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

Asymptomatic Cases of COVID-19 Might Be More Common Than We Think

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6 months ago

Asymptomatic Cases of COVID-19 Might Be More Common Than We Think

Sarah Basford Canales

Your AI Chatbot Therapist Isn’t Sure What It’s Doing

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6 months ago

Your AI Chatbot Therapist Isn’t Sure What It’s Doing

Camille Sojit

Mining Company Blows Up 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site, Expresses No Regrets

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6 months ago

Mining Company Blows Up 46,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Site, Expresses No Regrets

George Dvorsky

Lots of People Have Weird Digestive Troubles, Global Survey Finds

Science & Health

6 months ago

Lots of People Have Weird Digestive Troubles, Global Survey Finds

Ed Cara

Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here [Updated]

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6 months ago

Watch SpaceX Launch NASA Astronauts to Space Live Right Here [Updated]

George Dvorsky

Study Finds Vaping Puts an ‘Incredible Amount of Stress’ on Mouth Bacteria

Science & Health

6 months ago

Study Finds Vaping Puts an ‘Incredible Amount of Stress’ on Mouth Bacteria

Ed Cara

Only Half of Americans Say They will Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 According to New Poll

Science & Health

6 months ago

Only Half of Americans Say They will Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 According to New Poll

Matt Novak

Insurance Companies Are Subsidizing Fox News’ Coronavirus and Climate Misinformation

Science & Health

6 months ago

Insurance Companies Are Subsidizing Fox News’ Coronavirus and Climate Misinformation

Dharna Noor

Scientists Record Rarely Heard Sounds Made by Narwhals

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6 months ago

Scientists Record Rarely Heard Sounds Made by Narwhals

George Dvorsky

Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground

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6 months ago

Millions of Noisy Cicadas to Emerge This Year After 17 Years Underground

George Dvorsky

Say Hello to ‘Glacier Mice,’ a Herd of Mysterious Moving Moss Balls

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6 months ago

Say Hello to ‘Glacier Mice,’ a Herd of Mysterious Moving Moss Balls

Jody Serrano

COVID-19 Pandemic Sees A Surge In The Sales Of Bane Masks

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6 months ago

COVID-19 Pandemic Sees A Surge In The Sales Of Bane Masks

Shabana Arif

Trump: Churches Are ‘Essential’ And Should Reopen Immediately Because I Said So

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6 months ago

Trump: Churches Are ‘Essential’ And Should Reopen Immediately Because I Said So

Alyse Stanley

Peak Oil Isn’t Here But It Could Be In Sight

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6 months ago

Peak Oil Isn’t Here But It Could Be In Sight

Erik Shilling

5 Reasons Why Zoom Meetings Are So Exhausting

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7 months ago

5 Reasons Why Zoom Meetings Are So Exhausting

Libby Sander and Oliver Bauman

Inside The Ship That Stands Watch Over The Melting Arctic

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7 months ago

Inside The Ship That Stands Watch Over The Melting Arctic

Chiara Eisner

This Site Offers Australia’s Coronavirus Case Tally With Informative Graphs

Science & Health

8 months ago

This Site Offers Australia’s Coronavirus Case Tally With Informative Graphs

Sarah Basford

Cars

8 months ago

Study: Taking Cars Off The Road May Slow Coronavirus Spread

Bradley Brownell

How To Get The Coronavirus Out Of Your Car

Cars

8 months ago

How To Get The Coronavirus Out Of Your Car

Bradley Brownell

Impossible Burgers Aren’t Healthy, And That’s The Whole Point

Science & Health

9 months ago

Impossible Burgers Aren’t Healthy, And That’s The Whole Point

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Some People In The U.S. Can’t Use Wi-Fi Because Of A Radio Telescope

Science & Health

9 months ago

Some People In The U.S. Can’t Use Wi-Fi Because Of A Radio Telescope

Joanna Nelius

Many U.S. States Still Can’t Test Locally For Coronavirus Despite Promises From Trump Regime

Science & Health

9 months ago

Many U.S. States Still Can’t Test Locally For Coronavirus Despite Promises From Trump Regime

Matt Novak

20 Countries Report First Cases Of Coronavirus This Week As Infections Skyrocket

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9 months ago

20 Countries Report First Cases Of Coronavirus This Week As Infections Skyrocket

Matt Novak

How To Recline Your Aeroplane Seat Without Being A Jerk

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9 months ago

How To Recline Your Aeroplane Seat Without Being A Jerk

Andrew Couts

There’s A Good Chance Climate Change Will Kill The Rally Sweden

Cars

10 months ago

There’s A Good Chance Climate Change Will Kill The Rally Sweden

Elizabeth Blackstock

Is Cleaning Your Ears With Cotton Swabs Really That Dangerous?

Science & Health

10 months ago

Is Cleaning Your Ears With Cotton Swabs Really That Dangerous?

Ed Cara

Red Cross Has Dispersed Just 25 Per Cent Of Money Raised For Australian Bushfire Victims

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10 months ago

Red Cross Has Dispersed Just 25 Per Cent Of Money Raised For Australian Bushfire Victims

Matt Novak

Science & Health

10 months ago

How Effective Is The Pill?

Deborah Bateson and Kathleen McNamee

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Has A Twitch Channel Now

Online

10 months ago

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Has A Twitch Channel Now

Alex Walker

Australia’s Terrible Telecom Infrastructure Leaving People Without Vital Info During Bushfire Crisis

Science & Health

11 months ago

Australia’s Terrible Telecom Infrastructure Leaving People Without Vital Info During Bushfire Crisis

Matt Novak

Google Confirms Achieving Quantum Supremacy

Science & Health

12 months ago

Google Confirms Achieving Quantum Supremacy

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

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12 months ago

Where To Buy The Right Face Masks For Smoke

Leah Williams

How To Avoid Food Poisoning At Summer Picnics

Science & Health

12 months ago

How To Avoid Food Poisoning At Summer Picnics

M. Kirk and E. Fearnley and K. Glass

My Carbon Footprint Is Massive, Here’s How I’m Going To Change It

Science & Health

12 months ago

My Carbon Footprint Is Massive, Here’s How I’m Going To Change It

Elizabeth Blackstock

Ageing Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist

Cars

12 months ago

Ageing Megastar Deeply Threatened By Teenage Climate Activist

Alanis King

Toyota Isn’t The Environmentally Friendly One

Cars

1 year ago

Toyota Isn’t The Environmentally Friendly One

Aaron Gordon

Science & Health

1 year ago

Scientists Looked At Sea Levels 125,000 Years In The Past And The Results Are Terrifying

F. Hibbert and E. Rohling and K. Grant

Top Secret Spaceplane Lands In Florida After Spending Over 2 Years In Orbit

Science & Health

1 year ago

Top Secret Spaceplane Lands In Florida After Spending Over 2 Years In Orbit

Matt Novak

Fresh Look At New Horizons Data Shows Pluto’s ‘Far Side’ In Unprecedented Detail

Science & Health

1 year ago

Fresh Look At New Horizons Data Shows Pluto’s ‘Far Side’ In Unprecedented Detail

George Dvorsky

Scientists Say Their Experimental Drug Knocks Out The Flu, In Animal Tests At Least

Online

1 year ago

Scientists Say Their Experimental Drug Knocks Out The Flu, In Animal Tests At Least

Ed Cara

Google Releases Five ‘Digital Wellbeing’ Experiments To Curb Your Smartphone Addiction

Science & Health

1 year ago

Google Releases Five ‘Digital Wellbeing’ Experiments To Curb Your Smartphone Addiction

Victoria Song

This Uninhabited Island Is Covered In Rubber Bands Because Birds Think They’re Worms

Science & Health

1 year ago

This Uninhabited Island Is Covered In Rubber Bands Because Birds Think They’re Worms

George Dvorsky

Just My Opinion: The Company Offering $190,000 For The Perfect Robot Face Should Choose Luigi

Science & Health

1 year ago

Just My Opinion: The Company Offering $190,000 For The Perfect Robot Face Should Choose Luigi

Tom McKay

Aye-Ayes Have Been Hiding A Secret Sixth Finger This Whole Time

Science & Health

1 year ago

Aye-Ayes Have Been Hiding A Secret Sixth Finger This Whole Time

George Dvorsky

The Bacteria That Cause Stomach Ulcers Are Becoming Drug-Resistant, Too

Science & Health

1 year ago

The Bacteria That Cause Stomach Ulcers Are Becoming Drug-Resistant, Too

Ed Cara

Cars

1 year ago

They Taught Rats How To Drive

Justin T. Westbrook

Elon Musk On His Space Internet: ‘Whoa, It Worked’

Science & Health

1 year ago

Elon Musk On His Space Internet: ‘Whoa, It Worked’

George Dvorsky

NASA Needs New Strategies To Protect The Solar System From Earthly Contamination, Report Finds

Science & Health

1 year ago

NASA Needs New Strategies To Protect The Solar System From Earthly Contamination, Report Finds

George Dvorsky

These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are A Surprisingly Effective Form Of Pest Control

Science & Health

1 year ago

These Rat-Eating Monkeys Are A Surprisingly Effective Form Of Pest Control

George Dvorsky

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Science & Health

1 year ago

Could Protein Spun Like Cotton Candy Make Lab-Grown Steak Possible?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

It Took Just Three Weeks For Superbug To Resist Last-Resort Drug, Doctors Say

Science & Health

1 year ago

It Took Just Three Weeks For Superbug To Resist Last-Resort Drug, Doctors Say

Ed Cara

Mysterious Cases Of Paralysis In Children May Be Caused By Polio-Like Viruses

Science & Health

1 year ago

Mysterious Cases Of Paralysis In Children May Be Caused By Polio-Like Viruses

Ed Cara

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Science & Health

1 year ago

World’s Loudest Bird Shrieks Directly Into Potential Mates’ Faces

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos Contamination

Science & Health

1 year ago

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Baby Powder Over Possible Asbestos Contamination

Ed Cara

Scientists Can Now See Stranded Whales From Space

Science & Health

1 year ago

Scientists Can Now See Stranded Whales From Space

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence On Saturn’s Moon Titan

Science & Health

1 year ago

Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence On Saturn’s Moon Titan

George Dvorsky

Uh… The U.S. Army Just Contracted With Tom DeLonge’s UFO Group To Study Those ‘Alien Alloys’

Science & Health

1 year ago

Uh… The U.S. Army Just Contracted With Tom DeLonge’s UFO Group To Study Those ‘Alien Alloys’

Tom McKay

Science & Health

1 year ago

We’re Not Ready For The Next Pandemic

Ed Cara

Don’t Sell Human Fetuses on Facebook, Even Super Old Ones

Science & Health

1 year ago

Don’t Sell Human Fetuses on Facebook, Even Super Old Ones

Catie Keck

U.S. Border Patrol Reportedly Eyes Face Recognition For Body Cams

Science & Health

1 year ago

U.S. Border Patrol Reportedly Eyes Face Recognition For Body Cams

Tom McKay

The Potential Of Green Urban Planning For Mental Health

Science & Health

1 year ago

The Potential Of Green Urban Planning For Mental Health

Robin George Andrews on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to Gizmodo

Hurricane Dorian Oil Spill Has Reached Freshwater Resources In The Bahamas

Science & Health

1 year ago

Hurricane Dorian Oil Spill Has Reached Freshwater Resources In The Bahamas

Yessenia Funes

Fat Can Build Up In The Lungs, Study Finds, Which May Explain Obesity-Asthma Link

Science & Health

1 year ago

Fat Can Build Up In The Lungs, Study Finds, Which May Explain Obesity-Asthma Link

Ed Cara

Blue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds

Science & Health

1 year ago

Blue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds

Ed Cara

Science & Health

1 year ago

Do Not Fear The Brainless Blob Monster

Tom McKay

Science & Health

1 year ago

Hear Me Out: Super Bees

Jennings Brown

First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled For Friday

Science & Health

1 year ago

First All-Women Spacewalk Scheduled For Friday

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million

Science & Health

1 year ago

Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million

Tom McKay

Modern Humans Inherited Even More DNA From Neanderthals And Denisovans Than We Thought

Science & Health

1 year ago

Modern Humans Inherited Even More DNA From Neanderthals And Denisovans Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

It’s Bomb Cyclone Time For The Northeast

Science & Health

1 year ago

It’s Bomb Cyclone Time For The Northeast

Brian Kahn

Arianna Huffington On Quest To Create The Methadone Of Tech

Science & Health

1 year ago

Arianna Huffington On Quest To Create The Methadone Of Tech

Jennings Brown

A New Skill Could Let Smart Speakers Monitor A Sleeping Baby’s Breathing And Movement

Science & Health

1 year ago

A New Skill Could Let Smart Speakers Monitor A Sleeping Baby’s Breathing And Movement

Andrew Liszewski

Fighting Climate Change Is Key To Preventing Future Ebola Epidemics, Study Finds

Science & Health

1 year ago

Fighting Climate Change Is Key To Preventing Future Ebola Epidemics, Study Finds

Yessenia Funes

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Science & Health

1 year ago

Scientists Use Lab-Grown Brains To Study What Makes Us Human

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Science & Health

1 year ago

How That Giant Homemade Modular Synth Wound Up At MIT

Lauren W. Dillard

Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem To Contain References To A Massive Solar Storm

Science & Health

1 year ago

Ancient Assyrian Tablets Seem To Contain References To A Massive Solar Storm

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

NASA’s Plan To Rescue InSight’s Stuck Heat Probe Appears To Be Working

Science & Health

1 year ago

NASA’s Plan To Rescue InSight’s Stuck Heat Probe Appears To Be Working

George Dvorsky

Taco Bell Recalls A Million Kilos Of Beef Due To Reports Of ‘Metal Shavings’

Science & Health

1 year ago

Taco Bell Recalls A Million Kilos Of Beef Due To Reports Of ‘Metal Shavings’

Jennings Brown

Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital Of The Khmer Empire

Science & Health

1 year ago

Aerial Laser Scans Uncover Hidden Early Capital Of The Khmer Empire

George Dvorsky

The Voyager Missions Saw A ‘Tsunami’ Of Solar Activity Sending A Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar Space

Science & Health

1 year ago

The Voyager Missions Saw A ‘Tsunami’ Of Solar Activity Sending A Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar Space

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Discovery Of Bronze Age Warrior’s Kit Sheds New Light On An Epic Prehistoric Battle

Science & Health

1 year ago

Discovery Of Bronze Age Warrior’s Kit Sheds New Light On An Epic Prehistoric Battle

George Dvorsky

In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire City

Science & Health

1 year ago

In Unprecedented Move, London Police Ban Extinction Rebellion Climate Protests Throughout Entire City

Tom McKay

The UK Just Got More Power From Renewables Than Fossil Fuels, A First Since 1882

Science & Health

1 year ago

The UK Just Got More Power From Renewables Than Fossil Fuels, A First Since 1882

Brian Kahn

A Study That Linked Shorter Lifespans To CRISPR Baby Mutation Has Been Retracted

Science & Health

1 year ago

A Study That Linked Shorter Lifespans To CRISPR Baby Mutation Has Been Retracted

Ed Cara

Toxic Algae Blooms Really Have Become More Intense, Study Finds

Science & Health

1 year ago

Toxic Algae Blooms Really Have Become More Intense, Study Finds

Ed Cara

‘Apocalypse In The Making’: Authorities To Use Drones And Snipers To Kill Infected North Korean Pigs

Science & Health

1 year ago

‘Apocalypse In The Making’: Authorities To Use Drones And Snipers To Kill Infected North Korean Pigs

Jennings Brown

Scientists Discover Hidden Information In 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics Concept

Science & Health

1 year ago

Scientists Discover Hidden Information In 140-Year-Old Fundamental Physics Concept

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The New Interstellar Object Looks Surprisingly Familiar

Science & Health

1 year ago

The New Interstellar Object Looks Surprisingly Familiar

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Singapore Bans Soft Drink Ads To Curb Diabetes Epidemic

Science & Health

1 year ago

Singapore Bans Soft Drink Ads To Curb Diabetes Epidemic

Allison Robicelli

Singapore Airlines Launches “Farm To Plane” Meals With Veggies Grown Under 2km From The Runway

Science & Health

1 year ago

Singapore Airlines Launches “Farm To Plane” Meals With Veggies Grown Under 2km From The Runway

Aimee Levitt

A Smooth Ride And Built-In Tracking Make Cannondale’s Treadwell A Bike For The Rest Of Us

Reviews

1 year ago

A Smooth Ride And Built-In Tracking Make Cannondale’s Treadwell A Bike For The Rest Of Us

Andrew Liszewski

Nurses At New Jersey Hospital Fed Patients Benadryl To Avoid Work, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges

Science & Health

1 year ago

Nurses At New Jersey Hospital Fed Patients Benadryl To Avoid Work, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Cara

Ancient Egyptian ‘Industrial Zone’ Uncovered In Luxor’s Valley Of The Monkeys

Science & Health

1 year ago

Ancient Egyptian ‘Industrial Zone’ Uncovered In Luxor’s Valley Of The Monkeys

George Dvorsky

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

Science & Health

1 year ago

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

Jennings Brown

Over 150,000 Americans Have Rare DNA Fluke And Don’t Know It, Study Of 23andMe Data Finds

Science & Health

1 year ago

Over 150,000 Americans Have Rare DNA Fluke And Don’t Know It, Study Of 23andMe Data Finds

Ed Cara

Report Finds Nearly Two-Third Of America’s Birds Vulnerable To Extinction From Climate Change

Science & Health

1 year ago

Report Finds Nearly Two-Third Of America’s Birds Vulnerable To Extinction From Climate Change

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Two Weeks After Amazon Made Its ‘Climate Pledge,’ It Joined Big Oil For Its ‘Accelerate Production 4.0’ Event

Science & Health

1 year ago

Two Weeks After Amazon Made Its ‘Climate Pledge,’ It Joined Big Oil For Its ‘Accelerate Production 4.0’ Event

Brian Merchant

MIT Confirms A Bridge Leonardo Da Vinci Designed 500 Years Ago Was An Ancient Engineering Marvel

Science & Health

1 year ago

MIT Confirms A Bridge Leonardo Da Vinci Designed 500 Years Ago Was An Ancient Engineering Marvel

Andrew Liszewski

Check Out NASA’s Look For The Next Lunar Landing

Science & Health

1 year ago

Check Out NASA’s Look For The Next Lunar Landing

Alyse Stanley

NASA Space Weather Satellite Set To Launch Today, Finally

Science & Health

1 year ago

NASA Space Weather Satellite Set To Launch Today, Finally

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

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