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Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus

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aurora on uranus

Your aurora is showing

It may not be the most glamorous planet, but Uranus is home to auroras. Check them out:…

Watch the Soyuz 50 spacecraft land pretty much perfectly

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Soyuz 50 MS 2 module touches down in Kazakstan.

They make spaceflight look easy

The Soyuz capsule gave astronauts coming home from ISS one smooth landing. Read on:…

Drone Racing League's new Racer3 aircraft tops out at 85 mph

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Overhead view for Racer3 drone

With a new racing drone model, the emphasis remains entirely on the pilot

New drone model for new drone racing league…

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

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Dishwasher Safe Items

Why hand-wash when we have machines?

Things to put in the dishwasher. Read on.

A four-piece BBQ tool set 70 percent off? I'd buy it.

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BBQ Toolset

A sizzlin' deal for $18.

It's getting hotter. You know what that means? BBQ season is almost here. I'd buy it. Read on.

How many hours of sleep do you actually need?

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It depends on how well you want your brain to work

How much sleep do we actually need? And can we train ourselves to need less? Find out.

Smart homes for beginners

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Google Home

Automate your house

Everything you need to know about the gear, the software, and the platforms available for making your home a little smarter.

Why won't my shoes stay tied? Scientists are trying to figure it out.

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All knots inevitably fail

A study uses high-speed imaging to solve an age old question—why shoelaces untie themselves.

10 too-cute bunny items because, well, 'tis the season

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bunny

Here's what's up, doc.

Everyone loves bunny rabbits. Read on.

Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert

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Ants in desert

And you can’t even keep your succulent alive

Ants are good at a lot. Carrying food, cutting leaves, biting people, and perhaps least well known: farming fungus. Read on.

Read and edit PDFs at lightning speed with this best-selling app

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Stack

PDF Expert for Mac is an award-winning Preview alternative—now at half price

Read and Edit PDFs at Lightning Speed with this Best-selling App. Read on.

Adobe is using AI to make your selfies look like actual photography

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Adobe AI editing app

Making complex photo editing selfie-friendly

These image editing technologies already exist, but AI is making them much more accessible. Read on.

Take better smartphone photos with these simple tips and tricks

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Lights, smartphone camera, action

Don't settle for substandard snaps from your phone. This guide to taking photos on the go will help your shots look the best they can be.

There’s a treasure trove on the seafloor—and that could be a bad thing

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Hydrothermal vent

There are precious minerals to mine, but no regulations in place

Rare minerals might not sound as exciting as sunken treasure to you, but to the mining community those materials could be literally more valuable than gold. And we're…

Our rivers and lakes contain a scary number of pesticides and pharmaceuticals

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And they only tested for a fraction of the 85,000 known chemicals

Human chemicals are drifting into the broader environment and that's a problem. Read on.

How to not get a horrible brain parasite on your trip to Hawaii

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parasite

It's one souvenir you really don't want to bring home

Cases of the super-grossly-named Rat Lungworm parasite are on the rise in Hawaii. Here's how to stay out of trouble in paradise.

This hacker built his own iPhone using parts from Chinese electronics markets

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The project took roughly two months and about $300 in parts to complete

An American hacker and engineer living part-time in Shenzhen, China, has built a working iPhone 6s out of just the parts he was able to purchase in the city’s chaotic…

Low-flow showerheads that turn drips into deluges

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Good, Better, Best Under Pressure

Under pressure.

Faced with ever-tightening laws, engineers are getting crafty about turning drips into deluges.

This ancient dinosaur relative looks surprisingly like a crocodile

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Teleocrater rhadinus

Another lizard-esque carnivore to love

What about the animals that came just before dinosaurs? Read on.

New York City's trans fat ban really did keep people out of the hospital

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Heart attacks and strokes declined

New York City's trans fat ban has lead to a reduction in hospitalizations for strokes and heart attacks. Read on.
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