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A new, safer way to monitor the warming oceans
As the Earth warms with climate change, more than 90 percent of that heat is stored in the ocean, so
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Best of 2016: Visiting the quietest place in the U.S.
I’m sitting with my back against a rotting, red log, my chin resting on my knees as I hug
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Don't look now, but they've invented self-driving bikes
It’s become abundantly clear that we’re hurtling toward a future in which cars drive themselves. Five or ten
Tech
This tech hub actually fights gentrification
“How might we create fertile ground for the African-American community to grow with the city’s current tech boom?” That’
Tech
Sewage could power jumbo jets, say local scientists
There are a lot of reasons to feel crappy about America right now — the fact that we just took a