Today’s Earth Day Google Doodle focuses on some of the planet’s record-breaking creatures
It’s Earth Day, a day to appreciate the large chunk of rock that serves as our protective spaceship as it
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Artist Jenny Odell explains why place is the antidote to the attention economy
“I think it’s significant that I haven’t left the Bay Area,” says writer and artist Jenny Odell, who grew up
Read MoreThe latest lost satellite is now space junk that could put other spacecraft at risk
On Thursday, satellite service provider Intelsat announced that one of its communications satellites is now completely lost in orbit above
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Marijuana legalization looks promising, but plenty of questions remain
This year, April 20th feels different. Marijuana enthusiasts have long celebrated 4/20, but now that businesses are seeing profit potential,
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Science doesn’t explain tech’s diversity problem — history does
You can’t fix something by ignoring it Continue reading…
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What a scholar learned from studying the world of life-hackers
Joseph Reagle’s new book about life-hacking has the word “discontents” right in the subtitle, but he wants to be clear
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Why Juul and Republican lawmakers want to raise the minimum vaping age
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing a new bill that would block all tobacco and vape purchases for Americans
Read MoreNASA astronaut Christina Koch’s first space mission now set to break ISS record
Today, NASA announced which astronauts will be traveling to and from the International Space Station through the end of the
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Binge-watching news of terror attacks creates a vicious cycle
Watching wall-to-wall coverage of domestic terrorism can cause people to develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Those symptoms, in turn,
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How big data for DNA puts you at risk — even if you’ve never taken a test
The rise of direct-to-consumer DNA tests comes with a host of thorny problems, including how to interpret the data and
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