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What to buy Dad this Father's Day

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For star gazers, beer enthusiasts, and sharp dressers.

A PopSci Father's Day gift guide. Gift ideas for star gazers, beer enthusiasts, and sharp dressers. Read on.

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

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WannaCry Screenshot

How do we stop this from happening again?

On Friday, some hospitals in the United Kingdom were struck with a peculiar attack. Read on.

Trees might actually make summer air pollution even worse

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Talk about treeson

Planting trees while doing nothing about underlying air pollution is a bit like putting spinach on your double bacon donut burger. Read on.

What would happen if Earth started to spin faster?

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earth from space

Even a 1 mph speed boost would make things pretty weird

If Earth were to suddenly spin out of control, you'd probably be too dead to worry about it. But we asked some experts just to see how it would all go down. Read on…

11 geeky rainbow things that'll probably make you smile more

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Fidget Spinner

We've done all the rainbow chasing for you.

Add color to your life in the geekiest ways possible. Read on.

Tyrannosaurus rex had a bone-crushing bite with a force of 8,000 pounds

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trex

431,342 pounds per square inch

Trex had bite backed up by 8,000 lbs of force. Read on.

If that asteroid had been 30 seconds late, dinosaurs might rule the world and humans probably wouldn’t exist

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Chicxulub impact

The meek inherited the Earth instead

Location is everything, for both homeowners and dinosaurs. Here's why.

Here's all the new stuff Google announced at its I/O 2017 conference

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Google I/O 2017 conference

Live (from our desks) coverage of Google's big developer's conference

New Android, Google Home, VR, and all kinds of other stuff from Google's big developers' conference.

Some orangutans breastfeed their babies for over eight years

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orangutan

The truth is in their teeth

Orangutans breastfeed for over 8 years. Read on.

How to remove malware from your computer

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Malware

Banish those internet nasties

Warning signs to watch for if ransomware, viruses, or any other type of malware has taken root on your system—and what you need to do next.

Hopping parrotlets could teach robots how to fly

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And help us learn about dinosaurs, too

Flying isn’t always the most efficient way to get around. Just take a look at parrotlets.

Can we just build a giant blimp to clean polluted air?

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Your quick question, answered quickly.

A giant, air-cleaning blimp is a lofty goal, and it's unlikely to ever work. Read on.

Exclusive: House Science Committee members just sent a letter to President Trump insisting he stop relying on fake news

Post to all of your social media accounts at once

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Social networks

Stay on message

Staying on top of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and your other social media accounts isn't easy. You can save some time by posting to all of them at once.

Scientists tracked chickens and found they have their own daily routines, just like us

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chickens in an aviary

Understanding these patterns could help make farmed hens healthier and happier

Understanding chicken personalities could help egg producers as well as the chickens themselves.

ISIS video shows off 'new' weapons based on old tech

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Kettering Aerial Torpedo, An Unmanned Biplane Bomb

War never changes, it just iterates.

New ISIS weapons are iterations on old designs.

These scientists made 2,879 tiny clay caterpillars and hid them all over the world

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fake inchworm

It's a bug-eat-bug world

Scientists sculpted 2,879 clay caterpillars, and mailed them around the world to see how many predators would bite.

Human attraction is weird and confusing—and it’s about way more than looks

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people in bed

Looks matter, but so do sounds and smells.

Tinder and Bumble would be a lot more effective if you could smell the person. Better yet, if you could smell them and hear them. Read on.

Google Assistant won't replace Siri on the iPhone, but you should download it anyway

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There's a virtual assistant party going on in iOS.

After an announcement Wednesday at Google I/O, the Google Assistant is now available on iPhones in the United States, sharing space with Siri like a smart sibling that’s…

3D printed ovaries, a shape-shifting optical illusion, and other amazing images of the week

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Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and technology news.
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