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Environment

Harder wetter faster stronger

Climate scientists predict that the frequency and intensity of summer rainstorms will increase over the next 80 years.

Aviation

The spacecraft nailed its first unpowered glide since a fatal accident in 2014

Virgin Galactic's glider glides to earth calmly in test.

Science

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

Silicon-based life couldn’t hack it on our planet. But scientists can imagine places in the universe that it might be better suited for, and explore what happens when we…

Energy

The future of the Dakota Access Pipeline is unclear

On Sunday, the Army announced that they would not be granting an easement under Lake Oahe, halting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) a 1,172…

restore-l satellite rendezvous with broken satellite

Space

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

NASA announced it's setting aside $127 million to fund a satellite that repairs and refuels others in orbit.

Looking at the world through orange colored glasses.

Animals

There are also lasers

Obi is looking fly in his custom eyewear.

Gift Guides

Your chances of getting a cheap, top-notch cocktail this holiday just skyrocketed.

For the cocktail enthusiasts and amateur mixologists in your life, consider one of these gift ideas.

Space

Things haven't gone according to plan.

Juno's journey around Jupiter hasn't gone exactly as planned. So what's going on?

Technology

But it can't stick the landing yet

A new robot can jump better than any other—and better than you. But it's not very good at landing yet.

Cars

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

New research finds that human drivers need time to adjust to changing conditions when taking over control of self-driving cars.

DIY

Channel your inner secret agent

The hero of MacGyver has been inspiring makers and DIYers ever since the show began airing. But how many of his tricks actually work in real life?

Technology

The complex data task of the deal

CaliberMind wants to help companies make big sales by profiling the people involved…

Science

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

Bacteria carrying a gene that grants resistance against a powerful antibiotic have been found on a pig farm in the United States.

Environment

Did it stay or did it go?

Eighty percent of Greenland is covered by a wall of ice that is thousands of feet thick, and contains enough water to raise sea levels by over 20 feet if it melted away…

Environment

A whole new kind of ‘breaking up’ around the holidays

This really only happens because of global warming…

Health

Zapping your nerves to jumpstart the blood clotting process

Internal bleeding is tricky to stop, and can be life-threatening. Now, a group of researchers is trying a new approach: Pass an electrical current through a nerve to…