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co2 collector containers
Climate Change

Why carbon capture needs to evolve

The technologies are a useful tool to reduce CO2 levels but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels.

Beautiful cat on red background
Cats

Why do cats make biscuits?

Kneading can be a positive sign that your aloof cat does actually like you.

Image of ice falling away from Falcon 9 rocket shortly before explosion
Private Space Flight

SpaceX’s historic Falcon 9 success streak met a fiery end

The reusable rocket still has a 99.7 percent track record.

harvester ants
Insects

How ants acts for the common good of the colony

Researchers observe reverse social contagion at work.

The best Shark vacuums will help you keep your house tidy.
Home

The best Shark vacuums

These vacuums (and mops) are designed to provide comprehensive cleaning.

Close up of bald eagle
Animals

Hunters’ bullets are poisoning bald eagles

A lead fragment as small as a grain of rice is enough to kill one.

How to make a walkie talkie for your dog
Tech Hacks

How to make a walkie talkie for your dog

Popular Science lauded such an effort in 1939. Today is a whole different story.

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Tech Hacks

The 5 best writing apps that help avoid distractions

Block out everything but you and your text.

Hurricane Ian flood, Florida.
Climate Change

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods

The federal agency is overhauling its disaster rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.

A new urine filtration system could help future astronauts explore further without needing to lug around hefty water reserves.
Mars

Future astronauts could safely drink their own urine with this Dune-like device

A backpack-sized filtration device could save valuable water.

Bag filled with smuggled snakes
Animals

Chinese Customs caught man with 104 snakes in his pants

The alleged smuggler is not the first try the tactic.

The rim and floor of Gale Crater as seen from NASA’s Curiosity Rover.
Mars

Mars was icy and wet billions of years ago, new study suggests

The Red Planet was a wasteland then, too.

Joby retrofitted a prototype electric VTOL with a liquid hydrogen system that traveled 523 miles with net-zero in flight emissions.
Technology

A hydrogen-powered air taxi flew 523 miles emitting only water vapor

Joby Aviation believes its VTOL could zoom travelers from Nashville to New Orleans or Boston to Baltimore.

Image of the planet Mars
Mars

Elon Musk’s Martian dreams include modded Cybertrucks and bioengineered animals

The SpaceX CEO believes colonizing Mars is key to humanity's survival.

An illustration of newly discovered crocodile relative named Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis on the coast of an ancient ocean called Panthalassa.
Animals

Say hello to the surprising crocodile relative Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis

‘Our first reaction was: What the hell is this?’

a thick mammoth foot preserved in permafrost. it is round and dark brown
Animals

Woolly mammoth ‘jerky’ preserves 52,000-year-old fossil chromosomes

The particles uncovered in Siberian permafrost are about the size of a virus.

Millions Of Red Crabs Make Their Way To Ocean As Part Of Annual Migration On Christmas Island
Science

Millions of crabs scuttle across this island every year

(Almost) nothing can stop the Christmas Island crustaceans.

WIPP site in New Mexico
Pollution

Finding a forever home for nuclear waste

Castoffs from U.S. nuclear weapons get buried at one site in New Mexico. But what happens when that facility fills up?

Martial arts gear arranged in a grid
Fitness Gear

Starter kit: All the gear you need to start training martial arts

Martial arts are great for you but you need the right gear to get going. Our expert picks the best martial arts accessories to pick up before heading to the mats.

A lineup of the best electrolyte drink mixes stitched together
Fitness Gear

The best electrolyte drinks, according to experts

These electrolyte drinks have what you need to recover from everything from running a marathon to a night out on the town.