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It’s official: Saturn’s moon has just about everything you need to make life

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Deep-sea vents could infuse Enceladus' ocean with microbe food

The results are back from the Cassini spacecraft's closest encounter with Enceladus, and it's good news for folks who hope to find aliens on Saturn's icy moon.

How eels might hitch a ride to Europe

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glass eel

They may use massive magnetic maps to navigate

European eels may have magnetic maps that they use to navigate. Read on.

Yes, you can improve your memory. Here's how.

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Think like a memory athlete

"Memory athletes” effectively develop new neural connections throughout the brain. Here's how you can learn the same techniques.

Computer scientists are developing a ‘master’ fingerprint that could unlock your phone

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But questions remain

Fingerprint readers, like the TouchID on an iPhone, exist to make your device extra secure while keeping the process of unlocking it easy. But can they be hacked with a…

Hotter weather could make predators even more vicious

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Climate change could throw off the balance of ecosystems

Rising temperatures could disrupt the fragile balance between predator and prey. Read on.

Updated: Every game available for Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo Switch Games

The definitive list, continually updated.

Every game available for Nintendo Switch. Read on for the complete list.

The curious story of Magic Girl, the would-be greatest pinball machine of all time

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Magic Girl Pinball Machine

At $16,000 it was the world's most expensive pinball machine. It was also the most fraught.

You've never played a pinball machine like Magic Girl, and you probably never will.

10 ways to shield yourself from the sun

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Ways to keep the sun away

Protection for vampires and shade lovers

10 ways to shield yourself from the sun. Read on.

The Pentagon just dropped the 'mother of all bombs,' its biggest non-nuclear weapon

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Massive Ordnance Air Blast at an airbase in 2008

It's still orders of magnitude smaller than Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Everything you wanted to know about the MOAB bomb.

Check out the world's biggest freestanding Rubik's cube

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You probably still can't solve it

Students at the University of Michigan have built one of the world's largest freestanding Rubik's cubes. Read on.

Enjoy a glorious rainbow of incredible bug photographs

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velvet ant face

Nature comes in all colors

A bug rainbow? A bugbow? Read on.

A penguin-killing volcano, brain parasites, and other amazing images of the week

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Rat lungworm

Newsworthy eye candy

A penguin-killing volcano, brain parasites, and other amazing images of the week…

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

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Meringues

Yes, it really does help

Perfectly whipped egg whites are hard—but they don't have to be. Read on to learn how to do it yourself.

As mountains grow, they drive the evolution of new species

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A long-standing hypothesis gets hard data

Why are mountains so rich in biodiversity? New research provided the first evidence for a popular hypothesis. Read on.

A card-sized multi-tool for 74 percent off? I'd buy it.

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Surprise Daily Credit Card Tool

10 tools for $10.

Card sized toolkit for 74 percent off? I'd buy it. Read on.

The play-by-play of a total solar eclipse

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Excerpt: Mask of the Sun

First contact in an eclipse has nothing to do with aliens. Read on.

Mother's Day gift ideas for the raddest moms you know

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mother's day gift ideas

Say thank you. With presents.

Products and gadgets your mom will love. Read on.

Google is using AI to help humans and computers communicate through art

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A program for people who can’t draw good

Google went big on art this week, with two announcements at the intersection of machine learning and drawing. Read on.

The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

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Four B-61 nuclear bombs on a bomb cart

Terrible decisions in radioactive packages

In the mid-2000s, the United States considered a nuclear bunker buster.

How to rebuild your online privacy post-congressional ruling

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Private Internet Access Stack Commerce

Private Internet Access VPN keeps your browsing history under wraps. It's now 63 percent off.

Private Internet Access VPN keeps your browsing history under wraps, now 63 percent off. Read on.
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