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Alexis Madrigal

Why NASA Is Sending a Robot to Space That Looks Like You

Gigantic Baby Stars Discovered in Cloud of Space Dust

Bats Get Pitchy to Make 3-D Echolocation Map

Lab-Quality Booze Detector Fits in a Suitcase

Ron Howard Was Wrong: Apollo 13 Would Have Burned, Not Frozen

Laser Guidance Adds Power to Wind Turbines

Climate Hackers Want to Write Their Own Rules

Q&A: Geoengineering Is 'A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come'

March 22, 1995: Longest Human Space Adventure Ends

Large Hadron Collider Triples Its Own Record

Cosmic Dust Gives Milky Way a Fiery Mane

Seminal '70s Environmental TV Series Now Online

Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What Astronomers Thought

You're Leaving a Bacterial Fingerprint on Your Keyboard

Big Earthquakes Cause Premature Births

Video: Cold, Little Comet Is No Match for Big, Hot Sun

The '70s Photos That Made Us Want to Save Earth

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had

Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants