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Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO

Global carbon emissions will peak in 2025, international agency estimates

By Laura Baisas

Elon Musk gesturing with both hands up against black background

Electric Vehicles

Tesla is under federal investigation over autopilot claims

These now-extinct whales were kind of like manatees

By Laura Baisas

Lunar surface with stars in the sky

NASA could build a future lunar base from 3D-printed moon-dust bricks

Flu and RSV hybrid virus studied in a lab for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Twitter logos outside the New York Stock Exchange

Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’

Cabbage destroyed by flooding

Fossil fuels are causing a buildup of human health problems

By Laura Baisas

3D bird skeletons

Birds are so specialized to their homes, it shows in their bones

By Laura Baisas

Italian chefs are cooking up a solution to booming jellyfish populations

Italian chefs are cooking up a solution to booming jellyfish populations

By Agostino Petroni / Hakai Magazine

Venmo Amazon payment integration phone screen illustration

Venmo payments will be available to all Amazon shoppers by Black Friday

Dementia affects 1 in 10 Americans over 65

By Laura Baisas

Harvard robotic arm with tentacle filaments gripping succulent plant

This spooky robot uses inflatable tentacles to grab delicate items

A gray cat with green eyes

Your cat probably knows when you’re talking to it

By Laura Baisas

A swarm of honeybees can have the same electrical charge as a storm cloud

By Laura Baisas

night sky stars and Milky Way above mountain background

NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky

Roofgarden in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pumping carbon dioxide waste to rooftop gardens boosts crop yields

Rhododendrons blooming.

Multiple species of Rhododendron thrive by taking turns to bloom

By Laura Baisas

Hurricane Roslyn

Category 3 Hurricane Roslyn hit Mexico with landslides, flash flooding, and strong winds

By Laura Baisas

Why you shouldn’t follow TikTok’s DIY dental advice

Why you shouldn’t follow TikTok’s DIY dental advice

By Chaseedaw Giles / KHN

The US never banned asbestos. These workers are paying the price.

The US never banned asbestos. These workers are paying the price.

By Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi / ProPublica

This beautiful jay holds together a unique Western ecosystem

This beautiful jay holds together a unique Western ecosystem

By Sara Van Note / Undark

Close up of solar panel in green field at sunrise

Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables

A Sumatra tiger in the jungle

Some of Asia’s iconic wildlife doesn’t seem to mind human encroachment

By Laura Baisas

Two armed laundry folding robot folding a t-shirt

Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot

Multicolored soldierfish swimming past a reef

Fish populations thrive near marine protected areas—and so do fishers

By Laura Baisas

Underground doomsday bunker entrance

Why the tech billionaires can’t save themselves

Close up of Amazon Ring security camera mounted outside building

Ring camera surveillance puts new pressure on Amazon gig workers

Caltech solar power satellite prototype on space station table with earth horizon in window background

This space-adapted solar panel can fold like origami

Ducks and other North American waterfowl are faring surprisingly well

Ducks and other North American waterfowl are faring surprisingly well

By Sage Marshall/Field & Stream

Gold pocket watch and hourglass

Refining the clock’s second takes time—and lasers

Woman Holding a touch pad and switching channels on France Netflix HomePage. with TV set on background

The toll to scroll: Netflix introduces new fees for ‘extra users’

Neanderthal father and daughter.

Neanderthal genomes reveal family bonds from 54,000 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Amazon package on wooden floor

Amazon’s employee retention is not prime, according to leaked data

A baby bottle feeding

Abbot voluntarily recalls a small percentage of infant formula and Pedialyte

By Laura Baisas

DuckDuckGo browser displaying Duck Player YouTube video portal

DuckDuckGo just made its privacy-centric browser available for all Mac users

Firefighting crews entering the Nakia Creek fire zone on Monday.

Nakia Creek wildfire forces evacuations during record-breaking heat spell in the Pacific Northwest

By Laura Baisas

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the new generation of weight loss pills

Fitness & Exercise

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the new generation of weight loss pills

By Julie Appleby / KHN

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

By Simar Bajaj / Undark

A flooded field

How disastrous floods can also lead to food insecurity

By Laura Baisas

Woman sitting down on couch charging smartphone

A new experimental fabric can turn a coat into a mini solar farm

Kanye West plans to buy so-called ‘free speech’ social media platform, Parler

Kanye West plans to buy so-called ‘free speech’ social media platform, Parler

Nutritious food

Meals catering to different health needs could help save lives—and billions of dollars

By Laura Baisas

A concussion examination.

Fitness & Exercise

Children with concussions might benefit from short screen time spurts

By Laura Baisas

Lab-grown coral

Scientists grow stunning, endangered coral in a lab

By Alex Riley / Hakai Magazine

NASA asteroid probe Lucy flying through the solar system's asteroid belt in illustration

Look up! NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft will slingshot past Earth this weekend.

By Laura Baisas

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID

By Miles W. Griffis / High Country News

Multiple sets of footprints on desert sand dunes as sun sets on horizon

Moderators ban AI-generated artwork from ‘Dune’ subreddit

Animals notice—and adapt—when humans are in national parks

Animals notice—and adapt—when humans are in national parks

By Laura Baisas

Two photos of Elon Musk on smartphone screens

SpaceX says it can no longer fund Ukraine’s Starlink access

Stranger Things playing on smartphone screen draped with Christmas lights against dark background

Netflix to join Hulu and Disney+ with a cheaper ad-supported streaming tier

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

By Laura Baisas

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine against blue sky backdrop

A wind turbine just smashed a global energy record—and it’s recyclable

This dinosaur ended up mummified thanks to an ancient crocodile attack

This dinosaur ended up mummified thanks to an ancient crocodile attack

By Laura Baisas

Woman walking across college campus using exoskeleton robotic mobility boots

These robotic exoskeleton boots will make you feel 30 pounds lighter

What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)

Space Telescope

What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)

By Laura Baisas

ART turtle robot on the grass

ART, the turtle robot, gets by swimmingly in water and on land

By Sara Kiley Watson

Our long childhoods could be linked to food-gathering skills

Our long childhoods could be linked to food-gathering skills

By Laura Baisas

At 1,400 pounds, Bear Force One wins this year’s Fat Bear Week showdown

At 1,400 pounds, Bear Force One wins this year’s Fat Bear Week showdown

By Laura Baisas

Colonoscopies still recommended for older adults, despite tepid new research

Colonoscopies still recommended for older adults, despite tepid new research

By Laura Baisas

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

By Laura Baisas

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes

By Laura Baisas

Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility

The US’s first utility-scale renewable energy triple threat is online in Oregon

By Sara Kiley Watson

A meteor shower and Hunter’s Moon will light the night the sky this weekend

A meteor shower and Hunter’s Moon will light the night the sky this weekend

By Laura Baisas