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‘Space headaches’ could be a real pain for astronauts

Space travel is certainly not for the faint of heart, for many reasons including its effects on physical health. It...

‘Safe’ driver assist tools could be doing more harm than good

Drivers in the US and around the world are increasingly interested in getting behind the wheel of new vehicles capable...

When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer...

Museums are filled with fake dinosaur fossils. See what it takes to make those replicas.

THERE ARE BONES EVERYWHERE. Black- and purple-painted models of the horn-faced carnivore Ceratosaurus nasicornis lie arranged by anatomical element in...

Why Ski-Doo is the only snowmobile permitted in Yellowstone

Replete with stunning hydrothermal and geologic features and thriving wildlife across 2.2 million acres, Yellowstone National Park is a national...

Sorry, Darwin: Most male mammals aren’t bigger than females

The idea that most biologically male members of a species are physically larger than the females goes back to Charles...

The Opt Out: Analog life is possible. But it’ll cost you.

You are more than a data point. The Opt Out is here to help you take your privacy back. THERE’S A LOT...

Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals

Cicadas are known for emerging in the billions. These groups chatter so loudly that fiber optic cables can pick up...

5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones

IN ONE OF HUMANITY’S many possible futures, the fearless explorers tasked with climbing cloud-splitting mountains in oxygen-poor atmospheres or charting...