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Listen to an Underwater Volcano Burp 750-Foot Bubbles

Microphones catch a submarine vent firing uberbubbles that floated to the surface and formed massive water domes. 

Massive, AI-Powered Robots Are 3D-Printing Entire Rockets

Relativity Space may have the biggest metal 3D printers in the world, and they're cranking out parts to reinvent the rocket industry...

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Is the Equal Sign Overrated? Mathematicians Hash It Out

Many of them avoid the equal sign, hoping to promote a looser relationship of “equivalence” instead. It's been controversial.

Be Master of the Midway—With Physics\!

Don’t be a chump, study angular momentum(p).

Eliud Kipchoge Is Set to Break the 2-Hour Marathon Barrier

On Saturday, the best marathoner on Earth could make history on a straight, flat course, aided by controversial shoes and a phalanx...

California’s Power Outages Are About Wildfires—but Also...

PG&E turned off the power for more than 700,000 customers to keep them safe from wildfires. But its bankruptcy likely also played...

The ‘Forever Chemicals’ You Eat, a $200 Spy Setup, and...

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‘Forever Chemicals’ Are in Your Popcorn—and Your Blood

Food packaging can contain a group of chemicals called PFAS, which have been linked to immune, thyroid, kidney, and reproductive health...

PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are in Your Popcorn—and Your Blood

Food packaging can contain a group of chemicals called PFAS, which have been linked to immune, thyroid, kidney, and reproductive health...

How Two Nobel Laureates Spotted the First Exoplanet

Swiss scientists “started a revolution in astronomy” by noticing a tiny stutter in the starlight.