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Tools for measuring home air quality on a blue background with a dust cloud
Gear

How to measure the air quality in your home by yourself and with a pro

By Terri Williams

Air Purifiers for asthma
Gear

The best air purifiers for asthma in 2025, according to experts

By Terri Williams

A 3D rendering of a sperm cell.
Health

Next-generation male contraceptives could rely on the perfect temperature

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a woman with long blonde hair kissing a man with short dark hair
Health

Does kissing spread gluten? New research offers a clue.

By Laura Baisas

A milkman having his float inspected, circa 1935.
Health

What was food like before the FDA?

By Lauren Leffer

iHealth blood pressure monitors arranged in a row
Gear

Amazon’s best-selling at-home blood pressure cuff is just $30 for a limited time

By Stan Horaczek

a california sea lion sits by a pool
Environment

This sea lion can keep a beat better than some humans

By Laura Baisas

The introductory page of the pamflyt compiled of cheese. It is written in loopy script on beige paper.
Health

Oldest known English book on cheese advises against drinking dog milk

By Laura Baisas

a bandage with daffy duck from looney tunes on a child's arm
Health

Why using the same arm for vaccines might boost the body’s response

By Laura Baisas

Product composite against a "pollen" background
Gear

How to allergy-proof your home

By Terri Williams

a person scratches an itchy arm
Health

Your skin is crawling with zombie cells–some help, some hurt

By Laura Baisas

Side by side of uncooked and cooked 3D printed vegan calamari rings
Science

3D-printed calamari is back on the menu

By Andrew Paul

a box labeled measles, mumps, and rubella virus vaccine and two vials
Health

New study: US could see millions of measles cases if vaccination rates keep dropping

By Laura Baisas

Coiled rattlesnake near flowering bush
Environment

Rattlesnakes may evolve specialized venoms

By Andrew Paul

sticker on arm
Health

This sticker reads emotions (even the ones you try to hide)

By Mack DeGeurin

An unrecognizable person doing full-body red light therapy (RLT) in a dark room surrounded by LED.
Health

Do infrared saunas work? What the science says. 

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

the color spectrum
Health

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

By Lauren Leffer

We're Safety Now Haven't We album art featuring animals in photoshopped helmets and on smoke detectors
Technology

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

By Andrew Paul

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex.
Science

Scientists watch how mice learn, one synapse at a time

By Tom Hawking

An illustration of what the aurora might have looked like during a polar reversal about 41,000 years ago. The green glow of an aurora is much further south than we see it today.
Science

Sunscreen may have kept ancient humans alive during a polar reversal

By Laura Baisas