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Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV risk
Health

Certain kinds of vaginal bacteria can actually boost HIV risk

The balance of microbes can change your susceptibility

New research might explain why you get so hungry when you’re drunk
Animals

New research might explain why you get so hungry when you’re drunk

Scientists gave some mice the drunchies

China’s new ballistic missile submarine could change its prospects in nuclear war
Military

China’s new ballistic missile submarine could change its prospects in nuclear war

It's stealthier, with a range long enough to attack the United States from Chinese waters.

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Science

Jobs at Popular Science: Now hiring an Editorial Assistant

Cramming in all your exercise on the weekend is still good for your health
Fitness & Exercise

Cramming in all your exercise on the weekend is still good for your health

‘Weekend warriors’ are still getting healthy

Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfish
Global Warming

Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfish

New research could help forecast deadly toxin outbreaks

These adorable birds are sexual nomads—and that helps protect their species
Birds

These adorable birds are sexual nomads—and that helps protect their species

Why compete for a lady’s love when you can travel hundreds of miles and find a new one?

We might get to watch a new star explode into the sky in 2022
Space

We might get to watch a new star explode into the sky in 2022

Scientists predict a new star will be born in a massive cosmic collision

Why is the smog in China so bad?
Pollution

Why is the smog in China so bad?

It’s getting harder and harder to breathe

6 body parts that hid from science in plain sight
Health

6 body parts that hid from science in plain sight

The newly "discovered" mesentery isn't the only wily organ

Amazon Echo in kitchen
Technology

How to keep your kid from ordering four pounds of cookies with Amazon’s Alexa

Because this is a thing we have to deal with now

Photograph the night sky with your phone
Life Skills

How to photograph the night sky on a phone

No more fuzzy gray blobs

lucy and psyche missions
Science

Is NASA launching too many asteroid missions?

Not all scientists are happy about recent Discovery mission picks

The center of North America is a town called Center, and it’s totally a coincidence. Really.
Science

The center of North America is a town called Center, and it’s totally a coincidence. Really.

It’s tough luck for the two other towns trying to claim the title

Portable garden
Projects

Build a DIY garden you can bring on the road

You can take it with you on your adventures

Birds with bigger beaks get colder noses
Birds

Birds with bigger beaks get colder noses

So they spend more time snuggling and looking cute

A DIY version of Galileo's telescope
Projects

How to build a DIY replica of Galileo’s telescope

Stargaze like the pioneering astronomer

A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts
Stem Cells

A stomach grown in a petri dish could help scientists understand our guts

Digestion under a microscope

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Environment

The global warming hiatus never actually happened

Yes, the oceans have been warming for the past 75 years

What do we know about dinosaur eggs?
Dinosaurs

What do we know about dinosaur eggs?

These fossils can reveal a lot about how dinosaurs lived