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California’s earthquake warning app: how it works and what comes next

Smartphones will warn Californians of an earthquake seconds before they feel them

By Justine Calma

Juul suspends sale of fruity flavor pods

They’re getting ahead of the Trump administration

By Makena Kelly

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Watch two NASA astronauts conduct the first all-female spacewalk in history

By Loren Grush
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This live stream of a whale skeleton getting eaten is metal as hell

By Justine Calma
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Lawmaker who helps fund NASA questions the agency’s need to get to the Moon by 2024

By Loren Grush
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Virgin Galactic shows off the suits its customers will wear during joyrides to space

By Loren Grush

NASA unveils future Moon spacesuits that should be ready by 2024

By Loren Grush

There’s still a lot of work to do

New computer model predicts where Ebola might strike next

By Justine Calma

With more rocket launches comes more cleanup

By Justine Calma

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Next year, new space missions will test technologies to fix busted satellites in orbit

By Loren Grush
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Stratolaunch, which built the world’s largest plane, is changing ownership

By Loren Grush
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Google defends contributions to climate change-denying think tanks

By Makena Kelly
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Elon Musk and NASA administrator claim SpaceX could fly its first crew in the first part of 2020

By Loren Grush
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Vaping lung death toll hits 26 as CDC investigation continues

Nearly 1,300 lung injury cases reported

By Mary Beth Griggs
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Vaping health crisis: the latest on lung injuries, exploding e-cigs, and seizures

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California can expect more blackouts as utilities companies move to stop fires — and lawsuits

By Justine Calma

After years of delays, NASA is finally poised to launch a satellite to better understand space weather

By Loren Grush
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Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit announces plans to send tiny vehicles to Mars

By Loren Grush

Fat Bear Week’s bears survived a historically hot summer

By Justine Calma

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Cocaine is driving deforestation, climate change, and migration

By Justine Calma

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Robots are mass-producing the meal of the future: insects

By William Poor
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the vaping health crisis

By Mary Beth Griggs

Protesters douse Wall Street bull with fake blood

By Justine Calma

NASA is getting ready for the first all-female spacewalk — again

By Loren Grush
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Dozens of activists arrested in a ‘global climate rebellion’

By Justine Calma

Don’t use THC vapes, FDA says, as lung injury death toll increases

By Nick Statt
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Behind the scenes of the viral social media campaign for Fat Bear Week

By Justine Calma
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Elon Musk’s future Starship updates could use more details on human health and survival

By Loren Grush
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The Trump administration wants to start DNA testing immigrants

By Zoe Schiffer

Aquatic hitchhikers might have taken a ride on Hurricane Dorian’s floodwaters

By Justine Calma

The Italian Air Force plans to fly researchers on one of Virgin Galactic’s flights to space

By Loren Grush

Researchers doing research in space

Startup that aims to 3D-print rockets says it’s fully funded for its first commercial missions

By Loren Grush
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You don’t need Dyson’s $649 Pure Cryptomic air purifier to get formaldehyde out of your house

By Cameron Faulkner
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NASA is now officially accepting proposals for landers to take people to the Moon

By Loren Grush
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SpaceX’s massive Starship test rocket shines in Boca Chica, Texas

By Loren Grush
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Elon Musk aims to put SpaceX’s Starship in orbit in six months

By Mary Beth Griggs
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Watch Elon Musk give a design update on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket

By Loren Grush
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McDonald’s starts testing Beyond Meat burgers in Canada

By Chaim Gartenberg
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When it comes to the environmental costs of flights ‘we need to figure out how to turn that shame into action’

By Justine Calma