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