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Tim Cook says Apple supports general digital privacy laws in the U.S.

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The Apple CEO laid out guidelines for sweeping privacy regulations.

The Apple CEO eyes GDPR as a model for U.S. privacy laws.

Behind the supersonic rise and fall of the Concorde, 15 years after its final flight

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Now NASA and Lockheed Martin are trying to bring supersonic flight back to the masses.

The Concorde was a plane ahead of its time—quite literally, as a flight from Paris or London to New York was so fast it’d actually land more than two hours before it…

The weirdest things we learned this week: glowing Civil War soldiers and historic font battles

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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.

A super typhoon of historic proportions just cut thousands of U.S. citizens off from the world

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Yutu slammed the territory with 180 MPH winds.

The core of Super Typhoon Yutu struck Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Marianas Islands today—the strongest storm on record to make landfall in this U.S. territory in…

Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two

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A black widow hangs from three threads.

Scientists are finally unspooling how spider silk works.

Black widow silk fluid features nano-sized structures, researchers have found.

Hurricanes destroy beachside homes, but not this one

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The engineering that helped one Mexico Beach, Florida, house outlast Hurricane Michael.

On October 10, Hurricane Michael spun Category 4 winds around the upper reaches of the Sunshine State, but one structure withstood the storm, despite its front step…

The FDA just approved the first new flu drug in 20 years. Here’s what you need to know.

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Xofluza can help thousands of people this flu season, but it's not for everyone.

Our arsenal in the endless, roving, ever-evolving battle against the influenza virus just got slightly larger.

34 ways to make your kitchen better

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Spice up your kitchen life with some cool cooking doodads.

Spice up your kitchen with some cooking doodads. It's time to update the essentials you got in college.Read on.

Here's how to view, download, and delete your personal information online

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Set aside lots of time and extra hard-drive space.

Download your personal data from Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and other tech heavies.

These plants bring all the birds to your yard

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Songbirds need bugs, and bugs need local greens.

By studying more than 160 yards, Narango found that suburban lawns with at least 70% native trees and shrubs were able to sustain breeding chickadees.

Adenovirus is normally harmless—here's why some outbreaks turn deadly

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Here's what you need to know about the adenovirus.

This past week, New Jersey State Health Officials reported the deaths of seven children, all from a rehabilitation center in the state’s town of Haskell.

Wi-Fi could get much faster thanks to a proposed change in the wireless spectrum

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The FCC voted to open up more space in the spectrum for connected devices.

The 6 Ghz part of the wireless spectrum could soon host your Wi-Fi gadgets.

Lavender might actually help you relax

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In mice, sniffing some linalool is similar to taking Valium.

Immersing yourself in a lavender cloud may actually help reduce anxiety, according to new research published this week.

The oldest weapons in North America offer a new view of prehistoric tech

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The Paleoamerican migration plot thickens.

The spearheads date back to more than 13,500 years ago, making them possibly the oldest weapons ever found in North America.

Credit card stolen or lost? Here's what to do.

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Defend your information.

It’s become a sad reality of the modern world: Someday, your credit card information will fall into the wrong hands. Here's what to do when that happens to you.

Fewer people got the flu shot last season—and that may be why it was one of the deadliest

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Young, healthy people need to get the shot too.

By now you’ve probably heard that last year’s flu season was one of the worst on record. New data may tell us why.

Not all Twitter bots are bad

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An ode to the best of the automated accounts.

Twitter is cracking down on bots—and for good reason. But not all bots are bad.

MEGAPIXELS: This geometric iceberg will soothe your soul

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Aerial shot of a flat, rectangular iceberg floating in a sea of smaller pieces of ice.

It doesn’t even look real.

Okay so it’s not a perfect rectangle, but this floating ice sheet gets unsettlingly close. NASA scientists spotted the geometric beauty in Antarctica earlier this…

Blow flies help us solve murders—but climate change is forcing them out

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Rising temperatures are driving these crime-fighting insects from their homes.

Blow flies are showing up in the Midwest, where they never used to be. Climate change explains why this species is on the move.

The best new cameras and photography gear from Photo Plus 2018

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Photo Plus Expo

The biggest camera show in the U.S. has some impressive new models.

All the best new gear that we saw during the New York City show.
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