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Jezebel

Why Vitamin C Serums Smell Like Hot Dogs: An Investigation
Beware Autumnal Gonorrhea
When Octopuses Roll on Molly, They Get Happy and Cuddly Just Like Us
How to Dress For the End of the World

Gizmodo

The Best Way to Apply Sunscreen to Your Face, Revealed by a UV Camera
Study Links a Happy, Peaceful Mind to Sweet Dreams
Goats Do Not Like Your Grumpy Face 
Genetic Testing Reveals Shelters Often Label Dogs With the Wrong Breeds
Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Turn Pink to Communicate, but What Are They Saying?
Misidentified Fossils Could Rewrite the History of Lemurs on Madagascar
The Psychedelic Drug DMT Can Simulate a Near-Death Experience, Study Suggests
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Jumbled Shark Evolution
Scientists Just Measured the Drought that May Have Brought Down the Ancient Maya
The World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Is Catastrophically Shrinking—and We Don’t Know Why
The 'Scutoid' Is Geometry's Newest Shape, and It Could Be All Over Your Body
Why Your SPF 15 Sunscreen Probably Isn’t Enough to Protect You From the Sun
What Is Fungal Acne and Why Do So Many People Suddenly Think They Have It?
New 'Amazing Dragon' Dinosaur Species Discovered in China
Giant Dinosaur Foot Identified 20 Years After Being Unearthed in Wyoming 
Astronomers Found 10 New Moons Circling Jupiter
Horses Make This Funny Sound When They're Happy
Spiders, Poison, and Boiling Water: The Best (and Worst) Ways to Kill Cockroaches
New Translucent Spider Discovered Living in Muddy Indiana Cave
Earth Has Many More Rivers and Streams Than We Thought, New Satellite Study Finds
Origin Mystery of Ancient Rhino-Like Mammal Solved By 55-Million-Year-Old Fossil
Extinct Gibbon Species Found in Tomb of Ancient Chinese Noblewoman
Bogong Moths Are First Insect Known to Use Earth’s Magnetism to Navigate at Night
​Baby Giant Manta Rays Grow up Together in This Newly Discovered Nursery
Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks to DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull
We’re Turning Wild Animals Into Night Owls by Scaring the Heck out of Them
Watch Tiny Crab Spiders Take Flight With 10-Foot Silk Parachutes
Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing the Earth Since Well Before the Industrial Revolution 
​Meet Jason, the Tiny Beetle Stuck in Amber for 99 Million Years
New Acne-Fighting Compound Blocks Inflammation and Kills Bacteria Without Irritating Side Effects
Dr. Oz's Latest Health Advice: Check Your Horoscope​

Popular Science

Journey to the fantastical microbe realm hidden right on your face
How to handle a koala-chlamydia epidemic
Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot
The best weather for hitting a home run, according to scientists
Prehistoric lizards could sprint on two legs​
The origin story of domesticated rabbits may be all wrong
Venus flytraps know not to eat the insects that pollinate them
Dust, meteorites, cosmic rays and everything else currently destroying the Tesla in space
Watch beetles shoot hot chemicals from their butts to escape toad bellies
This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap

NPR

Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers
Many Veterans Gained Health Care Through The Affordable Care Act
FDA Approves Marketing Of Consumer Genetic Tests For Some Conditions
Emergency Room Doctors Are Picking Noses — For Drug Delivery, That Is
Recall Of Some EpiPens Extends To U.S.
A Tiny Spot In Mouse Brains May Explain How Breathing Calms The Mind
What Gave Some Primates Bigger Brains? A Fruit-Filled Diet
The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'
It's Not Clear How Many People Could Actually Work To Get Medicaid
Surgeon On Health Care Bill: The Stakes Are 'Extremely High' For Patients
Nursery Products To Blame For Rise In Infant Injuries, Study Finds
Moon Or Space Dumpling? You Decide
POLL: More People Are Taking Opioids, Even As Their Concerns Rise
Ice Fishing Has Its Rewards, But Bring A First Aid Kit
Is That A Brown Recluse Spider Bite Or Skin Cancer?
Happy Valentine's Day From The Animal Kingdom (Skunkbear)
Feeling Way More Stressed Out? You're Not Alone
Women With Breast Cancer Miss Out On Recommended Genetic Testing
Are We Eating Our Fleece Jackets? Microfibers Are Migrating Into Field And Food
With Concussion Risk In Soccer, Headers May Kick It Up A Notch
An Early First Menstrual Period May Lead To Premature Menopause
How To Get Dads To A Parenting Class? Ask Them To Read To Their Kid

Science

Online
Scientists tie tightest knot ever
These nine different creatures have been named after Barack Obama
Watch a cloud being born
As record Appalachian wildfires fizzle out, scientists look to learn from the destruction
Reindeer are shrinking, because of warmer arctic temperatures
From shrinking spines to space fungus: The top five dangers of space travel
Newly discovered state of memory could help explain learning and brain disorders
These crabs pinch harder than most animals bite
5000-year-old cobs reveal corn domestication in the act
Bonobos need reading glasses, too

​​Assassin bugs ambush spiders in their own webs
Early cave art reveals elusive ‘Higgs bison’
Even without ears, jumping spiders can hear you
Think you can tell when your kid is lying? Think again
Alien life could feed on cosmic rays
Why is this researcher putting Fitbits on squirrels?
Print-on-demand bone could quickly mend major injuries
Stingrays chew their food—just like mammals
Should we seed life on alien worlds?
'Blindfolded’ ants reveal clues to insect navigation
Tasmanian devils are rapidly evolving resistance to a contagious cancer
Scientists can see through these rodents
Ötzi the Iceman had some wild clothes
Watching neurons talk in a living brain
Apollo astronauts much more likely to die from heart disease
Nicer neighborhoods get creepier crawlies 
Long-range seabirds could improve weather forecasting
Which iconic science centers are also Pokemon GO hotspots?
Print
Energy pulses reveal possible new state of memory
Catching ancient maize domestication in the act
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Podcast
​Science: October 20, 2016
Science: August 19, 2016
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Video 
Stingrays chew their food—just like mammals
Even without ears, jumping spiders can hear you
​Assassin bugs ambush spiders in their own webs
Quiz
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