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Trees grow with power plant pollution in the background.
Pollution

The EPA needs to retool its fight against climate pollution. Here’s how.

Generation shifting is out—but other strategies are still in.

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Audio

Universal Audio SD-1 mic review: A contender to the throne

Stylish and natural-sounding, UA’s dynamic microphone aims to be a new classic for efficient home-studio setups. So is it?

Meet the JLTV, the Humvee’s agile new cousin
Army

Meet the JLTV, the Humvee’s agile new cousin

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicles are following in the Humvee's footsteps. Here's how the two machines compare.

Something inside shipping containers is making workers sick
Health

Something inside shipping containers is making workers sick

Seizure-inducing methyl bromide and carcinogenic formaldehyde are only some of the poisonous chemicals scientists found inside cargo containers.

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Climate Change

Greenwashing lawsuit against Dutch airline is the first of its kind

Is sustainable flight really possible right now?

A photo of people talking using the computer.
Mental Health

Digital therapy companies promise to make mental health accessible—but experts are skeptical

Some some traditional mental health professionals are worried about the rapid proliferation of the online commercial therapy industry.

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Medicine

Yes, you can overdose on melatonin. Here’s how to use the sleep supplements safely.

For starters, the supplement isn’t a good choice for kids or insomniacs.

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Life Skills

7 techno-savvy ways travelers can find food to fit their dietary restrictions

Don’t let dietary restrictions stop you from filling your plate.

What the future holds for the Army’s venerable Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Self Driving

What the future holds for the Army’s venerable Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The next-gen version of this ride should be able to move across a battlefield with no one inside.

Amateur Honorable Mention: Common Raven in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Animals

The year’s best bird photos highlight the humor, beauty, and fragility of avian life

The winners of the 13th annual Audubon Photography Awards have been unveiled.

A man on a bicycle wearing a face mask as he passes flowering bushes.
COVID-19

Omicron variants keep getting better at dodging our immune systems

But reinfections from BA.5 don't necessarily mean severe disease.

MIT 3D knits
Engineering

Pressure-sensing mats and shoes could enhance healthcare and video games

MIT researchers created a smart textile linked up with a machine learning system.

White cylinder with wires, part of the LZ dark matter detector run the US Department of Energy
Particle Physics

The world’s best dark matter detector whiffed on its first try

The LUX-ZEPLIN is now on the hunt for WIMPs and other hints of dark matter across the universe.

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Whales

An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales

Scientists spied as many as 150 of the animals hungrily munching on krill.

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Security

Quantum computers could break encryption. The US government is trying to prevent that.

Modern problems require modern solutions.

A woman standing at the back of a partially completed van conversion project, holding her arms out wide with a measuring tape held between them.
Life Skills

Vehicle conversion tips to fit any van-life budget

Sometimes you need to know how to get more from less.

Bennu asteroid image from OSIRIS-REx mission
NASA

NASA sampled a ‘fluffy’ asteroid that could hold clues to our existence

Bennu delivers a few surprises in NASA's first mission to retrieve pieces of a near-Earth asteroid.

Bombarding period trackers with fake data won’t solve post-Roe privacy problems
Technology

Bombarding period trackers with fake data won’t solve post-Roe privacy problems

Researchers show that submitting junk data into period tracking apps won't confuse the algorithm or help protect reproductive privacy.

Volkswagen is launching a ‘global battery offensive’ with a giant new cell factory
Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen is launching a ‘global battery offensive’ with a giant new cell factory

The Volkswagen Group just broke ground on a major new facility in Germany.

Two aerospace engineers holding a slim white Mars Sailplane in a lab at Arizona State University
Mars

This sailplane could cruise Mars for months on only wind

No motor, no problem, even in the Martian atmosphere.