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15 ways to be more secure online

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laptop on bed

Protect your accounts, avoid scams, and keep randos off your Wi-Fi.

In what seem like a dark and troubled era for the internet, there is a shining path you can follow to keep yourself save. These 15 tips and tricks will set you on your…

This fungus has over 23,000 sexes and no qualms about it

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schizophyllum commune

Sex is extra strange if you're a shroom.

Fungi have the most complex reproduction in existence, and they’re wonderful.

Oh, the places your blood will go after you donate it

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blood donor

Blood donations are actually full of important disease data.

Many large organizations in the United States that collect and distribute blood take advantage of the millions and millions of samples at their disposal to conduct…

Could brighter clouds make hurricanes less destructive?

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Hurricane Harvey

Ever-so-slightly more reflective clouds could, theoretically, slow down storms.

Have you ever wondered “Is there any way to slow hurricanes down?” A plan by climate physicists aims to tackle this problem—by making clouds brighter.

Animated fossils are helping scientists rediscover extinct species

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Extinct species animation

Combining cartoons with paleontology can show us how dinosaurs moved.

Without the actual animal to study, artists have to bridge the gap between bones and the creature’s fully fleshed appearance.

Hospitals are helping make us all sick

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surgeons look down at a patient

Greenhouse gas emissions from health care will be responsible for the loss of thousands of years of life.

The U.S. healthcare system is responsible for a solid chunk of the greenhouse gas emissions in the country that contribute to climate change.

These ‘two yahoos from the middle of Ohio’ designed the ultimate drone buster

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Dronedefender

A tale from the field.

Insurgents have been using armed drones to attack U.S. troops worldwide, so my co-inventor Alex Morrow and I built the DroneDefender to help protect them.

Last week in tech: The one where iOS forgot how to type the letter ‘I’

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Last week in Tech Google Home Mini

Also: Meet the new Xbox, and Wi-Fi comes from the sky.

A software bug screwed up typing on the iPhone and all sorts of other interesting stuff that happened in the tech world last week.

NASA's future Mars robot will take the fastest pictures yet of the red planet

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Mars 2020

Here's why that's important for mission scientists here on Earth.

If all goes according to plan a robot larger than an SUV is going to blast off from Earth and head towards Mars, packed with the largest number of cameras to date.

T. rex arms, wiggly beluga heads, and tentacle-nosed moles: smart evolution sometimes looks stupid

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Sometimes evolution creates some wacky organisms, but they’re only weird to us.

The physiologies that we find absurd are only odd because we see them from a human point-of-view. Here are just a few of the most ogle-worthy animals—and the reasons…

Eight apps to help you win National Novel Writing Month

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Laptop writing

Share your work with the world.

In November, would-be authors celebrate NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month. Want to complete your own opus? These writing apps can help.

Exploring the Antarctic deep seas took me back in time

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Antarctic deep-sea diving

I got a glimpse of what ocean ecosystems looked like 350 million years ago.

Thanks to the crew of the research ship Alucia, we dived in minisubmarines to 1km deep in the Antarctic for the first time.

China's future satellite navigation will be millimeter accurate

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Beidou Launch Long March 3

The Beidou 3 will guide military munitions and drones.

Updates to the Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system will result in super accurate guidance for military users, like guided munitions and drones.

After the NYC marathon, where does all the poop go?

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Sarah Porter comes in 21st place in the 2011 TCS marathon, with the help of some portable toilets.

The tons of excrement, urine and that mysterious blue liquid have to go somewhere.

The poop from the more than 2,000 portable toilets ultimately ends up in treatment plants throughout the five boroughs and the tri-cities, which turn them into…

Disney Research created a fireworks display you can feel with your hands

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Disney feeling fireworks

A cheap solution using water jets brings creates fireworks displays for the blind.

Water jets behind a flexible sheet make a fireworks display you can feel with your hands.

Eleanor the sea turtle swam through a tropical storm and survived

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a loggerhead sea turtle swims in the ocean

She can teach scientists a lot about how ocean animals deal with extreme weather.

Eleanor is a turtle on a mission, navigating the stormy seas of climate change.

Use your phone to identify a mosquito's species by its buzz

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mosquito

Mosquito sounds are annoying, but helpful to scientists.

The irritating noise of a mosquito is a rich source of information for researchers who study the insects.

The physics keeping Star Wars' Cloud City afloat

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And why it has a limited lifespan in the sky.

Other planets tend to be less hospitable than Earth, so it makes sense that the imagination would go to an idealized, fully controllable environment like a floating…

Do you know enough basic anatomy to keep yourself healthy? It's time to find out.

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human body quiz

Because most people don't.

Most people couldn't tell you where their diaphragm is, even though we us it—consciously—every day.

How to convert any file to any format

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File conversion

Organize your work your way.

Got a Microsoft Word doc that needs to be a PDF? A JPEG image you want to change to TIFF? Here's everything you need to know about converting file formats.
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