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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 Australian Eastern Abyss is a treasure trove of strange, often penis-shaped animals

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There's so much goo.

The abyss is back, and this time it spat up a penis (worm).

Conquer the app store with this Swift 3 learning bundle for $35

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Get 64 hours of training and learn to build apps for iOS, macOS and Apple Watch.

Conquer the app store with this Swift 3 learning bundle for $35. Get 64 hours of training and learn to build apps for iOS, macOS and Apple Watch. Read on.

DNA from Egyptian mummies and Viking graves reveals how cats conquered the world

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Their trek from pest exterminator to pet.

Felines took over the globe in two waves. Read on.

Dinosaurs got an evolutionary assist from huge volcanic eruptions

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eruption

Blown away.

In a plot straight out of Game of Thrones, dinosaur ancestors managed to claw their way to greatness by climbing a mountain of bloodshed, aided by a force of nature.

8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

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YouTube

Let video be your guide.

Press pause on the cat clips and music videos for a moment—because YouTube also streams tons of educational guides and tutorials.

This handsome, classic Withings Activité Steel activity tracker watch is now half price

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Withings Activité Steel

This smartwatch has a battery life of 8 months and works independently of your smartphone.

The Withings Activité Steel activity tracker watch is now half price. This smartwatch has a battery life of 8 months and works independently of your smartphone. Read…

More people than ever are taking way too much vitamin D

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vitamin pills

You might have a deficiency, but overdosing isn’t the answer.

Vitamins seem like one of those things you can't have too much of—but not this one.

NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets

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kepler planet

But our days of massive exoplanet dumps may be numbered.

The Kepler mission just yielded hundreds of new exoplanets—some very much like Earth—but these discoveries will probably slow down for awhile. Read on.

People are apparently injecting themselves with other people's blood to get high now?

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needle with blood

Because we ran out of other terrible ideas.

A man in Bucks County, PA was planning to inject himself with drug-laced blood, and no one understands why. Read on.

Don't believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.

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our warming planet infographic

Yes, it's happening.

Here we see the number of years per decade that had above-average temperatures—and how many of those years rose a half, or even a whole, degree above the norm. Read on.

Phoenix is too hot for planes to takeoff

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Sky Harbor Airport

High temperatures mean thin air, which makes getting airplanes off the ground tricky

Phoenix is too hot for some planes to take off.

Mountain Lions are so scared of humans that the sound of talk radio sends them running

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mountain lion

'Fraidy cats.

Mountain lions may really be more scared of you than you are of them. Read on.

The world’s art is under attack—by microbes

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Bacteria and fungi are a menace to paintings, sculptures, and ancient artifacts.

Cultural relics can be damaged by hordes of tiny invaders: bacteria, fungi, and algae.

Genetically engineered fungus knocks out deadly mosquitoes using scorpion toxins

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A single spore can do what insecticides can't.

University of Maryland researchers developed a fungus genetically engineered to attack mosquitoes with the help of scorpion and spider toxin genes. Read on.

Climate change will make your coffee cost more and taste worse

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Coffee cup full of beans

Over half of Ethiopia’s crop is in peril, and the same goes for other coffee-producing countries.

It's hard to notice gradually warmer winters—but you'll definitely notice when your coffee is twice as expensive and half as good. Read on.

Sing along with this Bluetooth shower speaker and save 80 percent off MSRP

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Bluetooth Shower Speaker

Get the best possible backup to your amazing/terrible vocals.

Bluetooth shower speaker and save 80 percent off MSRP. Get the best possible backup to your amazing/terrible vocals. Read on.

Why go to Mars when you can telecommute there instead?

The Curiosity rover and other spacecraft are learning to think for themselves

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Autonomous science-bots will make it easier to explore our solar system … and beyond.

Smarter spacecraft can help us explore more efficiently. Read on.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looks so small and alone in this amazing new photo

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mars

Just a pale blue dot.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught Curiosity hard at work.
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