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Millennials want spirits—with none of the alcohol. Here’s how distilleries make it work.
Health

Millennials want spirits—with none of the alcohol. Here’s how distilleries make it work.

By Eleanor Cummins

Megapixels: Mini frog, two frog, pumpkin frog, new frog
Animals

Megapixels: Mini frog, two frog, pumpkin frog, new frog

By Eleanor Cummins

We’re in the middle of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever
Diseases

We’re in the middle of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever

By Eleanor Cummins

Warblers live longer with a little child-rearing help from their friends
Evolution

Warblers live longer with a little child-rearing help from their friends

By Eleanor Cummins

How fear affects your body
Health

How fear affects your body

By Eleanor Cummins

The weirdest things we learned this week: animals used to stand trial and apples kept doctors from killing you
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: animals used to stand trial and apples kept doctors from killing you

By Eleanor Cummins

Student climate protest
Environment

Anyone can be a Nobel Prize nominee. Here’s why a 16-year-old climate activist deserves to win.

By Eleanor Cummins

Stormtrooper spider Stormtroopis discovery species Star Wars
Spiders

These clone-like, Colombian spiders are named for Star Wars’ Storm Troopers

By Eleanor Cummins

Here’s what a ‘very likely’ sequel to California’s 1862 megastorm would look like
Weather

Here’s what a ‘very likely’ sequel to California’s 1862 megastorm would look like

By Eleanor Cummins

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Technology

The 7 best Google Docs anonymous animals, ranked

By Eleanor Cummins

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Vaccines

Everything you thought you knew about tetanus is wrong

By Eleanor Cummins

Rattlesnake roundups Sweetwater Jaycees Texas
Animals

Rattlesnake roundups are a southern tradition. They’re also an ecological disaster.

By Eleanor Cummins

Clearwing butterfly toxin species photograph award winning
Evolution

Megapixels: This butterfly’s wings are transparently toxic

By Eleanor Cummins

plaster corset
Technology

Designing for accessibility: From Frida Kahlo’s corsets to Franklin Roosevelt’s leg braces

By Eleanor Cummins

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Climate Change

Thank a cloud today

By Eleanor Cummins

Stressful badges notifications alerts UX design
Tech Hacks

The single best way to make your smartphone less stressful

By Eleanor Cummins

Giant bee Wallace's discovery extinction
Bees

Scientists thought they lost the world’s largest bee, but it was hiding in plain sight

By Eleanor Cummins

Georgia O'Keeffe Pedernal art painting material science
Science

Art gets ‘caldera-like’ acne, too. This tool could help clear it up.

By Eleanor Cummins

Spider glowing eyes geology paleontology
Spiders

Megapixels: This fossilized spider’s eyes are still glowing 110 million years later

By Eleanor Cummins

Charles Darwin wrote enough one-liners to fill a burn book
Evolution

Charles Darwin wrote enough one-liners to fill a burn book

By Eleanor Cummins

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Health

Museum air can make you feel better. Here’s how to get it at home.

By Eleanor Cummins

Baffin Island glacier retreat research
Climate Change

Melting glaciers reveal ancient landscapes, thawing mummies, and long-dead diseases

By Eleanor Cummins

Child getting vaccinated
Vaccines

How autism myths came to fuel anti-vaccination movements

By Eleanor Cummins

Ford Tot-Guard Seat
Home

From deathtrap to lifesaver: The evolution of the carseat

By Eleanor Cummins

Cremation research tombs
Archaeology

Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think

By Eleanor Cummins

Rodeo dirt Fort Worth Austin
Animals

Dirt can make or break a rodeo

By Eleanor Cummins

Cold season flu prevention folklore strategies
Health

Three common cold myths you should stop spreading

By Eleanor Cummins

Smog Los Angeles cloud seeding response
Pollution

To combat smog, Thailand made it rain

By Eleanor Cummins

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Fitness & Exercise

7 iconic movie training montages ranked by professional trainers

By Eleanor Cummins

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Self Driving

Artificial intelligence thinks your face is full of data. Could it actually unmask you?

By Eleanor Cummins

bird plane strike Miracle on the Hudson research science
Wildlife

It’s the 10th anniversary of the ‘Miracle on the Hudson.’ Here’s what we’ve learned since.

By Eleanor Cummins

Scientists share the most dangerous things they work with
Science

Scientists share the most dangerous things they work with

By Eleanor Cummins

Dental calculus jaw and teeth photo
Archaeology

These 1,000-year-old, blue-specked teeth could rewrite medieval history

By Eleanor Cummins

Messenger Kids
Psychology

Maybe we should all be using Facebook Messenger Kids

By Eleanor Cummins

a close-up of a combination lock, with the numbers 90 and 0 visible
Science

Zero is just 1,500 years old. Before it, there was nothing.

By Eleanor Cummins

Shut off your notifications
Psychology

Start the year by turning off your phone notifications

By Eleanor Cummins

You say you hate Instagram’s changes, but your eyeballs say otherwise
Social Media

You say you hate Instagram’s changes, but your eyeballs say otherwise

By Eleanor Cummins

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine
Agriculture

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine

By Eleanor Cummins

Library books collective memory
Psychology

How long can an event hold humanity’s attention? There’s an equation for that.

By Eleanor Cummins

Agave parryi huachucensis plant scan
Environment

These beautiful images preserve plant species that might otherwise disappear forever

By Eleanor Cummins

Storm damaged house
Environment

After a natural disaster, houses get bigger not better

By Eleanor Cummins

Ferrara Church Santa Maria de Vado
Biology

Every work of art has its own microbiome. Most could use a probiotic.

By Eleanor Cummins

Spring season sun rising
Climate Change

The seasons are shifting, but redrawing their lines won’t erase the problem

By Eleanor Cummins

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?
Engineering

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?

By Eleanor Cummins

Dark mode is easier on your eyes—and battery
Social Media

Dark mode is easier on your eyes—and battery

By Eleanor Cummins

Dry cleaning is dirtier than you think. Meet the neurotoxin hiding in your winter coat.
Health

Dry cleaning is dirtier than you think. Meet the neurotoxin hiding in your winter coat.

By Eleanor Cummins

Amazon didn’t pick your city for its HQ2, but it sure gathered a lot of data about it
Technology

Amazon didn’t pick your city for its HQ2, but it sure gathered a lot of data about it

By Eleanor Cummins

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof
Engineering

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof

By Eleanor Cummins

How to deal with seasonal affective disorder and stay alert this winter
Mental Health

How to deal with seasonal affective disorder and stay alert this winter

By Eleanor Cummins

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives
Engineering

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives

By Eleanor Cummins

Kids playing on phones and computers gaming ads
Technology

Surprise! Kids’ apps are full of manipulative, unregulated advertising

By Eleanor Cummins

ultimate fear factory illustration
Science

We created a frankenhouse of the most common phobias

By Eleanor Cummins

You really can be scared to death—here’s how
Health

You really can be scared to death—here’s how

By Eleanor Cummins

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Social Media

Not all Twitter bots are bad

By Eleanor Cummins

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: glowing Civil War soldiers and historic font battles

By Eleanor Cummins

Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet’s demise
Climate Change

Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet’s demise

By Eleanor Cummins

Facebook’s new Messenger design is a rare simplification
Social Media

Facebook’s new Messenger design is a rare simplification

By Eleanor Cummins

Yes, you really can work yourself to death
Health

Yes, you really can work yourself to death

By Eleanor Cummins

Squirrel Census Central Park
Animals

Why counting Central Park’s squirrels isn’t nuts

By Eleanor Cummins

Mary toft
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: birthing rabbits, gruesome taxidermy, and the Parthenon’s best-kept secret

By Eleanor Cummins

Underground living engineering escalator Earth
Engineering

Humans could survive underground, but it would take a lot more than shovels

By Eleanor Cummins

Sans Forgetica font sample
Psychology

This wacky-looking font can help you remember what you read

By Eleanor Cummins

Is your brain ready for YouTube’s new mini-player?
Psychology

Is your brain ready for YouTube’s new mini-player?

By Eleanor Cummins

A century ago the Spanish flu killed 50 million—and then we forgot about it
Vaccines

A century ago the Spanish flu killed 50 million—and then we forgot about it

By Eleanor Cummins