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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 safely returns to Earth after a historic 3-day orbit
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How to forage your way through your neighborhood
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If climate change is impacting your desire to have kids, you’re not alone

If climate change is impacting your desire to have kids, you’re not alone
Sep 18, 2021 9:00 AM
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You need to protect yourself from zero-click attacks

You need to protect yourself from zero-click attacks
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How to not get pricked by a North American porcupine

How to not get pricked by a North American porcupine
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How Bentley took over and transformed a World War II air base

How Bentley took over and transformed a World War II air base
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Who gets COVID boosters? The FDA’s expert panel says it’s complicated.

Who gets COVID boosters? The FDA’s expert panel says it’s complicated.
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The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum

The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum
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Transform your Twitter timeline with these 11 features and add-ons

Transform your Twitter timeline with these 11 features and add-ons
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First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question

First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question
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By Jan 29, 2016
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Humans Calculated Paths Of Planets 1,400 Years Earlier Than We Thought

On Ancient Babylonian tablets, a precursor of calculus

Humans Calculated Paths Of Planets 1,400 Years Earlier Than We Thought
By Feb 15, 2013
Science

A Jilted Babylonian Scribe Wrote This Heartbreaking Love Letter 4,000 Years Ago

Happy Valentine's Day from the Popular Science archives.

A Jilted Babylonian Scribe Wrote This Heartbreaking Love Letter 4,000 Years Ago
By Apr 30, 2012
Science

Study of Old Climate Records Shows That Baghdad Was Quite Chilly a Millennium Ago

An unexpected cold wave in July 920 sent the people of Baghdad back under their blankets, forcing them to leave … Continued

Study of Old Climate Records Shows That Baghdad Was Quite Chilly a Millennium Ago
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Iraqi Archaeologist

Worst Science Jobs II: Number 8

Iraqi Archaeologist