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Mountains and a pine forest covered in wildfire smoke.
Climate Change

What to do when wildfire smoke fills the air

By Natalie Wallington

A male and a female mallard duck in some green grass by some bushes.
Animals

Don’t feed ducks bread. Here’s what to give them instead.

By Natalie Wallington

Notopteris neocaledonica, the New Caledonia blossom bat, an endangered bat species endemic to New Caledonia.
Animals

How to get a bat out of your house

By Natalie Wallington

person sitting on airplane looking out the window
DIY

5 tips to soothe your fear of flying

By Natalie Wallington

A turtle crossing a road.
Animals

What to do if you find a turtle in the road

By Natalie Wallington

A small, portable solar panel for charging your devices.
Energy

Everything to consider before buying a portable solar panel

By Natalie Wallington

A red gasoline can in a garage or shed next to a large gas-powered leafblower.
DIY

The safest ways to store gasoline

By Natalie Wallington

A close-up view of a microscope and a specimen slide.
DIY

How to tell science from pseudoscience

By Natalie Wallington

A bird flying near a concrete commercial building with large windows on a sunny day.
Animals

How to help birds avoid crashing into your windows

By Natalie Wallington

A small mint plant growing roots in a glass jar full of water.
DIY

6 ways to magically regrow vegetables in only water

By Natalie Wallington

A small snake rearing up and looking forward.
Animals

The best ways to wrangle, repel, and just get snakes out of your home

By Natalie Wallington

A bear sleeping, maybe after eating its fill of trash.
Animals

How to keep fat bears (and other bears) out of your trash

By Natalie Wallington

A large home in California being threatened by a wildfire on a distant mountain at night.
DIY

Can you really use foil to fireproof your house?

By Natalie Wallington

Tortoise on the ground surrounded by plants
DIY

How to turn your garden into a tortoise sanctuary

By Natalie Wallington

North american porcupine sitting on the ground among wild flower
Animals

How to not get pricked by a North American porcupine

By Natalie Wallington

Homemade marshmallows sprinkled with powdered sugar on a cutting board, next to a mug of hot chocolate with a marshmallow in it.
DIY

Can you handle these fat, fluffy DIY marshmallows? Let’s find out.

By Natalie Wallington

Three mason jars with homemade fabric dye and some dyed shirts inside them. From left to right: purple, orange, and pink.
DIY

Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps

By Natalie Wallington

Pot of melted chocolate
DIY

How to temper chocolateā€”even in hot weather

By Natalie Wallington

A homemade DIY rubber stamp made in the image of the Popular Science magazine logo.
DIY

Make a custom rubber stamp to leave your mark on everything

By Natalie Wallington

A blue recycling bin with a recycling symbol on it.
DIY

What do the numbers on plastic mean? And 3 other trashy questions, answered.

By Natalie Wallington