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The coolest cars—and trucks—from the 2018 LA auto show

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Jeep pickup truck

A new Jeep pickup, a redesigned Porsche, and more showed up in LA.

See the rides before you get to ride in them.

The best DIY kits to give as gifts

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Or keep for yourself.

There's nothing a tinkerer or builder likes more than working with his or her hands. These gifts will let DIYers do just that.

Mosquito-trapping balloons could help us understand one of the world's deadliest diseases

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Mosquito sitting on a green, reflective surface.

New research finds the mosquitoes are traveling much further than previously thought.

Scientists are deploying balloons to capture mosquitoes and figure out how high mosquitoes can fly. They hope this will help them better understand the spread of…

How to make your own scratch-and-sniff holiday cards

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making a scratch-and-sniff holiday card

Add a whiff of cheer.

Want to jazz up your homemade holiday cards? Decorate them with some scratch-and-sniff paint made from household products.

Lonesome George's genes could reveal the secrets of longevity

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lonesome george

Hopefully we can all look this good when we're 101.

We were too late to save George’s species, but geneticists are still trying to piece together an understanding of these giants by looking at Lonesome George’s DNA.

Gifts to save the planet

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a gift wrapped in brown paper and leaves

Give 2018 a proper send-off by doing some good.

Gifts that help the planet (and the people in it) don't have to be boring. Here are some snazzier ideas for the do-gooder in your life.

Last week in tech: Best of What's New, DJI's new camera, and a huge hack

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DJI Osmo Pocket

Catch up on everything you missed in your Cyber Monday hangover

The bad news is that your personal data might be hacked. The good news is, um, new DJI camera?

The STEAM Team kids learn how historic sailors navigated the globe

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Cassie and Jessie set sail.

The STEAM Team is back! In this episode, Cassie and Jesse learn about using the moon, sun, and stars to navigate along the coast of Alaska.

What are constellations?

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Constellation map explainer stars

Stars tell stories, guide explorers, and help scientists talk about the galaxy.

Stars tell stories, guide explorers, and help scientists talk about the galaxy.

CRISPR has many promising applications—but the gene-edited twins represent something more troubling

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scissors cutting ribbon

Editing human embryos makes far more permanent changes than tweaks to adult DNA.

Last week Chinese researchers rocked the world with reports that twin babies whose genes the scientists’ edited prior to birth had been born, the product of secret…

10 gifts for the nerdy runner in your life

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running with music

I'm a nerdy runner myself, so you can trust me on this one.

This holiday season you can show you care by giving them the apparel and equipment that helps get their numbers and splits-obsessed selves to the finish line.

Here's what you need to know about the global climate summit happening right now

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COP24 will affect the U.S. even though President Trump skipped it.

World leaders are meeting this week and next for COP24, a key United Nations climate change conference being held this year in Katowice, Poland.

Megapixels: Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zoom in on its asteroid target

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Asteroid Bennu floating in black space.

After a long trip, OSIRIS-REx gets down to business.

On Monday, a NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx reached asteroid Bennu, kicking off a research mission that could help us unlock secrets of the early solar system.

Gifts for people with a lot of hair

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friends with a lot of hair

No present is better than beautiful hair.

I have a lot of hair. Seriously, check my credentials. And when you are truly blessed with a rich abundance of follicles, it kind of consumes your life.

Four robot vacuums that will clean up your mess

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Robot vacuums

Happy holidays to you.

Robot vacuums are a huge time saver. Over the past few months, I’ve gotten to see some of these suckers in action. Here's a list of some of my favorites.

Finding enough donors with this girl's rare blood type is next to impossible

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zainab oneblood rare

There’s a lot more to blood type than A/B/O.

Most of the time, all 35 blood group indicators don’t matter, but if you’re a little girl undergoing intensive chemotherapy and will rely on blood transfusions to…

The seasons are shifting, but redrawing their lines won't erase the problem

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Spring season sun rising

We shouldn’t redefine the seasons just yet.

There are three ways to define a season: astronomical, climatological, and biological. The first is fixed, constant, forever. But the other two—the ones human feel most…

Google’s Night Sight photo mode is great—here’s how to fake it with your smartphone

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Google Night Sight

Google's Pixel phones take impressive photos in the dark. Here are some editing tips to match it.

The Google Pixel 3 is really good in the dark, but you can try to match it with any smarthpone.

For many teens, the battle with opioid addiction starts with wisdom teeth

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a dentist examines to mouth of a reclining teenage girl

A study suggests dentists are over-prescribing the drugs.

Young people are particularly vulnerable to the effect of painkillers, but dentists may over-prescribe them after surgery.

The 2018 hurricane season taught us some important lessons—so let’s not forget them

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hurricane florence from space

Five things we should remember from this season's destruction.

Too often, the public forgets a harrowing hurricane season until the next is rattling our shutters. We learned quite a few lessons during the 2018 Atlantic hurricane…
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