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A woman with red hair wearing sunglasses and a black-and-white-striped shirt, laying on the concrete edge of a tiled swimming pool, looking at her phone, which she's holding above her face.
Tech Hacks

All you need to know to add closed captions to video calls, Netflix, and more

It doesn’t count as summer reading, though.

Baby woolly mammoth from North American permafrost with trunk intact stretched out on blue tarp
Animals

This is the most-complete woolly mammoth ever found in North America

The find offers paleontologists a rare, clear window into megafauna from the last ice age.

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Science

The science is clear: Metal music is good for you

This music genre blows away stereotypes.

Wildfire
Environment

Electrocuted birds cause a surprising amount of wildfires

While perching on power lines, birds can become electrocuted, burst into flames, and set wildlands ablaze.

Meet the ID Aero, Volkswagen’s new electric sedan concept
Concept Cars

Meet the ID Aero, Volkswagen’s new electric sedan concept

The EV should have range of more than 300 miles, and will first be on sale in China.

Photodetectors in a circular array in a large neutrino detector experiment at Fermilab
Particle Physics

This ghostly particle may be why dark matter keeps eluding us

Physicists in Russia think they’re on the trail of a new particle that's everywhere, but nowhere.

A white iPhone on a yellow background with the Snapchat ghost icon on the screen in landscape mode.
Tech Hacks

7 apps that will let you send disappearing messages

Some texts and pics should leave no trace.

drinking water glass
Fitness & Exercise

You can’t make mineral water with plain, old salt

With hydration comes urination. There's no point in fighting it.

Juul e-cigarette vaping pen next to box and a gavel to symbolize FDA ban decision
Cancer

Why Juul vaping products might start disappearing from US stores

Ending Juul sales could be one small step in addressing nicotine addiction across the country.

Boat leaving cruise ship on the ocean.
Ocean

Care about the planet? Skip the cruise, for now.

The fuel that keeps a floating vacation going is detrimental for the environment.

Sort your entire photo library with this AI
DIY

Sort your entire photo library with this AI

With Excire Foto 2022, you can tidy up your image database with just a few clicks of the mouse.

Dodge Challenger
Vehicles

A week behind the wheel of the most powerful muscle car you can buy

The 807-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock is an everyday hot rod with muscular charm.

Carbon offsets such as credits have problems that critics wonder if crypto companies can actually solve.
Environment

Crypto companies are getting into carbon credits. But can they actually help the climate?

Flowcarbon and other blockchain technology companies are trying to make carbon credits easier to trade.

A herd of feral hogs
Animals

Returning wolves could be the answer to Rome’s feral hog problem

Rome is overrun with wild hogs weighing up to 200 pounds, and some wildlife officials believe the increasing wolf population could help.

voice recording
AI

Do we want Alexa mimicking anyone’s voice? Yes, and no.

One day, Alexa will be able to mimic anyone's voice from only one minute of audio.

Farmer holding freshly harvested carrots.
Pollution

The EU’s plan to halve pesticide use is ambitious, but realistic

Food security has more to gain than to lose, experts say.

Rogue black hole in Milky Way galaxy in an artist's rendition
Black Holes

‘Rogue black holes’ might be neither ‘rogue’ nor ‘black holes’

Millions of invisible black holes float freely around our galaxy. Now astronomers think they can spot them.

Person frowning looking at computer
Tech Hacks

Here’s what Google knows about you—and how to change it

This is one first impression that won’t stick.

San Joaquin Delta in California
Environment

Inside the ambitious plan to restore peat wetlands in California

This hydrologist has a plan to head off a catastrophic flood and sequester carbon in California.

A night photo of a log with a bobcat in the background.
Animals

Watch bobcats, bears, and even birds use fallen logs as bridges

Stream restoration projects designed to help salmon have unexpected benefits for land animals.