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Engineering
Tactile Traffic Maps Could Help Blind Pedestrians Navigate
Tactile maps could help blind pedestrians cross increasingly complex intersections
Biology
Why Some Mice Seem to Make Bad Parents
A single gene is linked to nest building in mice
Evolution
Living Large: How Whales Got to Be So Enormous
A new theory traces whales’ gargantuan size to changing food sources during ice ages
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Climate
Because It’s Not There: Climbers May Face Danger If Everest’s Hillary Step Collapsed
A glacier scientist and expert climber weighs in on the high-altitude mystery surrounding the summit’s icy rock face
Biology
The Human Nose Knows More Than We Think
A look at the body of olfactory science shows people’s reputation for having a poor sense of smell is a myth
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Biology
Do Baby Eels Use Magnetic Maps to Hitch a Ride on the Gulf Stream?
Controversial study shows how hard it is for science to crack one of nature’s slipperiest mysteries
Space
Cassini Bids Farewell before Blazing into Saturn [Video]
NASA’s plucky, dependable spacecraft will burn up in the atmosphere after 13 years at the planet
Math
Watch Live Today: Exploring Pure Mathematics Through Baking [Video]
Mathematician Eugenia Cheng will describe how cooking can offer insight into abstract math
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Medical & Biotech
At-Home Male Fertility Test App Takes Sperm Selfies
A device that interfaces with a smartphone can accurately measure sperm concentration and movement
Behavior & Society
What Makes for the Hottest Dance Moves? Hips Don't Lie [Video]
A new study reveals how we judge the best dancers
Space
NASA’s Latest Saturn Images Run Rings around Earlier Pix
As Cassini maneuvers for its eventual suicide dive between the planet and its rings, new shots capture moonlets, density waves and other mysteries at the highest resolution yet
Policy & Ethics
Trump's 5 Most “Anti-Science” Moves
The president-elect has taken what is widely seen as a hostile stance toward the scientific community. Here’s why
