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Your Apple Watch could soon tell you if you’ve got coronavirus

Health

Your Apple Watch could soon tell you if you’ve got coronavirus

Sandy Ong

Bees could teach humans a thing or two about social distancing

Animals

Bees could teach humans a thing or two about social distancing

Chris Baraniuk

Your Beloved Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Ocean—Big Time

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Your Beloved Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Ocean—Big Time

Matt Simon

Flu Season and Covid-19 Are About to Collide. Now What?

Autumn Is Coming

Flu Season and Covid-19 Are About to Collide. Now What?

Maryn McKenna

Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech

New Plan

Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech

Gregory Barber

A Grim Reality of Reopening: More Mold

spore report

A Grim Reality of Reopening: More Mold

Louise Matsakis

Can a Bubble Net Stop a Hurricane? Some Norwegians Think So

Geoengineering

Can a Bubble Net Stop a Hurricane? Some Norwegians Think So

Eric Niiler

Without the daily commute, there is nothing to stop us burning out

Work Smarter

Without the daily commute, there is nothing to stop us burning out

Bruce Daisley

A Beautiful Yet Grim Map Shows How Wildfire Smoke Spreads

Air Time

A Beautiful Yet Grim Map Shows How Wildfire Smoke Spreads

Matt Simon

Are Radioactive Diamond Batteries a Cure for Nuclear Waste?

Dragon Egg

Are Radioactive Diamond Batteries a Cure for Nuclear Waste?

Daniel Oberhaus

These New Shape-Shifting Materials Get Super Cool, Super Fast

Chill Out

These New Shape-Shifting Materials Get Super Cool, Super Fast

Marcus Woo

This Bluetooth stethoscope could end unnecessary doctors visits

Health

This Bluetooth stethoscope could end unnecessary doctors visits

Amit Katwala

The Biblical Flood That Will Drown California

The Other Big One

The Biblical Flood That Will Drown California

Tom Philpott

Doggy DNA banks could stop the UK’s rarest breeds going extinct

Animals

Doggy DNA banks could stop the UK’s rarest breeds going extinct

Tamlin Magee

Inside the open-air lab testing viruses and deadly chemicals

Health

Inside the open-air lab testing viruses and deadly chemicals

Gian M. Volpicelli

Can People Without Symptoms Get Tested for Covid? Who Knows

Public Health

Can People Without Symptoms Get Tested for Covid? Who Knows

Megan Molteni

What Virtual Reality for Flies Teaches Us About Human Vision

Fly on the Ball

What Virtual Reality for Flies Teaches Us About Human Vision

Grace Huckins

Elon Musk Is About to Show Off His Neuralink Brain Implant

head start

Elon Musk Is About to Show Off His Neuralink Brain Implant

Arielle Pardes

A new Fitbit claims to track your stress levels. Can it really do it?

Health

A new Fitbit claims to track your stress levels. Can it really do it?

Sophie Charara

Why heading back to school isn't as big a risk as it sounds

Science

Why heading back to school isn't as big a risk as it sounds

Will Bedingfield