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The Forest Service wants to open 9.2 million acres to potential logging. Here’s your chance to say something about it.
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The Forest Service wants to open 9.2 million acres to potential logging. Here’s your chance to say something about it.

By Alex Robinson / Outdoor Life

How to stay safe around moose
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How to stay safe around moose

By Alisha McDarris

How microgrids could protect California from blackouts during fire season
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How microgrids could protect California from blackouts during fire season

By Ula Chrobak

Bed bugs once ate bat blood—so why do they bite us?
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Bed bugs once ate bat blood—so why do they bite us?

By Kat Eschner

These ancient trilobites are forever frozen in a conga line
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These ancient trilobites are forever frozen in a conga line

By Kat Eschner

Wild burros on a dry lake bed
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Does Death Valley have a wild ass problem?

By Asher Elbein/Undark

Global warming is forcing species to reorganize their ecosystems
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Global warming is forcing species to reorganize their ecosystems

By Ula Chrobak

2019 has been a record-breaking year for this rare, deadly virus
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2019 has been a record-breaking year for this rare, deadly virus

By Nicole Wetsman

A fox attacking a marmot
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The most astonishing wildlife photos of 2019 range from meme-able to political

By Jess Romeo

Hate raking leaves? There’s an easier method.
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Hate raking leaves? There’s an easier method.

By Grace Wade

The weirdest things we learned this week: Deadly rainbows, face blindness, and mysterious pink snow
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The weirdest things we learned this week: Deadly rainbows, face blindness, and mysterious pink snow

By Popular Science Team

Four ways to make beef more sustainable
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Four ways to make beef more sustainable

By Ula Chrobak

Among Hurricane Harvey’s many bad effects: riskier childbirth for women
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Among Hurricane Harvey’s many bad effects: riskier childbirth for women

By Nicole Wetsman

Where do you park when you dive thousands of feet into the ocean?
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Where do you park when you dive thousands of feet into the ocean?

By Rachel Nuwer

How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon
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How China got the first seedling to sprout on the moon

By Grace Wade

Five reasons to celebrate Colobus Day
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Five reasons to celebrate Colobus Day

By Dan Nosowitz

You can expect more blackouts as the country heats up
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You can expect more blackouts as the country heats up

By Kat Eschner

winter landscape frozen cold
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Record cold temperatures don’t mean the planet isn’t warming

By Ula Chrobak

These octopuses are so warty, they almost got mistaken for a new species
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These octopuses are so warty, they almost got mistaken for a new species

By Sara Kiley Watson

Super rodents, atomic math, and Marilyn Monroe: everything you need to know about moles
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Super rodents, atomic math, and Marilyn Monroe: everything you need to know about moles

By Tom McNamara

These interactive maps show exactly how nature helps us
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These interactive maps show exactly how nature helps us

By Ula Chrobak

California’s massive power outages is a wake-up call for the whole country
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California’s massive power outages is a wake-up call for the whole country

By Kat Eschner

All hail Holly, the queen of Fat Bear Week
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All hail Holly, the queen of Fat Bear Week

By Grace Wade

The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold
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The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold

By Popular Science Team

Here’s the actual impact of cutting down on red meat (and everything else)
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Here’s the actual impact of cutting down on red meat (and everything else)

By Sara Chodosh

A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.
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A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.

By Ula Chrobak

When plants cry out for help, their neighbors start screaming, too
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When plants cry out for help, their neighbors start screaming, too

By Kat Eschner

This deadly mushroom can literally shrink your brain—and it’s probably more widespread than we thought
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This deadly mushroom can literally shrink your brain—and it’s probably more widespread than we thought

By Rachel Feltman

A guide to ensuring your Diwali festivities keep the Earth happy, too
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A guide to ensuring your Diwali festivities keep the Earth happy, too

By Purbita Saha

The secret to curbing meat consumption? The answer is shockingly simple.
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The secret to curbing meat consumption? The answer is shockingly simple.

By Grace Wade

South America’s second-largest forest is burning, just like the Amazon
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South America’s second-largest forest is burning, just like the Amazon

By Joel E. Correia/The Conversation

Researchers used CRISPR to give ‘monarch flies’ superpowers—here’s why
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Researchers used CRISPR to give ‘monarch flies’ superpowers—here’s why

By Kat Eschner

The longest Great Barrier Reef study chronicles a century of devastation
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The longest Great Barrier Reef study chronicles a century of devastation

By Grace Wade

This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?
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This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?

By Jess Romeo

cherries and strawberries
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We should all take a month off of red meat

By Joe Brown

These Latin American teens refuse to be overlooked at global climate strikes
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These Latin American teens refuse to be overlooked at global climate strikes

By Maria Paula Rubiano/Scienceline

Jonesing to visit Antarctica? Here’s your chance
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Jonesing to visit Antarctica? Here’s your chance

By Jess Romeo

New global climate report shows we need to help our oceans help us
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New global climate report shows we need to help our oceans help us

By Ula Chrobak

a closeup of a male black Homalictus achrostu
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These newly discovered iridescent bees are already at risk of extinction

By Jess Romeo

Despite appearances, your cat does love you
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Despite appearances, your cat does love you

By Kat Eschner

We’ve lost almost 3 billion birds in the U.S. and Canada since 1970
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We’ve lost almost 3 billion birds in the U.S. and Canada since 1970

By Ula Chrobak

The world is striking for climate action on Friday, and teens made it happen
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The world is striking for climate action on Friday, and teens made it happen

By Jess Romeo

Trump is taking away California’s right to set its own air pollution targets
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Trump is taking away California’s right to set its own air pollution targets

By Ula Chrobak

Trying to eat eco-friendly? These charts show how different diets could change the planet.
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Trying to eat eco-friendly? These charts show how different diets could change the planet.

By Sara Chodosh

Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost
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Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost

By Marlene Cimons/Nexus Media News

Magnificent ocean ghost stuns scientists
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Magnificent ocean ghost stuns scientists

By Jess Romeo

This deadly fungal disease could use climate change to mobilize
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This deadly fungal disease could use climate change to mobilize

By Nicole Wetsman

Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse—and might again
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Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse—and might again

By Nick Longrich/The Conversation

Giving legal rights to nature could reduce public health threats like toxic algae
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Giving legal rights to nature could reduce public health threats like toxic algae

By Dana Zartner/The Conversation

Scientists are investigating the secrets of smelly cat butts
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Scientists are investigating the secrets of smelly cat butts

By Sara Chodosh

James Cameron doesn’t think his deep-sea diving record was broken. So we investigated.
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James Cameron doesn’t think his deep-sea diving record was broken. So we investigated.

By Purbita Saha

The EPA’s roll back of the Clean Water Act could impact drinking water for millions of Americans
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The EPA’s roll back of the Clean Water Act could impact drinking water for millions of Americans

By Ula Chrobak

With thousands missing and displaced after Dorian, the Bahamas may soon get hit by a tropical storm
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With thousands missing and displaced after Dorian, the Bahamas may soon get hit by a tropical storm

By Jess Romeo

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound
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Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound

By Sara Chodosh

The best wildlife photos of the year remind us that nature is amazing—and brutal
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The best wildlife photos of the year remind us that nature is amazing—and brutal

By PopSci Editors

Can we still prevent an apocalypse? What Jonathan Franzen gets wrong about climate change
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Can we still prevent an apocalypse? What Jonathan Franzen gets wrong about climate change

By Ula Chrobak

Turns out there’s a shocking number of electric eels, and some could give off 1,000 volts
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Turns out there’s a shocking number of electric eels, and some could give off 1,000 volts

By Jess Romeo

How to survive a grizzly encounter
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How to survive a grizzly encounter

By Alisha McDarris

A U.S. adventurer just became the first to reach all of the world’s deepest spots
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A U.S. adventurer just became the first to reach all of the world’s deepest spots

By Josh Dean

Oyster architecture could save our coastlines
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Oyster architecture could save our coastlines

By Eleanor Cummins

Three key takeaways from the climate crisis town hall
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Three key takeaways from the climate crisis town hall

By Ula Chrobak

What the president can teach us about reading hurricane forecasts
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What the president can teach us about reading hurricane forecasts

By Charlie Wood

Everything you should know about methane as regulations loosen
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Everything you should know about methane as regulations loosen

By Ula Chrobak

Dorian has regained major hurricane status just in time to pummel the Carolinas
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Dorian has regained major hurricane status just in time to pummel the Carolinas

By Rachel Feltman

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