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Posted on December 30, 2015

Arctic Ice Hits An All-Time Low In Recorded History

Arctic Ice Hits An All-Time Low In Recorded History

Arctic sea ice has had a poor run for, uh, the past three decades.

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Posted on December 24, 2015

WIRED’s Guide to the Year in Biology and Medicine

WIRED’s Guide to the Year in Biology and Medicine

Keep reading for the most important events in health and biology this year.

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Posted on December 22, 2015

SpaceX’s Falcon Rocket Finally Sticks the Landing

SpaceX’s Falcon Rocket Finally Sticks the Landing

Take that, Jeff Bezos.

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Posted on December 21, 2015

Astronauts Need to Fix the ISS Before Its Cargo Ship Docks

Astronauts Need to Fix the ISS Before Its Cargo Ship Docks

Watch the livestream of the emergency spacewalk.

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Posted on December 20, 2015

SpaceX Will Launch (And Land?) Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet

SpaceX Will Launch (And Land?) Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet

SpaceX is attempting their first launch since a rocket exploded in June, and they're going big.

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Posted on December 15, 2015

California Has a Huge Gas Leak, and Crews Can’t Stop It Yet

California Has a Huge Gas Leak, and Crews Can’t Stop It Yet

Methane, a greenhouse gas 70 times more potent than carbon, has been leaking out of a natural gas storage site in southern California for nearly two months.

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Posted on December 14, 2015

Taking Antidepressants While Pregnant May Raise Autism Risks, But It’s Complicated

Taking Antidepressants While Pregnant May Raise Autism Risks, But It’s Complicated

Mothers who take antidepressants are more likely to give birth to children who become autistic. What does that mean?

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Posted on December 10, 2015

New Horizons’ Sharpest Photos of Pluto, Now in Color

New Horizons’ Sharpest Photos of Pluto, Now in Color

Last week, NASA released the highest res photos of Pluto that New Horizons can get. This week, it's done it again—but in color.

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Posted on December 10, 2015

Republicans Are Trying to Sneak an E-Cigarette Exemption Past the FDA

Republicans Are Trying to Sneak an E-Cigarette Exemption Past the FDA

An obscure provision could exempt current e-cigarettes from a lot of regulation forever, all by going around the Food and Drug Administration.

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Posted on December 7, 2015

Biologists Are Engineering Kill Switches for GM Microbes

Biologists Are Engineering Kill Switches for GM Microbes

MIT biologists have created kill switches to prevent engineered microbes from spreading out of control in the wild.

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