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Ben Lecomte Is Back in the Water

Following a devastating cluster of storms, Lecomte has resumed his swim across the Pacific Ocean.

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A New Blood Test Reveals the Precise Time of Your Body’s Internal Clock

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NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Has Another Look at TRAPPIST-1 as It Runs Out of Fuel

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Hang Gliding Above the Ocean

in 360º

Hang Gliding Above the

Ocean in 360º

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Riding Shotgun in a Fighter Jet

Grab a g-suit and experience what it’s like to fly in a jet aircraft

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Diving Underwater With Elusive Devil Rays

Devil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. With their population dwindling, biologists are racing to learn more about these rays before they disappear.

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Standing in the Flames of a Prescribed Burn

To prevent mega-wildfires from spiraling out of control, technicians set landscapes ablaze on purpose.

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How Voltage Fade Prevents Us

From Creating the Perfect

Battery

How Voltage Fade Prevents

Us From Creating the

Perfect Battery

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Scientists’ Crazy Plan to Power Solar Panels with E. Coli

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Could One of NASA’s Deep Space Challenges Be Solved in the Ocean?

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Will Asteroids Become Our Cosmic Gas Stations?

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Here's Everything You Need to

Know About Saturn's Iconic

Rings

Here's Everything You Need

to Know About Saturn's

Iconic Rings

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Could a Planet Ever Collide With Earth?

Catastrophic collisions between young planets are believed to have helped shape our solar system.

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What Drugs Do You Need to Survive in Space?

Traveling through space is rough on an astronaut’s body. What drugs do they take to cope?

Space

Here’s How Scientists Are Improving Solar Storm Predictions

Intense solar activity can threaten telecommunications systems and electricity grids.

Tech

In the Future, Broken Devices

Could Heal Themselves

In the Future, Broken

Devices Could Heal

Themselves

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How Close Are We to Downloading the Human Brain?

Downloading your brain may seem like science fiction, but some neuroscientists think it's not only possible, but that we’ve already started down a path to one day make it a reality. So, how close are we to downloading a human brain?

Tech

Maxwell's Demon Could Power Future Quantum Computers

A 19th-century thought experiment leads to a breakthrough in advanced computing.

Tech

How Supercapacitors Could Make Batteries a Thing of the Past

An accidental breakthrough in supercapacitor technology could finally make them more efficient than batteries! Here’s how it could lead to a brighter energy future.

Earth

Fly With Hurricane Hunters as

They Enter the Eye of a Storm

Fly With Hurricane Hunters

as They Enter the Eye of a

Storm

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Why Do Giant Rocks Suddenly Fall From Cliffs?

Random rockfalls are still one of the biggest mysteries in geology - and figuring out what triggers them is an urgent quest in an area with millions of annual visitors.

Earth

What Will Continents Look Like in the Future?

Pangea is what land on Earth used to look like 250 million year ago. But giant cracks are still forming. Could entire continents be splitting in half?

Earth

Cigarette Butts Are a Huge Problem for the Ocean

Cigarette butts are ruining the ocean.

Health

A New Pill to Cure Hangovers

Is Coming — Here’s How It

Works

A New Pill to Cure

Hangovers Is Coming —

Here’s How It Works

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How Your Body’s Internal Clock Might Be Messing With Your Sleep

Having trouble sleeping? It’s possible your circadian rhythm is out of sync. Here’s how it works.

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How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?

Our world is getting undeniably hotter, and parts of it could soon be too hot for human survival. But how can hot temperatures actually kill you?

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Robots, Replicants, and

Artificial People: The Science

Behind ‘Blade Runner’

Robots, Replicants, and

Artificial People: The

Science Behind ‘Blade

Runner’

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Are Your Political Beliefs Genetic?

The brain isn’t partisan, but when we move to political extremes, it can affect our physiology and psychology.

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Micrometeorites and Orbital Debris: The Science Behind Gravity, the 2013 Sci-Fi Thriller

Seeker's Bad Science podcast explores the authentic astrophysics of director Alfonso Cuaron’s film, Gravity.