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Turning on these smartphone safety features could literally save your life
Both Android and iOS offer features and apps that can make you safer no matter where you are and what you’re doing.
NASA’s TEMPO satellite enables better monitoring of bad air days
From 22,000 miles above, the new instrument lets researchers and regulators track airborne health threats in near real time, on a continental scale
Sea turtle struck by boat is recovering in a 3D-printed harness
Cebu’s custom rig helps keep them afloat during physical therapy.
Why International Red Panda Day is a big deal at the National Zoo this year
Three new cubs were recently born at the Smithsonian’s conservation campus.
Lost WWI trench lives on in immersive VR installation
Archeology and gaming technology join forces to preserve battlefields of the past.
Ancient hidden graffiti discovered in Bronze Age temple
Laser scans revealed nearly invisible ship etchings in Cyprus created over 300 years.
A female king in ancient Egypt ruled 5,000 years ago
A new study says Meretneith was an independent ruler.
Skipping showers is the latest trend. But is there any science to ‘pheromone’ maxxing?
Many animals communicate with pheromones, often around sex or marking territory. Humans are a little different.
Buying an iPhone is easy now, but people were sleeping on sidewalks for the first model
Getting one of the first iPhones required serious commitment. People were sleeping on sidewalks in 2007 to get in early.
In 1924, the Montreal Canadiens left the Stanley Cup on the side of the road
The roadside mishap isn’t even the craziest thing to happen to hockey’s ultimate prize.
The moon’s new crater is 728 feet wide and a once-in-a-century find
A space rock generated a blast radius as wide as two football fields.
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