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Sustainability

New York City is making people compost — or pay up

New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that’s not the right approach.

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Tech Hacks

How to use Plex to create your own private Netflix or Spotify

Movies, shows, and music on demand, and on every device.

the color spectrum
Biology

Five people view a never-before-seen color called ‘olo’

But it takes a trip to ‘Oz’ to see it.

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Social Media

PSA: US government’s dance album about helmets and smoke alarms is a banger

It’s the most fun you’ll have learning about cell phone-related injuries between 2013 and 2022.

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Wildlife

Sea slugs harness the power of the sun to show off their colors

‘Don’t eat me, I’m poisonous.’

George Lucas, Doug Chiang, and John Knoll in a scene from Lucasfilm's LIGHT & MAGIC, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+.
Science Fiction

Q&A: The legendary VFX artist who brought Captain Davy Jones, ‘The Abyss,’ and more to life

The award winning VFX artist discusses the past and future of the field ahead of a new season of ‘Light & Magic’ on Disney+.

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Birds

Ancient funerals may have included a ritual feast on a giant bird

Great bustards may have been eaten when humans buried their dead about 15,000 years ago.

Images of Jyvaskylavirus. The virus particle is about twice the size of influenza or coronavirus. Credit: University of Jyväskylä
Biology

Finland finds its first giant virus

Jyvaskylavirus is double the size of influenza and coronavirus, but poses no known threat.

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity Rover on April 30, 2023 at the Ubajara drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples drilled here contained substantial amounts of siderite (an iron carbonate mineral). The siderite played a role in ancient carbon cycling processes that impacted conditions at the planet’s surface. Rover tracks in the foreground are 40 cm wide. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Mars

Curiosity rover finds key ingredient for past life on Mars

‘Habitability is a very fragile thing.’

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