Six scintillating adaptations for life in the driest places on Earth
How some animals survive on almost no water
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The proposed 2018 federal budget tells NASA to forget about Earth
The space agency does crucial research on our own planet
This vaccine just might stop Ebola from annihilating the great apes
It worked in the lab—but will it work in the jungle?
High-intensity interval training is great for you—but it won't keep you from aging
Hot take: cellular-level studies are not the whole picture
Climate may have shaped the evolution of the human nose
Nature's nose job
Some corpses may mysteriously heat up after death
A strange case-study from the Czech Republic
Come watch a supercomputer simulation of a devastating tornado
The storm is made up of nearly 2 billion data points
Just some facts about a $10,000 toilet
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See our solar system like you've never seen it before
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Building good mobile navigation is super hard. So why is Uber trying it?
Redesigning in-app navigation in hopes drivers might actually use it.
How much water does your food drink?
You're not the only one who gets thirsty
This is the first fluorescent frog ever and he’s adorable
But we don’t know if he can even see his own glow
Don’t go to Death Valley looking for a ‘Super Bloom’
Check your wildflower forecasts carefully
Plagued by predators in the sea, these fish are moving onto land
Some blenny fish spend nearly their entire lives out of the water
Could your favorite pain medicine send you into cardiac arrest?
A new study questions ibuprofen's safety
Five rad and random (green!) things I found this week
The end-of-week dispatch from Pop Sci's commerce editor. Vol. 3.
Netflix is launching a simplified rating system to improve its suggestions
Plus a new "percentage match" feature
A simulated tornado, ghosts at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other amazing images of the week
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How does Los Angeles get its water?
From hundreds of miles away, mostly.