Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

Science & Health

4 months ago

Australian Regulators: If You Want to Vape, Get a Prescription

Tom McKay

‘2020 Really Belongs to Us’: How the Youth Climate Movement Plans to Save the Planet in November

Science & Health

4 months ago

‘2020 Really Belongs to Us’: How the Youth Climate Movement Plans to Save the Planet in November

Brian Kahn

ISS Manoeuvres to Avoid Space Debris, in What’s Becoming the New Normal

Science & Health

4 months ago

ISS Manoeuvres to Avoid Space Debris, in What’s Becoming the New Normal

George Dvorsky

Record-Breaking Whale Stays Underwater for Mind-Bending 3 Hours and 42 Minutes

Science & Health

4 months ago

Record-Breaking Whale Stays Underwater for Mind-Bending 3 Hours and 42 Minutes

George Dvorsky

‘Brain-Boosting’ Supplements Are Full of Unapproved, Untested Drugs, Study Finds

Science & Health

4 months ago

‘Brain-Boosting’ Supplements Are Full of Unapproved, Untested Drugs, Study Finds

Ed Cara

California Bans Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars Beginning in 2035

Science & Health

4 months ago

California Bans Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars Beginning in 2035

Rhett Jones

New Study Shows We Should Expect More Hellish Weather Conditions In The Future

Science & Health

4 months ago

New Study Shows We Should Expect More Hellish Weather Conditions In The Future

Dharna Noor

Big Oil’s Climate Plans Fail at Every Metric

Science & Health

4 months ago

Big Oil’s Climate Plans Fail at Every Metric

Dharna Noor

Portland Police Ridiculed For Tweeting ‘Molotov Cocktails’ Made From Plastic

Science & Health

4 months ago

Portland Police Ridiculed For Tweeting ‘Molotov Cocktails’ Made From Plastic

Matt Novak

Science & Health

4 months ago

Portland Police Ridiculed For Tweeting ‘Molotov Cocktails’ Made From Plastic

Matt Novak

New Research Shows Funnel Webs Don’t Set Out to Kill Humans

Science & Health

4 months ago

New Research Shows Funnel Webs Don’t Set Out to Kill Humans

Bryan Fry and Volker Herzig

You Can Now Detect Hearing Loss At Home Thanks To Advances In Technology

Science & Health

4 months ago

You Can Now Detect Hearing Loss At Home Thanks To Advances In Technology

Chris Neill

A Look at the 3 Australian COVID Vaccine Candidates to Receive a Government Boost

Science & Health

4 months ago

A Look at the 3 Australian COVID Vaccine Candidates to Receive a Government Boost

Harry Al-Wassiti

5 Things the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Revealed About the Australian Psyche

Science & Health

4 months ago

5 Things the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Revealed About the Australian Psyche

Jayashri Kulkarni

Trump’s TikTok Deal Explained: Walmart, Oracle And What It Means For Your Data

Science & Health

4 months ago

Trump’s TikTok Deal Explained: Walmart, Oracle And What It Means For Your Data

Paul Haskell-Dowland and Nathalie Collins

1,000-Year-Old Precursor to Stainless Steel Found in Iran, Surprising Archaeologists

Science & Health

4 months ago

1,000-Year-Old Precursor to Stainless Steel Found in Iran, Surprising Archaeologists

George Dvorsky

Report: U.S. Pentagon Got $1.4 Billion to Fight Coronavirus, Bought Drones, Jet Parts, and Body Armour Instead

Science & Health

4 months ago

Report: U.S. Pentagon Got $1.4 Billion to Fight Coronavirus, Bought Drones, Jet Parts, and Body Armour Instead

Tom McKay

China Just Made A Major Carbon Neutrality Promise

Science & Health

4 months ago

China Just Made A Major Carbon Neutrality Promise

Dharna Noor

NASA Finally Puts a Price Tag on 2024 Moon Landing

Science & Health

4 months ago

NASA Finally Puts a Price Tag on 2024 Moon Landing

George Dvorsky

Facebook Follows Up Vow to Fight Climate Change With ‘Mass Censorship’ of Climate Activists

Science & Health

4 months ago

Facebook Follows Up Vow to Fight Climate Change With ‘Mass Censorship’ of Climate Activists

Dharna Noor

All We Can Save Redefines ‘We’ in the Climate Fight

Entertainment Reviews

4 months ago

All We Can Save Redefines ‘We’ in the Climate Fight

Brian Kahn

Jellyfish and Chips Could Be a Radical Alternative to Save Australia’s Endangered Fish

Science & Health

4 months ago

Jellyfish and Chips Could Be a Radical Alternative to Save Australia’s Endangered Fish

Sarah Basford Canales

Can Robots Write? Machine Learning Produces Dazzling Results, But Some Assembly is Still Required

Science & Health

4 months ago

Can Robots Write? Machine Learning Produces Dazzling Results, But Some Assembly is Still Required

Alexandra Louise Uitdenbogerd

How Adopting New Tech Could Drive Australia’s Economic Recovery

Science & Health

4 months ago

How Adopting New Tech Could Drive Australia’s Economic Recovery

The Conversation

Why I Implanted Computer Chips In My Hands

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why I Implanted Computer Chips In My Hands

Tamara P Banbury

NOAA Taps New Chief Scientist Who Downplays Climate Change

Science & Health

4 months ago

NOAA Taps New Chief Scientist Who Downplays Climate Change

Brian Kahn

The Australian Bushfires Stuck the Country With a $2 Billion Medical Bill

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Australian Bushfires Stuck the Country With a $2 Billion Medical Bill

Dharna Noor

Science & Health

4 months ago

Arctic Sea Ice Hit a Scary Milestone

Dharna Noor

Science & Health

4 months ago

America’s Hidden Big Cat Problem

Rina Herzl

Australia Has Venomous Snakes, Spiders, and… Trees

Science & Health

4 months ago

Australia Has Venomous Snakes, Spiders, and… Trees

George Dvorsky

Lovecraft Country Expanded Its Mythos With a Carnal Story about War

Entertainment

4 months ago

Lovecraft Country Expanded Its Mythos With a Carnal Story about War

Charles Pulliam-Moore

CDC Says Covid-19 Can Be Airborne, Then Takes It Back

Science & Health

4 months ago

CDC Says Covid-19 Can Be Airborne, Then Takes It Back

Ed Cara

Trump Administration’s Disregard for Wildlife and Culture Spreads Across North America

Science & Health

4 months ago

Trump Administration’s Disregard for Wildlife and Culture Spreads Across North America

Katarzyna Nowak

Two Critically Endangered Javan Rhino Babies Spotted in Indonesia

Science & Health

4 months ago

Two Critically Endangered Javan Rhino Babies Spotted in Indonesia

George Dvorsky

Chinese Propaganda Video Rips Off Hollywood Movies to Fake Bombing of U.S. Base

Science & Health

4 months ago

Chinese Propaganda Video Rips Off Hollywood Movies to Fake Bombing of U.S. Base

Matt Novak

Has Australia Really Had 60,000 Undiagnosed COVID-19 Cases?

Science & Health

4 months ago

Has Australia Really Had 60,000 Undiagnosed COVID-19 Cases?

Andrew Hayen and Gregory Dore

This Video Shows Just How Easily COVID-19 Could Spread When People Sing Together

Science & Health

4 months ago

This Video Shows Just How Easily COVID-19 Could Spread When People Sing Together

The Conversation

If There is Life on Venus, How Could it Have Got There? Origin of Life Experts Explain

Science & Health

4 months ago

If There is Life on Venus, How Could it Have Got There? Origin of Life Experts Explain

Luke Steller and Martin Van Kranendonk

U.S. Border Protection Drones Conducted Flyovers Near Homes of Indigenous Pipeline Activists, Flight Records Show

Gadgets

4 months ago

U.S. Border Protection Drones Conducted Flyovers Near Homes of Indigenous Pipeline Activists, Flight Records Show

Yessenia Funes and Dhruv Mehrotra

Science & Health

4 months ago

John James Audubon Was Never Good

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Science & Health

4 months ago

Hurricane Season Breaks Records, Map

Brian Kahn

120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Mark Possible Migration Route Through Arabian Peninsula

Science & Health

4 months ago

120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Mark Possible Migration Route Through Arabian Peninsula

George Dvorsky

U.S. Health Authority Nukes Absurd Coronavirus Testing Guidance, Now Says All Exposed People ‘Need a Test’

Science & Health

4 months ago

U.S. Health Authority Nukes Absurd Coronavirus Testing Guidance, Now Says All Exposed People ‘Need a Test’

Ed Cara

Science & Health

4 months ago

It Still Looks Bad In The Atlantic

Brian Kahn

Poop Knives, Gassed-Up Gators, and More Absurd Science From the 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes

Science & Health

4 months ago

Poop Knives, Gassed-Up Gators, and More Absurd Science From the 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes

George Dvorsky

ASMR: What We Know So Far About This Unique Brain Phenomenon – and What We Don’t

Science & Health

4 months ago

ASMR: What We Know So Far About This Unique Brain Phenomenon – and What We Don’t

Giulia Poerio

‘Extinction: The Facts’: Attenborough’s New Documentary Is Surprisingly Radical

Entertainment

4 months ago

‘Extinction: The Facts’: Attenborough’s New Documentary Is Surprisingly Radical

Julia P G Jones

Why We Need a Global Citizens’ Assembly on Gene Editing

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why We Need a Global Citizens’ Assembly on Gene Editing

Nicole Curato & Simon Niemeyer

Giraffes Are Basically Fuzzy Lightning Rods, New Research Suggests

Science & Health

4 months ago

Giraffes Are Basically Fuzzy Lightning Rods, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Venus Belongs To Russia, According To The Head Of The Russian State-Run Space Company

Science & Health

4 months ago

Venus Belongs To Russia, According To The Head Of The Russian State-Run Space Company

Tom McKay

The Amazonification of Climate Change Is Here

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Amazonification of Climate Change Is Here

Brian Kahn

Finally, a Cartoon Brave Enough to Tell 10-Year-Olds That Having a Drink Will Kill Them and Everyone They Know

Entertainment

4 months ago

Finally, a Cartoon Brave Enough to Tell 10-Year-Olds That Having a Drink Will Kill Them and Everyone They Know

Rob Bricken

Pregnant Women With Covid-19 More Likely to Give Birth Prematurely, According To The CDC

Science & Health

4 months ago

Pregnant Women With Covid-19 More Likely to Give Birth Prematurely, According To The CDC

Ed Cara

The World’s Plan to Reduce Plastic Pollution Is Trash

Science & Health

4 months ago

The World’s Plan to Reduce Plastic Pollution Is Trash

Dharna Noor

Why Scientists Should Use Magic to Study Animal Intelligence

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Scientists Should Use Magic to Study Animal Intelligence

George Dvorsky

How Far-Right Extremists Are Using the Climate Crisis to Go Mainstream

Science & Health

4 months ago

How Far-Right Extremists Are Using the Climate Crisis to Go Mainstream

Brian Kahn

U.S. Troops Asked About Using ‘Heat Ray’ Weapon Against Protesters, According to Whistleblower

Gadgets

4 months ago

U.S. Troops Asked About Using ‘Heat Ray’ Weapon Against Protesters, According to Whistleblower

Matt Novak

Newly Discovered Mass Extinction Event Triggered the Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Science & Health

4 months ago

Newly Discovered Mass Extinction Event Triggered the Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Michael J. Benton

Auction of Unusually Complete T. Rex Skeleton Could Smash Sales Record

Science & Health

4 months ago

Auction of Unusually Complete T. Rex Skeleton Could Smash Sales Record

George Dvorsky

Lab-Made Antibodies Show Promise for Treating Covid-19

Science & Health

4 months ago

Lab-Made Antibodies Show Promise for Treating Covid-19

Ed Cara

Climate Change Is Now Killing Birds in Midair

Science & Health

4 months ago

Climate Change Is Now Killing Birds in Midair

Dharna Noor

Astronomers Discover First Known Planet to Orbit a White Dwarf Star

Science & Health

4 months ago

Astronomers Discover First Known Planet to Orbit a White Dwarf Star

George Dvorsky

How Ancient Amulets Tried to Ward Off Disease

Science & Health

4 months ago

How Ancient Amulets Tried to Ward Off Disease

Marguerite Johnson

AI Is Making Our Lives Better In Weird And Wonderful Ways, Here’s How

Computing

4 months ago

AI Is Making Our Lives Better In Weird And Wonderful Ways, Here’s How

Chris Neill

How to Deal with China’s Mass Surveillance of Thousands of Australians

Science & Health

4 months ago

How to Deal with China’s Mass Surveillance of Thousands of Australians

Bruce Baer Arnold

A Computer Can Guess More Than 100,000,000,000 Passwords Per Second

Science & Health

4 months ago

A Computer Can Guess More Than 100,000,000,000 Passwords Per Second

Paul Haskell-Dowland and Brianna O'Shea

Moonbase 8 Sees Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C. Reilly Hilariously Try to Get to the Moon

Entertainment

4 months ago

Moonbase 8 Sees Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C. Reilly Hilariously Try to Get to the Moon

Germain Lussier

Now That Venus Is a Candidate for Alien Life, What’s Next?

Science & Health

4 months ago

Now That Venus Is a Candidate for Alien Life, What’s Next?

George Dvorsky

Facebook Launches ‘Climate Science Information Centre’ To Distract Us From Real Solutions

Science & Health

4 months ago

Facebook Launches ‘Climate Science Information Centre’ To Distract Us From Real Solutions

Brian Kahn

Filmmakers Reflect on Reign of Fire, 18 Years After the Bizarre Blockbuster Bomb Became a Cult Film

Entertainment

4 months ago

Filmmakers Reflect on Reign of Fire, 18 Years After the Bizarre Blockbuster Bomb Became a Cult Film

Maria Lewis

Smoke From Wildfires is Clouding Skies on the U.S. East Coast

Science & Health

4 months ago

Smoke From Wildfires is Clouding Skies on the U.S. East Coast

Dharna Noor

Why Hurricane Sally Is Going to Make It Rain So Much

Science & Health

4 months ago

Why Hurricane Sally Is Going to Make It Rain So Much

Brian Kahn

Science & Health

4 months ago

BP Says We’ve Already Reached Peak Oil

Dharna Noor

Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

Science & Health

4 months ago

Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

George Dvorsky

10 Years Ago, World Leaders Set Biodiversity Goals. They have Haven’t Met a Single One.

Science & Health

4 months ago

10 Years Ago, World Leaders Set Biodiversity Goals. They have Haven’t Met a Single One.

Dharna Noor

U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilised According to Whistleblower

Science & Health

4 months ago

U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilised According to Whistleblower

Matt Novak

The First Step to Conserving the Great Barrier Reef Is Understanding What Lives There

Science & Health

4 months ago

The First Step to Conserving the Great Barrier Reef Is Understanding What Lives There

Tom Bridge, Andrea Quattrini, Andrew Baird, Peter Cowman

Facebook Wants to Fight Climate Change But Isn’t Doing Anything More to Stop the Spread of Misinformation

Entertainment

4 months ago

Facebook Wants to Fight Climate Change But Isn’t Doing Anything More to Stop the Spread of Misinformation

Cam Wilson

Golden State Killer Investigator Paul Holes on the Reality of Solving Murders for TV

Entertainment

4 months ago

Golden State Killer Investigator Paul Holes on the Reality of Solving Murders for TV

Tegan Jones

New Coins Celebrate Indigenous Astronomy, the Stars, and the Dark Spaces Between Them

Science & Health

4 months ago

New Coins Celebrate Indigenous Astronomy, the Stars, and the Dark Spaces Between Them

Duane W. Hamacher

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Arctic We Know Is Disappearing

Dharna Noor

Google’s Carbon Offset Plan Shows Where the World Has Failed on Climate Change

Science & Health

4 months ago

Google’s Carbon Offset Plan Shows Where the World Has Failed on Climate Change

Dharna Noor

How to Fireproof California’s Electric Grid

Science & Health

4 months ago

How to Fireproof California’s Electric Grid

Dharna Noor

Scientists Detect Apparent Signature of Life in Venus’s Atmosphere

Science & Health

4 months ago

Scientists Detect Apparent Signature of Life in Venus’s Atmosphere

George Dvorsky

Should a Covid-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Kids? Health Experts Are Trying to Decide

Science & Health

4 months ago

Should a Covid-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory for Kids? Health Experts Are Trying to Decide

Ed Cara

Science & Health

4 months ago

Looks Bad

Brian Kahn

We Actually Know Very Little About Protecting Our Threatened Primates

Science & Health

4 months ago

We Actually Know Very Little About Protecting Our Threatened Primates

Jo Setchell

Science & Health

4 months ago

Soon We Might Get to See Mars in 8K

Alyse Stanley

Science & Health

4 months ago

Soon We Might Get to See Mars in 8K

Alyse Stanley

The Most Apocalyptic Photos From the U.S. West Coast Fires This Week

Science & Health

4 months ago

The Most Apocalyptic Photos From the U.S. West Coast Fires This Week

Jody Serrano

While the West Coast Burns, the U.S. Weather Agency Welcomes a Climate Change Denier Onboard

Science & Health

4 months ago

While the West Coast Burns, the U.S. Weather Agency Welcomes a Climate Change Denier Onboard

Alyse Stanley

For Some Strange Reason, Orcas Are Ramming Into Boats in Northern Spain

Science & Health

4 months ago

For Some Strange Reason, Orcas Are Ramming Into Boats in Northern Spain

Jody Serrano

Australia Burned Under a Haze of Misinformation Earlier This Year. The U.S. Is Next.

Science & Health

4 months ago

Australia Burned Under a Haze of Misinformation Earlier This Year. The U.S. Is Next.

Ketan Joshi

California Passes Law to Help Inmate Firefighters Pursue Professional Careers in the Field

Science & Health

5 months ago

California Passes Law to Help Inmate Firefighters Pursue Professional Careers in the Field

Jody Serrano

Mining Firm CEO Resigns After Razing an Australian Indigenous Site

Science & Health

5 months ago

Mining Firm CEO Resigns After Razing an Australian Indigenous Site

Tom McKay

Funky Discrepancy Deepens Dark Matter Mystery

Science & Health

5 months ago

Funky Discrepancy Deepens Dark Matter Mystery

George Dvorsky

Scientists Flag ‘Inconsistencies’ in Russian Vaccine Study

Science & Health

5 months ago

Scientists Flag ‘Inconsistencies’ in Russian Vaccine Study

Ed Cara

Conservative Media May Be Influencing People Not to Evacuate During Hurricanes

Science & Health

5 months ago

Conservative Media May Be Influencing People Not to Evacuate During Hurricanes

Dharna Noor

Pentagon Official Warns About Chinese Drones Without Explaining Specific Security Risks (Again)

Gadgets

5 months ago

Pentagon Official Warns About Chinese Drones Without Explaining Specific Security Risks (Again)

Matt Novak

Science & Health

5 months ago

Where Do We Go From Here?

Brian Kahn

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