Watching a laser machine gun clean rusty metal is a perfect midweek meditation

The internet is full of tips on how to make cleaning fun , but I want more. I want an invention that would make the task nothing but pure j...

3.6-billion-year-old fossils found in Greenland could be Earth's oldest

This sweet baby gorilla will be named by popular vote, dear god

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed a new baby gorilla to its sweet zoo family on Friday — its first in 20 years, The Philadelphia Inquirer repo...

Bill Nye Saves the World is coming to Netflix

Bill Nye, known as the Science Guy to practically every 20-something in America, is  headed back to TV with a new talk show set to premier...

Theranos hit by another setback as it withdraws request for Zika test approval

Troubled diagnostic company Theranos suffered another blow as it withdrew its request for federal approval of a new Zika virus blood test, ...

Tasmanian devils are adapting to their gnarly face cancer

For years, Tasmanian devils have been ravaged by gnarly facial tumors, cutting their numbers and pushing them toward extinction — but a new...

This cat-sized pterosaur looks like adorable origami

Paleontologists found the fossils of a pterosaur the size of a cat — and it’s not just cute as hell, it’s also an important cue for whether...

Why calling screentime ‘digital heroin’ is digital garbage

The supposed danger of digital media made headlines over the weekend when psychotherapist Nicholas Kardaras published a story in the New Y...

Satellite operator SES will be the first to launch cargo on a used SpaceX rocket

SES — an international satellite operator based in Luxembourg — will be the first company to launch cargo to space on a reused SpaceX Falc...

You can’t trick your dog by being mean in a happy voice

Dogs really can understand what we’re saying to them, according to a new study that seems to confirm the dearest wish of many a dog-lover. ...

Astronomers have picked up a strong radio signal from space — but it doesn't mean aliens

Buzz is growing over the possibility of intelligent alien life, thanks to a group of Russian astronomers who say they’ve picked up a strong...

Zika-infected mosquitoes lay Zika-infected eggs

Mosquito moms can transmit zika virus to their offspring — at least in the lab, a new study shows. If this also happens in nature, the viru...

Crew members on year-long mock Mars mission finally released from Hawaiian habitat

Six "crew members" have returned to normal life after spending a full year doing a simulated Mars mission in Hawaii. For the pro...

How exactly did lightning kill 323 reindeer in Norway?

Lightning during a recent thunderstorm in Norway killed a herd of 323 reindeer — 70 of them calves — making it one of the deadliest strik...

Lightning strike kills 323 reindeer in Norway

A lightning strike in Norway has killed more than 300 reindeer, according to reports from  local media . A spokesman for the Norwegian Natu...

The Verge Review of Animals: Champagne Lady, a wild mustang

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post  highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we've written about an...

How NASA makes sure we don't contaminate the Solar System

So you want to explore the Solar System? You’re going to need to clean your spacecraft first. Any missions that NASA sends to other worlds ...

Verge ESP: Let's talk money

So! Money doesn't really make the world go round, but it sure greases the skids in late capitalism. Take Mylan's EpiPen, which has ...

Odds are a hawk won’t steal your pet, but you should still be cautious

A hawk hunting for house pets in the kempt lawns of suburbia sounds like the making of an urban legend, but the tale has, in recent decades...

Listen to this week’s feature: All Queens Must Die

This week, we published Ryan Bradley’s engrossing feature All Queens Must Die . In popular lingo, the story is a “longread.” Many people ha...

President Obama just quadrupled the size of a protected marine reserve off Hawaii

President Barack Obama will expand the size of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean to over 580,000 square m...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will snap the first up close images of Jupiter on Saturday

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will get cozy with Jupiter this weekend, as the vehicle  makes its closest approach to the gas giant early Saturday...

FDA recommends testing all donated blood in the US for Zika virus

In a major expansion of its policy on Zika virus, the Food and Drug Administration says it now recommends all blood donated in the United S...

Those robot babies used in sex ed may actually increase teen pregnancies

Robot babies used in sex ed to discourage pregnancy seem to have backfired . According to a new study, girls who participated in programs t...

New kind of virus makes scientists rethink infection

A new kind of virus is making scientists rethink how infection works. This virus, found in mosquitoes, is broken up into several pieces. If...

The synthetic opioid Fentanyl is killing more Americans than ever before

Synthetic opioids are killing a skyrocketing number of people in the US, and the cause for the surging death rates is likely the growing tr...

Massive new galaxy turns out to be 99.99 percent dark matter

Powerful telescopes have revealed that a nearby galaxy is 99.99 percent dark matter. That number is a new record and the galaxy’s existenc...

This Twitter bot uses erosion science to create a new fantasy world every hour

Pop quiz: how many elaborately detailed, scientifically generated topographical maps have you created in the last day or so? Chances are th...

Exoplanet Proxima b is 'potentially habitable' — so how would we find life if it's there?

Yesterday, the European Southern Observatory dropped a bombshell announcement:  an Earth-sized planet orbits around Proxima Centauri, the c...

Meet the Facebook group calling out fake nature photography

A weasel using a woodpecker as its  own private convertible ; a wolf stuffing its snout in  another wolf’s mouth ; a reindeer comically  fa...

Google Doodle celebrates the diverse beauty of US National Parks

The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week : a look at the natural world, its freaky cri...

All Queens Must Die

The cows were the first to go because cows are big, and killing them was easy. The ranchers on Santa Cruz Island had been killing cattle fo...

EpiPen maker Mylan will make its allergy treatment more affordable

The maker of the EpiPen will make its lifesaving allergy treatment more affordable after mounting pressure from the likes of Hillary Clint...

This adorable robot octopus is powered by farts

The latest addition to a growing menagerie of octopus-robots has a lot going for it: It’s small, completely squishy, it doesn’t need a batt...

Hillary Clinton calls on EpiPen maker to lower price immediately

Hillary Clinton has asked the maker of the the EpiPen to voluntarily lower the price of the lifesaving allergy treatment , which has jumped...

SpaceX is building new facilities at Port Canaveral to refurbish rockets

SpaceX plans to lease one building and construct a newer second building at Port Canaveral, just two miles from where it launches its Falco...

A planet orbits around the closest star to our Solar System — and it may be habitable

Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System, has a planet that may have just the right features to support life on its surface. ...

Climate Hackers: One man’s plan to stop global warming by shooting particles into the atmosphere

The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week : a look at the natural world, its freaky cri...

If you live in the US, you pay too much for prescription drugs

Why does the US pay more for prescription drugs than any other country? Monopolies and a government that can't negotiate, scientists sa...

Bono wanted Hillary Clinton to stream U2 in space; mercifully, he was denied

I was briefly surprised to learn the latest controversy involves Hillary Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and the International Space Station....

I trapped lizards in Los Angeles because their DNA holds secrets

How do lizards cross the road? Their DNA suggests they don't Continue reading… I trapped lizards in Los Angeles because their DNA ho...

NASA’s hopes for Mars and the future are at stake in the 2016 election

Election years are a tense time for NASA. A new president can completely alter NASA’s long-term goals by resetting the space agency’s agend...

Wilderness Week: cool trees, tiny lizards, big parks, and more!

This week marks the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, and for The Verge it’s an opportunity to explore spacious skies and majestic mo...

Bat lickers lick bats in bat cave, get caught

The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week : a look at the natural world, its freaky cri...

Bill Nye discusses our nation's parks and why Earth is the best place to live

The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week : a look at the natural world, its freaky cri...

NASA re-establishes contact with long lost spacecraft after two years of silence

NASA has  reestablished contact with its STEREO-B spacecraft , nearly two years after losing communication with the vehicle. The space agen...

Uprooted: how climate change may kick off an artificial migration of trees

The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week : a look at the natural world, its freaky cri...

Welcome to Wilderness Week!

Without its national parks, "America The Beautiful" might be a song about polluted skies, dirty strip malls, and gated playground...

A tiny ball of gold could help fight Alzheimer’s

A tiny ball of gold carrying medicine could help doctors fight Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have created a nanoparticle that is just the...

Apple acquires health data startup Gliimpse

Apple has quietly acquired health data startup Gliimpse, Fast Company reports . The acquisition reportedly happened earlier this year, alt...

We can now make shrunken, see-through rodents for science

In a lab in Germany, researchers are making shrunken, see-through rodents. Don’t worry, it’s not as macabre as it sounds. Rather, this new ...