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Open dishwasher with clean dishes in the white kitchen
Environment

The science of why you should use your dishwasher

By Justin Pot

Urban farming sustainability concept, captured in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Environment

Surviving global catastrophe is a matter of community, not commerce

By Andrew Paul

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

3D-printed calamari is back on the menu

By Andrew Paul

Four urinals mounted on tiled wall
Science

New urinal designs use physics to prevent pee splashback

By Andrew Paul

Transparent wood sample overlaying 'Transparent wood (TW)' on computer screen
Technology

Eggs, sticky rice, and transparent wood create new kind of window

By Andrew Paul

An Apollo 12 high-oblique view of the lunar nearside looking northeast toward the crater Copernicus (in center near horizon), as photographed from lunar orbit.
Science

A startup wants to mine the moon for helium

By Andrew Paul

View of fog at the Atacama desert in Iquique, some 2000 km north of Santiago, on April 19, 2016. Catholic University of Chile researchers' challenge is to implement a fog collection system -which uses large pieces of vertical canvas to make the fog condense into droplets- in small communities which don't have drinkable water in Atacama desert. / AFP / MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)
Environment

In the driest place on Earth, water hides in plain sight

By Lauren Leffer

Crane installing wind turbine wings
Environment

New wind turbines will test out the world’s longest wooden blades

By Andrew Paul

Thermogalvanic fridge prototype device held in blue gloved hand
Technology

The electrochemical cells that could power fridges of the future

By Andrew Paul

Modern eco home illustration. Building modern design. Energy conservation and wind turbine. Flat vector linear illustration. Tree and bushes. Trendy line style vector.
Gear

6 easy ways to make your home more sustainable

By Eric Alt

cattle grazing in a field
Environment

Feeding seaweed to gassy cattle can reduce methane

By Laura Baisas

Gloved hand pointing to LignoSat wooden satellite prototype
Technology

World’s first wooden satellite shares material with samurai sword sheaths

By Andrew Paul

Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower
Environment

Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans

By Andrew Paul

two baseballs held in two hands. one is bright white and the other is coated with a brown mud
Science

Baseball’s legendary ‘magic mud’ finally analyzed by scientists

By Laura Baisas

A tiny home made using the nacelle casing from a wind turbine
Environment

Recycled wind turbines may one day become tiny homes and floating playgrounds

By Andrew Paul

FastRig wing-sail deployed on cargo ship at dock
Technology

A nuclear waste tanker ship is testing a 65-foot-tall wing-sail

By Andrew Paul

Jeff VanderMeer next to book cover for Absolution
Science

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk

By Andrew Paul

glass bowl filled with brown seaweed
Environment

Bye, kale: Marine scientists want you to eat more seaweed

By Alisha McDarris

Spinach rows in farm field
Science

Your recycled pee may be better for crops than synthetic fertilizer

By Andrew Paul

Using the microwave oven to heat food. Woman's hand puts plastic container with broccoli and buckwheat in the microwave
Science

Seriously, stop microwaving your food in plastic

By Lauren Leffer