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Though be careful before blaming the “polar vortex.”


Comets may have brought the ingredients of life to Earth. Now we’re repaying the visit.


In the debate over an ISIS AUMF, Congress has a golden opportunity to rethink the entire war on terrorism. Will it take the chance?


It’s neat, but this is a really inefficient way to generate solar power.


Moby-Dick is a long and strenuous book to read, but what if you could read the canonical work of literature as a cat might — in only meows.


There’s a bipartisan bill to cut prison sentences for federal drug crimes in half.


The effects of the VA scandal are still trickling through the troubled agency.


Some very good news for Obamacare.


Researchers have already built exoskeletons for super strength and artificial eyes that let the blind see.


Florida, Arizona, and Nevada — plus rural areas.


It’s great. It’s also very strange and disturbing.


Bad customer service is bad politics.


We’ve landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny spacecraft is about to make it seven.


Some conservatives have suggested a revenue-neutral carbon tax. But that won’t necessarily break the partisan deadlock.

