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Koko, the beloved gorilla who communicated through sign-language, dies at age 46
Environment

Koko, the beloved gorilla who communicated through sign-language, dies at age 46

By Anna Brooks

polar bear
Environment

A claim-by-claim analysis of a climate denial ‘news’ story

By Brooke Borel

The Grim Reaper does not care about the latest longevity study you saw on Facebook
Health

The Grim Reaper does not care about the latest longevity study you saw on Facebook

By Sara Chodosh

Could your favorite pain medicine send you into cardiac arrest?
Health

Could your favorite pain medicine send you into cardiac arrest?

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Reuters built a bot that can identify real news on Twitter
Technology

Reuters built a bot that can identify real news on Twitter

By Corinne Iozzio

How To Use The New Apple News App in iOS 10
Gear

How To Use The New Apple News App in iOS 10

By Corey Mueller

Science Press Site ‘EurekAlert!’ Offline After Being Hacked
Science

Science Press Site ‘EurekAlert!’ Offline After Being Hacked

By Mary Beth Griggs

Bomb Squad Robot Drives Up Ramp
Technology

Police Used Bomb Disposal Robot To Kill A Dallas Shooting Suspect

By Dave Gershgorn

India’s Weather Is So Hot Its Roads Are Melting
Environment

India’s Weather Is So Hot Its Roads Are Melting

By Mary Beth Griggs

laser array
Science

Yuri Milner And Stephen Hawking Will Send Alien-Seeking Probes Into Deep Space

By Kevin Gray

Mark Zuckerberg: Within Five Years, Facebook Will Be Mostly Video
Technology

Mark Zuckerberg: Within Five Years, Facebook Will Be Mostly Video

By Jason Lederman

Facebook Wants To Be Your Second-Screen Sportscenter
Gear

Facebook Wants To Be Your Second-Screen Sportscenter

By Dave Gershgorn

Apple iPad Pro presentation screenshot
Gear

Apple Announces iPad Pro, Its Largest iPad Yet

By Dave Gershgorn

Watch TV Station Helicopter Pilots Track Down A Drone [video]
Technology

Watch TV Station Helicopter Pilots Track Down A Drone [video]

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Wildfires In Northern California Threaten The Search For Alien Life
Science

Wildfires In Northern California Threaten The Search For Alien Life

By Sarah Scoles

Does ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ Stand Up To Peer Review?
Environment

Does ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ Stand Up To Peer Review?

By Emily Gertz

You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot
Technology

You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot

By Colin Lecher

Space-Born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth
Science

Space-Born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Publicity And Flattery Economy Comes To NBC News
Technology

The Publicity And Flattery Economy Comes To NBC News

By Dan Nosowitz

Thrilling Wonder, This Weekend In New York and London
Science

Thrilling Wonder, This Weekend In New York and London

By Ryan Bradley

Inside the DIY Weapons Workshop of the Libyan Rebels
Technology

Inside the DIY Weapons Workshop of the Libyan Rebels

By Sarah A. Topol

NY Times’ Kinect-Assisted Mirror Delivers News, Coupons and Fashion Tips As You Brush Your Teeth
Gear

NY Times’ Kinect-Assisted Mirror Delivers News, Coupons and Fashion Tips As You Brush Your Teeth

By Rebecca Boyle

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech
Technology

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation
Health

In Japanese Study, Stem Cell Injections Shown to Provide Simple Route to Breast Augmentation

By Lizzie Schiffman

Stem-Cell Tourism: Adventures at the Fringes of Experimental Medicine
Health

Stem-Cell Tourism: Adventures at the Fringes of Experimental Medicine

By Elizabeth Svoboda

Stem-Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth Right In Your Mouth
Health

Stem-Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth Right In Your Mouth

By Denise Ngo

Study Finds Ozone Hole Repair Contributes To Global Warming, Sea Ice Melt
Environment

Study Finds Ozone Hole Repair Contributes To Global Warming, Sea Ice Melt

By Stuart Fox

Revitalized LHC Manages to Collide Protons
Science

Revitalized LHC Manages to Collide Protons

By Stuart Fox

Oceans on Europa Have Enough Oxygen to Support Space Fish
Science

Oceans on Europa Have Enough Oxygen to Support Space Fish

By Stuart Fox

Vatican Ponders the Existence Of Alien Life
Science

Vatican Ponders the Existence Of Alien Life

By Stuart Fox

How Many Universes are There? Physicists Actually Try to Answer the Question
Science

How Many Universes are There? Physicists Actually Try to Answer the Question

By Stuart Fox

Newly Discovered Magnetic Monopole Particles Flow Like Electric Currents
Science

Newly Discovered Magnetic Monopole Particles Flow Like Electric Currents

By Stuart Fox

US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife
Technology

US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife

By Stuart Fox

China Designs Indigenous UAV Stealth Fighter, and Bootlegs Some US Models
Technology

China Designs Indigenous UAV Stealth Fighter, and Bootlegs Some US Models

By Stuart Fox

Faking the Results (and Fixing the Damage Done)
Science

Faking the Results (and Fixing the Damage Done)

By Gregory Mone

Video: DARPA’s Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight
Technology

Video: DARPA’s Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Takes Flight

By Stuart Fox

For the First Time Ever, an HIV Vaccine Shows Success in Trial
Health

For the First Time Ever, an HIV Vaccine Shows Success in Trial

By Stuart Fox

First Ever Video Game Census Finds Minority Characters Underrepresented
Health

First Ever Video Game Census Finds Minority Characters Underrepresented

By Stuart Fox

Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas
Technology

Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Gas

By Stuart Fox

Snake With Clawed Foot Found In China
Environment

Snake With Clawed Foot Found In China

By Stuart Fox

Scientists Concoct a $2-Trillion-Per-Year Plan To Geoengineer The Sahara Desert
Environment

Scientists Concoct a $2-Trillion-Per-Year Plan To Geoengineer The Sahara Desert

By Stuart Fox

Scientists Map Out Gravitational Space Highways
Science

Scientists Map Out Gravitational Space Highways

By Stuart Fox

A portion of Earth, showing the boundary between space and the planet's atmosphere.
DIY

MIT students take photos from the edge of space for $150

By Jeremy Hsu

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car
Technology

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car

By Mike Spinelli

Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan
Technology

Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan

By Stuart Fox

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
Science

Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken

By Stuart Fox

Specially Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics’ Insulin Shots With Insulin Yogurt Snacks
Health

Specially Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics’ Insulin Shots With Insulin Yogurt Snacks

By Stuart Fox

Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other
Technology

Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other

By Stuart Fox

Newly Discovered Carnivorous Jungle Plant Gobbles Rats Whole
Environment

Newly Discovered Carnivorous Jungle Plant Gobbles Rats Whole

By Stuart Fox

Radio Telescopes Turn The Moon Into World’s Largest Neutrino Detector
Science

Radio Telescopes Turn The Moon Into World’s Largest Neutrino Detector

By Stuart Fox

DARPA Readies an Ultra-Fast Mini-Sub
Technology

DARPA Readies an Ultra-Fast Mini-Sub

By Stuart Fox

Inventor scales building using homemade vacuum gloves
DIY

Inventor scales building using homemade vacuum gloves

By Jeremy Hsu

Scientists Design Versatile Self-Assembling Nanogears
Technology

Scientists Design Versatile Self-Assembling Nanogears

By Stuart Fox

Will Sleeping in a Centrifuge Help Combat Muscle Atrophy in Space?
Science

Will Sleeping in a Centrifuge Help Combat Muscle Atrophy in Space?

By Stuart Fox

President Convinces Congress To Scrap Additional F-22 Order
Technology

President Convinces Congress To Scrap Additional F-22 Order

By Stuart Fox

Newly Discovered Element 112 Named “Copernicum”
Science

Newly Discovered Element 112 Named “Copernicum”

By Stuart Fox

A college dorm room door.
DIY

MIT students love iPhone-powered doors, hate actual keys

By Adrian Covert

Most Comprehensive Poll to Date Finds Americans Actually Love Scientists, Science
Environment

Most Comprehensive Poll to Date Finds Americans Actually Love Scientists, Science

By Stuart Fox

Arctic Ice Cap Coverage Isn’t Only Shrinking, It’s Getting Thinner, Too
Environment

Arctic Ice Cap Coverage Isn’t Only Shrinking, It’s Getting Thinner, Too

By Stuart Fox

This Message Will Self Destruct: Scientists Develop Programmable, Self-Erasing Documents
Technology

This Message Will Self Destruct: Scientists Develop Programmable, Self-Erasing Documents

By Anna Maria Jakubek

The First Artificial Nerve Cell That Uses Real Neurotransmitters
Science

The First Artificial Nerve Cell That Uses Real Neurotransmitters

By Stuart Fox

Technology

Darpa’s First Robotic Ornithopter Hovers, Flies Like a Hummingbird

By Anna Maria Jakubek

Berkeley Lab Builds a Desktop Particle Accelerator
Science

Berkeley Lab Builds a Desktop Particle Accelerator

By Stuart Fox

What’s It Like to Name An Element on the Periodic Table?
Science

What’s It Like to Name An Element on the Periodic Table?

By Stuart Fox