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Grill gear to make your barbecue the best on the block

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Awesome grill gear

Patty stuffers, meat claws, grill robots, and more.

It's time to upgrade your barbecue. Patty stuffers, meat claws, grill robots, and more. Read on.

Does a black hole ever die?

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circles around black hole with a light beam shooting out

What we know about the mysterious life cycle of a black hole.

From their inception to their potential demise far in the future, black holes are a fascinating part of our universe—here’s their story as we understand it now, from…

Lava is creating more Hawai'i. It's also forming corrosive acid mist.

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Lava flows from Kīlauea

What happens when lava from the Kilauea eruption enters the ocean.

There is something special and awe-inspiring about watching new land form. This is what is now happening in Hawai’i as its Kīlauea volcano erupts.

Artificial intelligence can take your bad whistling and make it sound like Mozart

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orchestra

Facebook researchers used AI to create a universal music translator.

A small group of researchers from a division of Facebook have created an artificial intelligence system that’s like a cover band with a silicon brain.

Pluto may be made up of a billion comets

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Pluto Showing Off Its Icy Heart

But we won't know until we get there.

Planet, dwarf planet—this semantic debate might be irrelevant, because in reality. . . maybe Pluto is actually sort of a giant comet?

Tick-borne illnesses have tripled in the last 14 years. Here’s how to avoid them over the holiday weekend.

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A brief guide to not getting bitten by a tick while you're out in the woods.

We have a growing tick problem, and I don’t just mean the physical engorgement of a blood-filled arthropod attached to your scalp.

I created the first digital meme

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baby cha cha

The mind behind the Dancing Baby regrets his most famous work.

When Michael Girard created a digital animation of a cute baby dancing, he had no idea it would become one of the first viral sensations of the digital age.

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse

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ancient bird fleeing apocalypse

The mother of all birds lived on the ground.

When an asteroid pummeled the earth 66 million years ago, forests burned, molten rock rained over the planet, tsunamis thrashed the coasts, and the sky went dark.

10 pieces of clutch motorcycle gear for all riders

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For a safe, stylish, and comfortable ride.

Quality accessories for your motorcycle can make all the difference in how you ride—and how comfortable you are.

A realistic guide to the current crop of tech rumors

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Tech rumor roundup

Catch up on all the technology gossip without all the hype.

Keep it real with your tech rumors.

The science fiction podcasts every nerd should listen to

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To help you ignore your dystopian reality.

Short stories, radio dramas, and fictional docudrama podcasts that will make any science fiction lover turn up the volume.

New science books to read this weekend

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Disasters, kindness, oceans and more.

Here are some science-related books that debuted over the past month to fill your weekend reading list.

Save hundreds of dollars on a custom computer desk—by building it yourself

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final desk

A surprisingly easy step-by-step guide.

You need a workstation big enough to fit your computer, monitors, and speakers. Here's how to build your own ergonomic, customized desk that displays all your tech,…

Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem

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test tube beef

It’ll be more efficient than the real thing, but that’s not saying much.

It’ll be more efficient than the real thing, but that’s not saying much. Here’s how lab-grown meat actually compares to available alternatives…

Versions of Han Solo’s blaster already exist

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Harrison Ford as Han Solo

And they’re way more powerful than real lightsabers would be.

I’ve now worked out how feasible the blaster weapons used by, among others, the Star Wars character Han Solo are – and how they compare with lightsabers. In fact, real…

Last week in tech: Have you updated your privacy policy?

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last week in tech

GDPR happened, Alexa had a butt dial scandal, and enter the Twitter time machine.

Avoid eye contact with your family at the Memorial Day barbecue and catch up on last week's big tech stories.

What happens if you eat too many Tums?

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If three work, the entire box will probably work even better, right?

What if you have like really, really bad heartburn, and you want to just nip it in the bud? Can you just take the whole bottle? While death by Tums overdose is…

How to handle a koala-chlamydia epidemic

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mother and baby koala

Sex, drugs, and baby koalas.

Scientists think young koalas eat their mothers' poop to get their incredible microbiomes. But antibiotic treatment (for koala chlaymdia) harms this practice.

Stop popping your pimples

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pimple popping

Dermatologists warn against it, even if it’s super duper satisfying.

The only good thing about getting a zit is popping it. You see the bulging spot appear, expand, then evolve into a fully-formed, nasty, white-headed little sucker.

How to send self-destructing messages

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Confide app

Five apps that leave no trace.

Want to send a message that leaves no trace? We collected the best apps and services for sharing text and media that won't stick around. Here’s how to use them.
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