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This New Fasting Trend Isn’t What You’d Expect

This New Fasting Trend Isn’t What You’d Expect

Why people are doing less in order to feel more

Climate strike

"Climate Strike" Is the 2019 Word of the Year, According to This Dictionary

Nashua, New Hampshire

Are Highly Skilled Workers a “Waste” in Small Towns? A New Study Says Yes.

Breath-testing device

New Report Questions the Accuracy of Breath-Testing Devices

International Space Station

Is Space the Next Frontier for Lamborghini?

Drugs

New Study Analyzes Sewage, Discovers World’s Most Popular Drugs

Five hour workday

A German Consulting Firm Switched to a 5-Hour Workday. Everything Improved.

China Highway Roads

British Engineer Invents Electric Vehicle Cell Capable of 1,500 Miles of Range

Thomas Edison

Can Thomas Edison’s Reputation Be Salvaged?

NASA Viking 2 Mars Lander 1976

Evidence of Life on Mars Was Found in the ‘70s, Says Former NASA Scientist

billionaire space race

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the Race to Own Space

The Tongass National Forest in Ketchikan, Alaska

The Government Wants Your Opinion on Its Plan to Log Our Largest National Forest

Car Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States

Why US Car Emissions Are Continuing to Rise in the Era of the Hybrid

Mayan ruins

Archaeologist Uses Online Maps to Find 27 Previously Undiscovered Sites

Leonardo da Vinci Bridge

Leonardo da Vinci Designed One Hell of a Bridge, MIT’s 3D-Printing Confirms

Common Loon State Bird of Minnesota

Your State Bird Is Moving Away Because of Climate Change

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NASA's Hubble Telescope that captured the Messier 87 galaxy.

Was Einstein’s Theory of Relativity … Wrong?

American and British Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

Arts & Entertainment

American and British Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Here's Why Raking Your Leaves Is Bad for the Environment

Truvada

FDA Approves Descovy For HIV Prevention, But With a Caveat

Fat bears

How Fat Bear Week Came to Rule Social Media

Mosquito larvae in a laboratory at the Center for Scientific Research Caucaseco in the outskirts of Cali, Colombia.

Could Malaria Be Eradicated Soon-ish?

lab-grown meat is coming to a table near you

New Study Suggests There's No Need to Cut Down on Red and Processed Meat

SpaceX rocket

Elon Musk Announces SpaceX Mars Mission Prototype

Sequoia National Park, California

This Group Wants to Buy the Largest Private Giant Sequoia Grove. You Can Help.

vaping VAPI illness

A Brief History of VAPI, the Mysterious and Deadly Vaping-Related Illness

Tesla Semi

Did Tesla Just Invent the First Million-Mile EV Battery?

BioLite

Is Your Favorite Company Climate Friendly? A New Certification Will Prove It.

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