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Let your smart home take care of itself while you’re on vacation
Smart home devices aren’t just useful while you’re around the home or out and about—they can also help when you’re…
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Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover?
Europe’s long-awaited ExoMars rover—the first ever for the continent—seems to be cursed. Parachute problems scuppered its initially planned launch in…
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From the archives: A grand tribute and eulogy for Zeppelins
To mark our 150th year, we’re revisiting the Popular Science stories (both hits and misses) that helped define scientific progress, understanding, and…
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What Does ‘Protection’ against COVID Really Mean?
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still scratching their head over a basic question: is there…
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Earth would be unrecognizable without fungi
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. It’s no secret that Earth’s biodiversity is at risk. According to the International…
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When And Where To See The New ‘Starliner’ Spacecraft Launch In Prime-Time Thursday As SpaceX Gets Some Orbital Competition
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as … [+] it is…
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Getting Vaccinated After Infection Could Slash Risk Of Long Covid, Study Finds
Topline Getting vaccinated after a coronavirus infection could slash the risk of developing long Covid, according to a new study…
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After two failed attempts, Boeing’s Starliner will try again this week to reach the ISS
As the saying goes: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Tomorrow, Boeing will attempt to re-launch its…
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Mental Health Care Should Be Available for All, Not a Luxury
For more than 25 years, Richard Youins struggled to find help with his drug addiction. Youins is from New Haven,…
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