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Entertainment

‘Heart of Darkness’ Gets an Animated Update on Instagram

02.20.15

By Sami Emory
Tech

New Fossils Show 160-Million-Year-Old Mammals Were Just as Cool as Dinosaurs

02.12.15

By Becky Ferreira
Pulse

Miami’s Answer to Sea-Level Rise Is Building More Condos

12.24.14

By Laura Dattaro
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UN Climate Change Talks Reach Agreement to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

12.14.14

By Alex Pashley
Pulse

Here’s What New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Did for a Troubled Sandy Relief Program

11.11.14

By Ari Paul
Pulse

Forget What Smokey the Bear Told You

11.06.14

By Shelby Kinney-Lang
Pulse

$129 Billion Worth Of New York City Real Estate Lies In Flood Zones

10.29.14

By Laura Dattaro
Pulse

Here’s How San Francisco is Bracing for Sea Level Rise Estimated to Impact $48 Billion in Assets

10.24.14

By Zoe Sullivan
Pulse

Study Says East and Gulf Coasts Might See Tripling of Flood Events by 2030

10.09.14

By Alexandra Tempus
Pulse

Cloud Seeding Might Provide Relief for Drought-Plagued California

10.08.14

By Jay Cassano
Entertainment

An Excerpt from Michel Gondry’s New Screenplay, ‘L’écume des jours’ (‘Mood Indigo’)

07.03.14

By Michel Gondry and Luc Bossi
Tech

Bees Are Building Nests with Our Waste Plastic

01.22.14

By Victoria Turk

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Horoscopes

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How will your sign fare this week, stargazer?

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By Ashley Fike
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Music

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By Caleb Catlin
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Science

Why NASA Wants to Send a Laser-Powered Drone Into Caves Beneath the Moon

The LUX concept would use a fiber-optic tether to explore lunar caves that could shelter future moon bases.

10 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Health

Your Desk Height Could Be Messing With Your Brain, New Study Finds

Researchers found upright posture was linked to more calculated risk-taking and stronger feelings of pride.

10 hours ago

By Luis Prada
A much, much older Chilean mummy than those in question. Photo: MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images

Science

Scientists Found Smallpox DNA Hidden in 500-Year-Old Chilean Mummies

Researchers accidentally recovered variola DNA from two Indigenous adults buried during the early colonial era.

10 hours ago

By Luis Prada