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You're probably terrible at spotting faked photos

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Seeing isn't believing.

A new study finds that we're really bad at picking out doctored images. Read on.

Windscribe VPN provides true private browsing with no ads and no log

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Windscribe VPN

Get lifetime protection across all your devices for $49.99.

Windscribe VPN provides true private browsing with no ads and no log. Get lifetime protection across all your devices for $49.99. Read on.

How to make new friends as an adult

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Friends

11 apps to build your real-world social network.

Banish loneliness and get out of the house with these apps, which connect you to like-minded people nearby and far away.

Charles Dickens's belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London's hottest debate

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint

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track star

Which is really just a brisk walk for the dino.

It turns out a many-ton ancient reptile could still catch up to you. Surprise, surprise.

Neato Botvac D5 Connected Review: A gifted navigator but a second-rate sucker

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Neato D5 Botvac Connected Review

An infrared laser navigation system keeps this robotic cleaner on track.

The Neato Botvac D5 Connected robotic vacuum makes a battle plan, then methodically picks up the crud from your floors.

How to mount your own trout

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How to mount your own trout

Now you can mount your next trophy catch—and eat it too.

How to mount your own trout. Now you can mount your next trophy catch—and eat it too. Read on.

It's not your imagination: 2017 has been abnormally hot so far

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Yeah, it's a hot one.

The first months of 2017 are the second hottest ever recorded. Read on.

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?

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Some concern is beneficial but obsessing is often futile.

Carcinogens seem to be everywhere, but how much do we really have to worry about them? Read on.

We still don’t really know where dogs came from

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Derpy pug in blanket

All we know is that they're very good boys.

New evidence in the debate on dog origins has sparked further discussion after a 2016 paper threw a wrench into the works. Read on.

This smartphone stand folds to the size of a credit card

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Credit Card-Sized Smartphone and Tablet Stand

It works with phones and tablets, and you can currently get three for $19.99

This smartphone stand folds to the size of a credit card. It works with phones and tablets, and you can currently get three for $19.99. Read on.

Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here's how you can help stop the madness.

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garbage patch

A new study shows just how much plastic junk we've made, and the numbers are grim.

We've made 9.1 billion tons of plastic since the 1950s, and if we don't change our habits, it'll only get worse in the future.

Discarded oyster shells can help us grow food, make cement, and fight climate change

Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places

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Soft plant-inspired robot navigates a maze

It can expand 25,000 times its original size and lift 150 pounds.

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Stanford University have made a machine with long tendrils that can perform dangerous tasks like reaching…

NASA just caught a glimpse of the mysterious object New Horizons will reach in 2019

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2014 MU69

There’s still more to explore after Pluto.

2014 MU69 is starting to take shape. Read on.

Doctors are wearing the new Google Glass while seeing patients

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And a remote scribe does the busy work.

Augmedix has built a platform that enables physicians to wear Glass Enterprise Edition as they see patients, while remote medical scribes fill out the electronic medical…

SpaceX is changing up its plans for landing a spaceship on Mars

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dragon on mars

...We just don’t know what the new plan is yet.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the company is switching up its plans for landing on Mars.

The first humans in Australia arrived early enough to cause some trouble

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Australian dig site

Megafauna could have died out because of human activity.

If you think Australian animals are terrifying now, just imagine roaming the outback and encountering a sheep-sized echidna. Read on.

What needs to happen to get our east coast hyperloop

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Godot, a tunnel-boring machine

The Boring Company has a ton of paperwork in its future

It takes more than a verbal agreement to navigate a new form of interstate transportation infrastructure through local governments and into being.

Go take a virtual tour of the International Space Station right now

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google iss

It's on Google Street View, and it looks incredible.

The closest most of us can get to being an astronaut. Read on.
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