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Life Skills

Expert tips for cooking gourmet meals on a camp stove

Yes, campsite gourmet experiences are real.

Bowl of mussels.
Ocean

Eating seafood can be more sustainable and healthy than red meat

Going surf over turf can lead to a smaller greenhouse gas footprint and better nutrition.

Cat's Eye Nebula 3D model on left; Hubble image of Cat's Eye Nebula in blue, purple, and pink on right
Space Telescope

This highly detailed image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula might finally help us understand how it formed

Rings with a near perfect symmetry give the nebula its haunting appearance.

Apple orchard.
COVID-19

How to enjoy fall festivities during the COVID pandemic

Some autumnal traditions can be riskier for your health than others.

Watch the Air Force sink a ship very quickly
Air Force

Watch the Air Force sink a ship very quickly

The technology from the Air Force Research Laboratory is aptly named "Quicksink."

What’s a pig butchering scam? Here’s how to avoid falling victim to one
Technology

What’s a pig butchering scam? Here’s how to avoid falling victim to one

Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them.

a baby feeds on a bottle
Food Safety

The FDA investigated the ongoing baby formula shortage. Here’s what it found.

Experts weigh in on issues that are still unresolved.

Example of golden ratio in photography
DIY

Learn the golden rules of photography (before you break them)

From the rule of thirds to leading lines, these are the core principles of photographic composition. Feel free to smash them to pieces.

A bald man wearing a dust respirator and earmuffs working in a woodshop and milling his own wood to make it straight.
Life Skills

Every woodworker should know how to mill their own boards

Flat, square, and straight planks will make your DIY projects much easier.

Watch this sleek electric plane ace its high-speed ground test
Electric Vehicles

Watch this sleek electric plane ace its high-speed ground test

Powered by 8,000 pounds of batteries, the Alice aircraft just completed an important runway exercise. And its first flight is coming up very soon, too.

Wildfires are burning away snow in the American West
Environment

Wildfires are burning away snow in the American West

A new study finds wildfires are burning more high elevation areas and dramatically impacting the West’s snowpack as a result.

Tesla interior with driver hand on black steering wheel
Electric Vehicles

Tesla updates finger-pinching window glitch

About 1.1 million cars need updates after reports that their windows' automatic reversal setting couldn't detect fingers.

Sunset on a prairie with a flock of birds silhouetted against the sky.
Birds

This fall, use weather data to see when birds are migrating near you

BirdCast's free online maps are like weather forecasts, but for avian migration.

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons
Internet

Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons

Before Amazon, the new director of learning and development spent five years as a manager at Corrections Corps of America.

plant and a gift with blue wrapping paper and a pink ribbon
Gift Guides

Best gifts for women: Truly unique gift ideas

No more flowers and bad jewelry! We’ve rounded up some of the best gifts for women who love fitness, tech, the outdoors—and the indoors, too.

a person with diabetes uses a lancet to poke their finger to check blood sugar levels
Diabetes

Here’s one reason why people with diabetes get lots of UTIs

Diabetes compromises the function of self-made antibiotics that help prevent infection.

Hurricane Fiona to make historic landfall in Canada
Weather

Hurricane Fiona to make historic landfall in Canada

Fiona was a powerful Category 3 storm north of Bermuda as of this morning.

Screenshot of noisli platform
Tech Hacks

19 free online tools you’ll want to bookmark right now

Why install an app when you can run what you need from a browser tab?

You’ve seen Mount Doom in the movies, now look at it from space
Space

You’ve seen Mount Doom in the movies, now look at it from space

The volcano still wows even without magic.

Close up of library books on shelf
Internet

In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround

Texas alone has banned 801 books across 22 districts.