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The best ways to send files wirelessly

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Transfer your data without compromising it.

Want to share a file with a friend? You have tons of ways to send it wirelessly to their device. So we picked out the simplest and best options.

The elusive Planet Nine might be responsible for this asteroid’s bizarre orbit

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Something’s got the Kuiper belt’s rocks off, and there’s a scramble to find it.

Scientists found more evidence for Planet Nine’s existence…

What are quantum dots, and why are we making them out of tea?

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They're everywhere—and they can also treat cancer.

They’re tiny, they reflect and absorb light in useful ways, and they’re increasingly found in our homes: quantum dots.

Getting on a plane? Here's how they're inspected to keep you safe

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This is what the FAA demands when it comes to ensuring the safety of commercial aircrafts.

A tragic airplane accident has prompted the FAA to crank up the frequency on commercial airline inspections.

Best known for aliens and Elvis, this remote town is now at the vanguard of a global revolution

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How folks in rural Australia are pushing back against climate change.

One small town in Australia is making a major leap into the clean energy future.

The biomechanics behind Michael Jackson’s impossible dance moves

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Some neurosurgeon fans decided to investigate.

Before reading the rest of this article, please first stand up and try to tilt your whole body forward at a 45 degree angle. You may only bend at the ankle.

Boeing's new 777x planes have wings so wide they need to fold just to fit at the gate

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Aviation can be such a drag.

When airborne, the forthcoming Boeing 777x aircraft will have a majestic wingspan of 235 feet. So they'll need to fold to fit at the gate.

There’s finally a drug that prevents migraines instead of just treating them

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The FDA's approval shows we're getting closer to understanding these headaches

The migraine therapy’s mechanism of action has been in the works for decades, but took researchers a long time to crack.

Mouser Electronics

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Generation Robot: Co-existing with Robots

We often talk about robots working for us—even replacing our jobs, but what about robots as co-workers?

How to keep your dank memes and other creations safe from internet thieves

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Protect your images, videos, and writing.

You're proud to post your own digital artwork, songs, and jokes online—until you spot someone else claiming credit for your work. Here's how to protect your digital…

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a drone that loves trash!

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A New Jersey man is using drones and machine learning to measure plastic pollution on beaches.

72 year-old New Jersey resident Morris Enyeart is a drone pilot on a mission to track plastic pollution on beaches.

You have questions about sunscreen. We have answers.

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Choosing the right brand can be intimidating if you aren’t quite sure what you’re looking for.

Choosing a sunscreen used to be simple. You picked the cheapest or the nicest looking or just whatever happened to be at eye level (probably the most expensive one).

Bonnie and Clyde's getaway car has hidden lessons for cops in the self-driving vehicle era

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The outlaw duo died May 23, 1934. Their stolen Ford V8 could be relevant once more.

Bonnie and Clyde’s “death car”—a 1934 Ford Fordor Deluxe with a V8 engine stolen from a Topeka, Kansas driveway—symbolizes the golden age of cars, and of crime.

Cosmic collisions with their neighbors may have weighed these white dwarfs down

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Two stars enter, one star leaves

Now, a study recently submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters finds that roughly one in 10 white dwarf stars may actually be the…

The weirdest things we learned this week: the best dog of all time, kindles of kittens, and mushrooms eating human corpses

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Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast.

Sleeping in on the weekend might be good for you, but it's not going to fix all your problems

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Scientists still aren't sure exactly how to deal with our chronic sleep deficit.

A new study found that time spent sleeping on the weekends could impact the likelihood of dying young. But don’t start partying ‘til 2 a.m. on weeknights just yet.

What to expect from the new GMO labels we're getting in 2020

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Grocery stores may look a little different.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced their plan for rolling out mandatory labels for all food products containing genetically modified organisms…

To save a dog breed, change it

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I'm raising the lundehund of the future.

The Norwegian lundehund has an incredible history—and has become incredibly inbred. To save it, researchers mixed it with another breed to create something new.

Why your office is so cold, and how to deal with it

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The summer freeze is upon us.

The great indoors is a chilly place, but we don’t have to suffer in over-chilled offices in silence.

Use all those GDPR privacy policy notifications to clean up your inbox and kill zombie accounts

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Now is a great time to scrub out those wayward apps, annoying newsletters, and forgotten subscriptions.

Clean up your inbox to commemorate the implementation of GDPR.
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