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Teen in green sweatshirt with long brown hair against a bright yellow background scrolling through TikTok on a smartphone
Mental Health

How to break your toxic infinite scroll habit on TikTok

Excessive social media scrolling is linked to poor mental health, especially in teens. But there are better ways to enjoy the stream of videos and other content.

Rainbow trout are vulnerable to viruses—and microplastics make them even sicker
Pollution

Rainbow trout are vulnerable to viruses—and microplastics make them even sicker

Higher death rates, bigger viral loads, and more viral shedding—plastic causes big problems for rainbow trout trying to fend off a common disease.

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Gear

The best meat alternatives

Got beef with animal proteins? These meat alternatives can help flesh out a plant-based diet.

The Prius Prime XSE in Supersonic Red
Hybrid Cars

Toyota Prius Prime upgrades make the famous hybrid go faster, for longer

More power, more range, and better looks give the Prime a big boost.

A juvenile elephant named Ko Raya (left) with Pang Pha (right) at the Berlin Zoo. Scientists believe that Pang Pha taught herself how to peel bananas.
Wildlife

Pang Pha the elephant learned to peel bananas by mimicking humans

Who needs an opposable thumb, anyway?

Ocean waves crashing on rocky shoreline on cloudy day.
Ocean

Pendulums under ocean waves could prevent beach erosion

Waves are getting worse, but letting these cylinders take the hit could help slow coastal erosion.

A person sitting in front of a desktop computer in an office, using a laptop. She should learn to schedule a shutdown on Windows.
Tech Hacks

Set your computer to turn on and off on a schedule

Save some energy and give your poor computer a break by getting it to run on a set timetable.

A pregnant patient gets a blood pressure reading in a medical setting.
Diseases

Scheduled childbirth might reduce preeclampsia risk by half

The condition affects as many as 1 in 25 pregnancies in the United States.

How big banks can make real progress against climate change
Climate Change

How big banks can make real progress against climate change

'The financial sector should be the engine of the transformation.'

Three Mifeprex abortion pills at the The Hope Center for Women in Granite City, Illinois, three months after the FDA’s approval of the drug in September 2000.
Health

Competing rulings put access to abortion pill in jeopardy

Mifepristone has been FDA approved since 2000.

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Electric Vehicles

Everything we love about Hyundai’s newest EV

Beneath its striking exterior, the Ioniq 6 is a wonderfully normal electric vehicle that's delightful to drive.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin photographed on the moon during Apollo 11 by Neil Armstrong
Moons

Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity

Some space law experts want to treat the moon like a national park. Here's why.

The earliest spring on record is bad news for the eastern US
Global Warming

The earliest spring on record is bad news for the eastern US

Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.

A carpenter bee on a white flower. If you're trying to figure out how to get rid of carpenter bees, it's best not to kill these crucial pollinators.
Bees

Easy ways to stop carpenter bees from remodeling your home

None of these tips for getting rid of carpenter bees involve extermination.

A warming climate is driving salmon to switch streams
Fish

A warming climate is driving salmon to switch streams

Ecologist Sandy Milner has traveled to Alaska for decades to study the development of streams flowing from melting glaciers.

Dog’s are a human’s best friend—and a shorebird’s worst enemy
Land

Dog’s are a human’s best friend—and a shorebird’s worst enemy

What will it take to control beach dogs—and, more importantly, their owners?

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Speakers

The best Bose soundbars

Bose’s premium soundbar systems bring expansive sound to tight spaces.

Off-putting AI generated hands
AI

AI is trying to get a better handle on hands

Accurate images of hands are notoriously difficult for AI to generate, but 'NeRF' is here to help.

Pale blue Uranus with clearly detailed rings captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
Moons

Ice giant Uranus shows off its many rings in new JWST image

The seventh planet boasts 13 known rings and a unique polar cap.

Amazon Luna controller hovering in front of a purple background.
Tech Hacks

7 things to know about Amazon’s new gaming service, Luna

Smoother graphics and phone controls can help you get more from Amazon Luna.