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Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors
Medicine

Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors

Add graphene to get detectors that can measure breathing, blood pressure—and spider footsteps

Mobile money helped 2 percent of households in Kenya rise out of poverty
Technology

Mobile money helped 2 percent of households in Kenya rise out of poverty

M-PESA is letting more women break into business

Mars Explorers Wanted Poster
NASA

All the NASA space gifs you never knew you needed

The agency's new GIPHY page is a delight

Scott Pruitt
Environment

Trump’s pick to lead the EPA is a climate change denier (who’s suing the EPA)

The nominee has extensive ties to fossil fuel companies

How much space do pandas need to survive?
Bears

How much space do pandas need to survive?

Turns out it’s kind of a lot

This is what happens inside a battery right before it explodes
Technology

This is what happens inside a battery right before it explodes

Overcharged batteries turn into deformed jellyrolls

Good news: It’s safe to use drones to fly blood around
Drones

Good news: It’s safe to use drones to fly blood around

Blood for the blood drones, transfusions for the remote and in need

New device would use electricity to plug gushing wounds
Medicine

New device would use electricity to plug gushing wounds

Zapping your nerves to jumpstart the blood clotting process

Bacteria resistant to a last-resort drug showed up on a US pig farm
Agriculture

Bacteria resistant to a last-resort drug showed up on a US pig farm

No meat was contaminated, but the rare gene could easily spread

Spy-designed software can profile business teams to shorten sales time
Technology

Spy-designed software can profile business teams to shorten sales time

The complex data task of the deal

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Self Driving

New study: Humans may falter when taking control of self-driving cars

The sort-of-self-driving cars of the near future might pose a problem

This little robot can jump three feet in the air
Robots

This little robot can jump three feet in the air

But it can't stick the landing yet

Despite a bumpy beginning, NASA’s Juno is hard at work exploring Jupiter
Solar System

Despite a bumpy beginning, NASA’s Juno is hard at work exploring Jupiter

Things haven't gone according to plan.

This bird is wearing teeny tiny goggles for science
Birds

This bird is wearing teeny tiny goggles for science

There are also lasers

NASA’s new satellite will circle the globe repairing broken space robots
NASA

NASA’s new satellite will circle the globe repairing broken space robots

Restore-L could fix broken satellites and clean up space junk

DAPL
Army

There will be #NoDAPL at Lake Oahe. What now?

The future of the Dakota Access Pipeline is unclear

Looking for silicon-based alien life? Don’t hold your breath.
Biology

Looking for silicon-based alien life? Don’t hold your breath.

Bacteria have bonded carbon and silicon for the first time. What can they teach us?

Climate change could quadruple severe rainstorms in just decades
Climate Change

Climate change could quadruple severe rainstorms in just decades

Harder wetter faster stronger

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?
Health

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?

Is there any reason to freeze your body after death?

Hawaii snow
Weather

Why is it snowing in Hawaii?

The island chain isn't immune to winter storms