Bigelow’s next-generation inflatable space habitat is shooting for the Moon

Welcome to your new home, the B330

By Loren Grush

If forests go up in smoke, so can carbon offsets

The Amazon is still burning, and that’s called attention to another hot topic: carbon offsets

By Justine Calma

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CNN will stop running Juul and other e-cigarette ads after vaping deaths

By Adi Robertson September 13

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Aluminum is recycling’s new best friend, but it’s complicated

By Justine Calma September 12

People are throwing their Juuls out windows and drenching them in water just to quit

By Ashley Carman September 11

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Trump calls on FDA to ban all flavored vapes after mystery lung illness

By Makena Kelly September 11

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Dangerous results from unproven stem cell treatments led to Google ad ban

By Max Levy

Water vapor — and maybe even rain — found on distant world twice the size of Earth

By Loren Grush September 11

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Burned areas of the Amazon could take centuries to fully recover

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega September 10

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These may be the best climate investments $1.8 trillion can buy

By Justine Calma September 10

Furious storm over Trump’s tweets continues to rage at NOAA

By Justine Calma September 9

India says it has found its Moon lander, but it still cannot communicate with it

By Loren Grush September 9

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India loses communication with lunar lander shortly before scheduled landing on the Moon

By Loren Grush September 6

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Russia’s humanoid robot Skybot is on its way home after a two-week stay in space

By Loren Grush September 6

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Three people have died of a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping as cases skyrocket

By Mary Beth Griggs September 6

Google’s Discover feed faces climate change controversy

By Justine Calma September 6

Justice Department launches antitrust probe into four automakers around emissions deal with California

By Andrew J. Hawkins September 6

Watch India try to land a spacecraft intact on the Moon for the first time

By Loren Grush September 6

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Tom Hegen’s aerial photography captures the human impact on natural landscapes

By Alex Parkin

Chemical contaminant identified as ‘key focus’ of investigation into vaping illness

By Justine Calma September 5

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Energy

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Storm chasers are searching the clouds for the key to climate change

By Josh Dzieza September 5

Democrats are divided on using nuclear energy to stop climate change

By Justine Calma September 5

As Dorian threatens real destruction, Trump pushes a fantasy forecast

By Justine Calma September 4

A bug in SpaceX’s communication system kept the company in the dark about potential satellite collision

By Loren Grush September 4

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Internet-from-space provider OneWeb says it will provide coverage to the Arctic by 2020

By Loren Grush September 4

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Michigan becomes the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes

By Mary Beth Griggs September 4

Why Dorian stalled out over the Bahamas

By Justine Calma September 3

See Hurricane Dorian’s monstrous size in these photos from above

By Mary Beth Griggs September 3

XKCD’s Randall Munroe on his new book How To and the joys of using science to build lava moats

By Chaim Gartenberg September 3

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How NASA’s busiest Florida spaceport is preparing for Hurricane Dorian

By Loren Grush August 30

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The Trump administration stands up US Space Command as fate of Space Force is still undecided

By Loren Grush

Space Command is officially back

Possible Juul link to seizures kicks off FDA investigation

By Mary Beth Griggs August 29

The FTC is reportedly investigating Juul Labs over its marketing practices

By Ashley Carman August 29

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Greta Thunberg wraps up 15-day carbon-free voyage to New York City

By Justine Calma August 28

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NASA asks students to help name the next Mars rover

By Barbara Krasnoff August 28

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Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon

By Justine Calma August 28

Please help DARPA find a new underground research lair

By Adi Robertson August 28

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A mandate to fly NASA’s mission to Europa on a delayed rocket could cost an extra $1 billion

By Loren Grush August 28

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Samsung apologizes for asking women’s sex toy company to hide product at women in tech event

By Jacob Kastrenakes August 28