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More than 50 percent of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change, including malaria and hepatitis.

A recent test from a British firm highlights an innovative way of sending information to a flying machine.

Times are tough—getting more cloud storage should be a breeze.

At no more than two centimeters long, it's also a wee slug.

The engineers can't just shrink down the real thing. Here's how they actually do it.

The 32-year-old space telescope peers deep into Sagittarius's globular cluster.

WhatsApp's latest updates support increased privacy and second-thoughts.

The annual Southwest Monsoon brings a wall of moisture to Death Valley National Park.

There are pros and cons to handing out medals to children who haven’t actually won anything.

This boxy model is versatile and perfect for a van-life build.

Starting in the 1970s, Texas fishing communities banded together against Formosa and the Ku Klux Klan. Kirk Wallace Johnson documents it all in his new book.

The industry-standard Blue Yeti USB microphone still has the sound, the looks, and the brawn to satisfy.

Made for all shapes and sizes, the best dog crates contain and protect their occupants.

Find the best sprinkler system to make your lawn the envy of the block.

The migratory monarch butterfly was flagged as endangered on the IUCN Red List, but federal protection in the US is still up in the air.

The US still uses Cold War-era tech to calibrate vacuums for manufacturing. Is there a more precise (and fun) option out there?

It’s a plane, it’s a train, it’s the hyperloop FluxJet from TransPod.

Meta asked the internet to help with a new chatbot last Friday. So far, it’s a disaster.

No AC? No problem.

Reconstructing the visual proteins from whales’ early ancestors suggests they were deep-sea divers. The clever technique could help scientists understand the capabilities of other extinct species.