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If the Earth was suddenly threatened by life-threatening event. And we only had 50 years notice to leave Earth... how far could we go?

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Hubble just captured one of the coolest photos of Mars ever taken

Alessandra Potenza May 19, 2016 03:34 pm05.19.2016 14

A week ago, astronomers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to take this striking image of the Red Planet as it was 50 million miles away from Earth. The photo shows Mars' rusty landscape, its polar caps,...

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Tracking the Zika outbreak in the Americas

Arielle Duhaime-Ross March 1, 2016 05:24 pm03.01.2016

An outbreak of the Zika virus in the Americas has turned into a public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization. Though most cases of the virus are harmless, some health officials...

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These biodegradable six-pack rings double as fish food

Lizzie Plaugic May 19, 2016 02:08 pm05.19.2016

Florida's Saltwater Brewery has a pretty clever idea for replacing those environment-destroying plastic rings holding your Tecate cans together: animal food. Technically, the rings are a combination of...

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How the media fell for an 'anti-Zika' condom stunt

Arielle Duhaime-Ross May 19, 2016 02:06 pm05.19.2016

When Australia's athletes travel to Rio for the Olympics this summer, they'll be equipped with "anti-Zika condoms" — or at least that's how Reuters, Gizmodo, Fusion, and Jezebel portrayed condoms made...

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Static electricity will help tiny flying robots perch anywhere

James Vincent May 19, 2016 02:00 pm05.19.2016 4

Flying can be exhausting when you’re a tiny, bee-sized robot, but researchers from Harvard have created a new way to let little winged bots take a break. Using static electricity, robots no bigger than a...

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Pools are gross, new CDC study confirms

Arielle Duhaime-Ross May 19, 2016 01:00 pm05.19.2016

Pools are disgusting. That's the only sane conclusion that can be reached after reading today's CDC report on violations found at public aquatic venues in five states in 2013. Routine inspection conducted...

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The Verge Review of Animals: the domestic cat

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This is the first column in a series, where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we've written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now...

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SpaceX transports its landed Falcon 9 rocket to its temporary home in Florida

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Massive tsunamis on Mars could have shaped the planet's surface

Alessandra Potenza May 19, 2016 12:36 pm05.19.2016 3

Two massive tsunamis may have rocked Mars when the planet was covered with oceans billions of years ago, according to a new study. The tsunamis may have been caused by meteorite impacts, researchers say....

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Theranos throws out all Edison blood test results from 2014 and 2015

Sam Byford May 19, 2016 12:51 am05.19.2016 5

Theranos has voided two years of results from its Edison blood-testing machines, issuing tens of thousands of corrected reports to patients and doctors and raising the possibility that many health care...

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Congress wants to know if NASA can really get to Mars

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Members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology repeatedly questioned the feasibility of NASA's strategy to get to the Red Planet by the 2030s at a special hearing today. Representatives...

New method for building antibiotics could produce 'thousands' of drug candidates

Arielle Duhaime-Ross May 18, 2016 01:00 pm05.18.2016

A new method that lets scientists make antibiotics from scratch could lead to the development of thousands of new drug candidates, according to a study published today in Nature. But some experts caution...

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This short video explains why the US hasn't destroyed the final samples of smallpox

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Errol Morris is one of the best documentarians working today. His subjects range from former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the person who dresses up as New York baseball mascot, Mr. Met....

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