The only winning move is not to play.

Crowdsourced maps are proving vital to aiding recovery teams in natural disasters, as conditions are ever-changing. 1/12

Scientists develop a method to trap carbon dioxide emissions in basalt rock—before they can escape into the atmosphere. 2/12

As participation in high school football continues to decline, many schools are closing their programs. 3/12

"Russians posing as Black Lives Matter activists used Tumblr to promote a Pokémon Go competition in July 2016." 4/12

How North Korea stole classified military plans from the US and South Korea: "A contractor...at the data center left a cable in place that connected the military intranet to the internet." 5/12

At 93 trillion tries per second, the Sun will die out before your long, complex password would be cracked. 6/12

Since at least the ancient Egyptians, humans have been using passwords. Here’s an illustrated history of secret words. 7/12

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington's Harmony of Difference [Spotify] is one of the best releases of 2017. In this interview, he discusses the music that shaped his music. 8/12

From our galleries: Maps as art and art as maps. 9/12

To learn how wolves became dogs, researchers compare pups to find wolves socialize earlier, though dogs develop sensory awareness sooner. 10/12

Also: Your dog looks at you that way while they're pooping because they need your reassurance that they're safe. 11/12

Watch for the hero protester at 3:51: Footage from the night of Feb. 20, 1939, when 20,000 Nazi sympathizers attended the German American Bund’s “Americanization” rally at Madison Square Garden. 12/12

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