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Detail shots of compost bins made by Vitamix, Redmon, Vivosun, and Vermihut.
Home

The best compost bins

Help guarantee a greener tomorrow by investing in one of the best compost bins available.

Volvo's EX30 electric car
Electric Vehicles

Volvo’s new EV could include recycled blue jeans, pine resin, or flax

The EX30 costs less than $40,000 and makes use of materials like old denim and flax fiber.

Hot dogs at the grocery store without meat warning labels
Global Warming

Graphic warning labels might convince people to eat less meat

The experimental labels would be similar to the warnings you see on tobacco products.

The best laptops under $300
Laptops

The best laptops under $300

These laptops prove you can get great performance without great cost.

The best dog beds
Home

The best dog beds

Our good boys and girls need a little R&R, too, and these dog beds will give them the snuggly break they deserve.

Best Vacuums for Stairs
Home

The best vacuums for stairs

Clean upstairs, downstairs, and on every stair in between.

Four of the best beginner keyboards are sliced together vertically.
Audio

The best beginner keyboards

If tickling the ivories tickles your fancy, but your budget and space are tight, these keyboards can expand your creative foundation.

A sample of Asteroid Bennu is put on public display for the first time at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2023. A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, NASA revealed, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space. The small black rock is located in a glass viewing pain.
NASA

Smithsonian unveils a very small sample of the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped the samples off from the carbon-rich space rock.

Four of the best rechargeable flashlights are sliced together against a white background.
Outdoor Gear

The best rechargeable flashlights

Light up your life without using disposable batteries.

A baby loggerhead turtle pokes out of a shell on the sand. Its head and front flippers are out of the shell, with the lower half remaining inside.
Ocean

Endangered sea turtles build hundreds of nests on the Outer Banks

The barrier islands saw 459 nests in 2023 including the first loggerhead turtle nest in 11 years.

Screenshot of star from NASA+ show 'Space Out'
Social Media

NASA’s free streaming platform launches this week. Here’s what to watch.

'Space Out' with trailers for some of the upcoming NASA+ shows, debuting November 8.

An array of DeWalt mechanics tool sets arranged in a pattern on a plain background.
Gear

Grab ridiculously cheap mechanics tool sets before Black Friday at Amazon and Lowe’s

Jump on these absurd deals on DeWalt and Kobalt tool sets before they get sucked up in the Black Friday frenzy.

An illustration of Ekgmowechashala, the last primate to inhabit North America before humans. The animal has a white furry face, with a pink nose, and large dark eyes like a lemur. It is sitting in a leafy tree.
Evolution

North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeys

According to paleontologists, the five-pound Ekgmowechashala showed up on the continent ‘like a drifting gunslinger in a Western movie.’

A hand holding a phone over a wooden table. The phone screen is blue and shoes the logo for the Venmo app.
Tech Hacks

It’s time to make your Venmo transactions private

No one has to know how many times you went for pizza last week.

elephant seal wearing tag like a hat
Engineering

Seals with funny hats are helping map the Antarctic seascape

These trackers turn seals into roving sensors.

Why do we eat so many cows
Agriculture

Why cutting back on cow consumption is so hard

Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

The best mini fridges
Appliances

The best mini fridges

A mini fridge is a small appliance that can make a big difference in a home office, dorm, even a bedroom, garage, or shed.

The silver structure of the International Space Station against the black backdrop of space.
International Space Station

What mouse embryos can tell us about the future of pregnancies in space

Pregnant space travelers are ‘not a question of, if but when.'

The best infrared thermometers help you keep a gauge on your health and your food.
Home

The best infrared thermometers, according to experts

These versatile devices can help you with everything from cooking to your health.

A wall-mounted paper roll holder attached to a wood-framed wall near a low ceiling in a workshop.
Projects

Clear some space for more projects by building this wall-mounted paper dispenser

If you've got rolls of paper, give them a home with this space-saving project.