The Verge Review of Animals: Bibi the hippo

Bibi’s got another baby hippo

By Justine Calma

Monkeypox 2022: everything you need to know

It’s not COVID-19 all over again

By Nicole Wetsman and Mary Beth Griggs

Science

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Biden administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency

By Nicole Wetsman August 4

Monkeypox can’t use the same at-home testing playbook as COVID-19

By Nicole Wetsman August 4

How machine learning could help save threatened species from extinction

By Justine Calma August 4

Spain bans setting the AC below 27 degrees Celsius

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy August 3

87 comments / new

Patients did DIY blood draws in a new vaccine study

By Nicole Wetsman

Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico

By Justine Calma August 3

CHINA-HAINAN-WENTIAN LAB MODULE-LAUNCH(CN)

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Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool

By Nicole Wetsman August 2

The Verge’s Guide to working from home

The uneven energy costs of working from home

By Justine Calma August 2

14 comments / new

Natural Cycles now accepts temperature data from the Oura smart ring

By Nicole Wetsman August 2

Amazon's climate pollution is getting way worse

By Justine Calma August 1

The US organ transplant network is built on shaky technology, reports say

By Nicole Wetsman August 1

China’s uncontrolled rocket crashes down over the Indian Ocean

By Emma Roth July 30

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The UK’s extreme heatwave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

By Justine Calma July 29

It’s time for another round of anxiety over a Chinese rocket booster falling back to Earth

By Loren Grush July 28

Permian Basin In West Texas In The Spotlight As Oil Prices Soar

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Can hydrogen fuel cells power Microsoft data centers?

By Justine Calma July 28

Scientists reanimate dead spiders as robot gripping claws

By James Vincent

23 comments / new

Welcome to the wonderful world of necrobotics

DeepMind found the structure of nearly every protein known to science

By Nicole Wetsman July 28

London paid a record price for electricity during its heatwave

By Jasmine Hicks July 27

Russia reportedly tells NASA it’s staying with the International Space Station until at least 2028

By Loren Grush July 27

Joe Biden’s new plan: solar power for everyone, not just the rich

By Justine Calma July 27

Playing video games all summer won’t make you feel worse

By Nicole Wetsman July 27

Meta might let anti-vax posts back onto Facebook and Instagram

By Casey Newton July 27

43 comments / new

What the future of lab-grown meat could look like

You could have your pig and eat it, too!

By Lizzie Philip July 27

OneWeb and Eutelsat merger sets up a European satellite internet giant to take on SpaceX, Amazon

By Jasmine Hicks July 26

SpaceX says Dish’s 5G plan would be ‘detrimental’ to millions of Starlink users

By Loren Grush July 26

This website lets you watch US heatwaves in real time

By Justine Calma July 26

FDA warnings aren’t stopping illicit weight-loss supplements

By Nicole Wetsman July 26

Russia says it plans to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024

By Loren Grush July 26

Leap seconds cause chaos for computers — so Meta wants to get rid of them

By James Vincent

26 comments / new

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, on my computer

Teenagers spotted the largest gas pipeline spill in US history

By Justine Calma July 25

Blue Apron has realized that we don’t really want to do any work

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy July 25

53 comments / new

Hunting for asteroids at twilight is turning up space rocks we normally wouldn’t see

By Loren Grush July 25

The White House wants to make next-gen COVID-19 vaccines

By Nicole Wetsman July 25

Chipotle courts the gullible with a crypto game

By Elizabeth Lopatto July 25

China successfully launches Wentian module as space station nears completion

By Emma Roth July 24

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Monkeypox is now a global emergency, World Health Organization says

By Mary Beth Griggs July 23

The ‘abortion pill’ could also be birth control — and activists are trying to prove it

By Lux Alptraum July 23