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Featuring the latest in daily science news, Verge Science is all you need to keep track of what’s going on in health, the environment, and your whole world. Through our articles, we keep a close eye on the overlap between science and technology news — so you’re more informed.

Four times people cried ‘aliens’ — and four times they were wrong

China’s spiraling space station will plunge to Earth in about a week

Here’s why the snow in Russia turned orange

How two astronauts helped shoot Darren Aronofsky’s new TV series from space

This video is a beautiful reminder to look up at the Moon

“It changes your perspective of things here on Earth.”

Gun deaths could become easier to study thanks to the new spending bill

Congress is giving NASA more money than it requested to build a second launch platform

Elon Musk has removed Tesla and SpaceX’s Facebook pages after Twitter challenge

Chevron’s lawyer, speaking for major oil companies, says climate change is real and it’s your fault

If Facebook controls your mind, so do a lot of other tech companies

Rocket Lab’s disco ball satellite has plunged back to Earth — and some aren’t sad to see it go

Gender confirmation surgery improves transgender people’s lives, research confirms

Katsuko Saruhashi turned radioactive fallout into a scientific legacy

A psychologist explains how to beat social anxiety

A realistic robot fish could help scientists spy on secretive sea life

Google partners with YouTube science channels to teach kids about fake news

What NASA loses without a permanent leader

Watch three astronauts launch to the International Space Station this afternoon

Takeoff is at 1:44PM ET

What happens when an algorithm cuts your health care

I know I won’t get sick, but I’m scared of public toilet seats anyway

This earthquake expert dodged Russian surveillance to try to halt nuclear testing

Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook data abuse shouldn’t get credit for Trump

‘I think Cambridge Analytica is a better marketing company than a targeting company’

SpaceX seeks expansion at the Port of Los Angeles

Ideas for new NASA mission can now include spacecraft powered by plutonium

The nerve agent poisoning in England was a message to the rest of the world

Don’t underestimate pandas, their bodies can neutralize cyanide