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Temperatures Could Rise If

Earth Lost All Its Clouds,

Here’s How

Temperatures Could Rise If

Earth Lost All Its Clouds,

Here’s How

Space

Rodents in Space Will Show How Genes Are Affected by Microgravity

Space is tough on an astronaut's bones, muscles, blood flow and much more.

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Superbugs in Space? New Study Gives Reassurance for Astronaut Health

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Newly Found Planet Could Host Primitive Life, Study Suggest

Robotics

Tiny Robots Swimming in Your Eye Could Provide Radical New Treatments

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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.

Astrophysics

How Close Are We to Finding

Dark Matter?

How Close Are We to

Finding Dark Matter?

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Why We Want A Perpetual Motion Machine, But Still Can’t Get It

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Diamond Nuclear Batteries Are Forever… Sort Of

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A 5G World Is on the Horizon, But How Will It Work?

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Space

Did NASA’s Twin Study

Results Just Change

Spaceflight Forever?

Did NASA’s Twin Study

Results Just Change

Spaceflight Forever?

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Could Black Holes Made Of Light Power Our Spaceships?

What exactly would it take to create our very own Swartzchild Kugelblitz?

Space

Could This Be NASA’s Last Launch With Russia? | Countdown To Launch

Heading to space is an enormous feat, one that the Soyuz rockets have aided the U.S. with for the last 7 years. But with commercial spaceflight underway, this might be the last time the U.S. launches from Russian soil.

Space

We’re Going to Detect More Gravitational Waves Than Ever Before, Here’s How

Once this $35 million upgrade is in place, LIGO will start using something called quantum "squeezed light." So, what does that mean exactly?

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 a Self Driving World?

Self-driving cars could revolutionize the way we travel, giving us more time to work, play, learn, and relax on the road. But when it comes to making them a reality, cutting-edge technology is only the tip of the iceberg. So, how close are we ditching driving?

Tech

Is Russia Allowed To Make Their Own Internet? Sort Of

We use the internet every day, but who's in charge of owning all of it, and what happens when a country leaves the world wide web?

Tech

Why Don’t We Have Functional Biofuel Yet?

Alternative fuels, like ethanol and algae, have been around for years, yet there have been obstacles hindering these biofuels' take over the market. Here's why.

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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Could This Secret Ingredient Make Meat Better for the Planet?

Seaweed is on the menu! This superfood plucked from the ocean is being fed to a group of lucky California cows to curb their methane production, and the results might just save the planet.

Earth

No Human Has Ever Left Earth’s Atmosphere... Here's Why

New observations of our atmosphere calculate that it extends far beyond what we thought, encompassing the moon! This means that we've actually never left Earth's atmosphere. Here's what else these observations can tell us.

Earth

A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking The Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarctica

A hypothetical ocean model called a "geoid" is helping us uncover the hidden gravity points underneath our landmasses; including the ever mysterious Antarctica.

Health

This Mini Brain Made a Muscle

TWITCH, Here’s How

This Mini Brain Made a

Muscle TWITCH, Here’s

How

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How Your Invisible Exposome Cloud Could Be Messing With Your Health

Microscopic bits can hitch a ride on your clothes, find their way into your body, and impact your personal health. They’re part of your exposome—and everyone has one.

Health

Will This New Male Birth Control Gel Actually Work?

Right now, clinical trials are underway for a new form of birth control for men. What is it, and how does it work?

Culture

How Did the T.Rex Evolve to Be

the Ultimate Predator?

How Did the T.Rex Evolve

to Be the Ultimate

Predator?

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Scientists Are Close To Eliminating Pain, Here’s How

How we might experience the unpleasantness of pain might come down to these 150 neurons in mouse brains.

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Everything It Takes to Engineer the World’s Largest Sea Bridge

120 years. That’s how long engineers want the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge to last. Given the suspension cables, artificials islands, and even an underground tunnel, the HZMB just might.