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Black family with kids and seniors beating back holiday stress around a white dinner table
Psychology

Holiday stress is all about expectations

It may have more to do with the ideas in your head than the annual meltdown over the turkey.

fmri dog
Dogs

Dogs can understand more complex words than we thought

Our furry friends might be understanding more than you think.

A white apartment building under cloudy skies.
Tech Hacks

How to secure your apartment-provided WiFi

Communal living is cool until it isn’t.

This solar-powered British drone will surveil from the stratosphere
Drones

This solar-powered British drone will surveil from the stratosphere

The PHASA-35 has a wingspan of 115 feet—the same as a Boeing 737—but it weighs just 330 pounds. The goal is to keep in the air for a year.

hand holding smartphone showing twitter on the screen
Life Skills

3 ways you can try to make money from your tweets

The company has launched three different ways to cash in with your tweets.

A boy gets a vaccine while sitting on his mom's lap.
Vaccines

Why are kids’ immune systems different from adults’?

Here's what it takes to develop a COVID vaccine for kids.

oil spill on water sea surface
Fossil Fuels

Yemen’s defunct oil tanker could set off a public health crisis

The FSO Safer could spill over a million barrels of oil into the Red Sea at any moment.

The Army isn’t getting its fancy Microsoft AR goggles quite yet
Military

The Army isn’t getting its fancy Microsoft AR goggles quite yet

Here's why the IVAS gadget is delayed.

A large pot of chicken or beef bone broth with bits of bones, herbs and meat floating in the broth.
Projects

How to create a nutritious and hydrating bone broth

When the going gets rough, this simple bone broth recipe will tide you over.

Melting ice cap in the ocean aerial
Fossil Fuels

The oil and gas industry knew about climate change in the 1950s

Archival documents set the timeline of coverups even further back.

Colorful clothes hanging on a laundry line outside on a sunny day—one of the best ways to reduce microplastic pollution from laundry.
Life Skills

The secret to longer-lasting clothes will also reduce plastic pollution

Microplastics are a major threat, and a prime source is your washing machine.

Solar flare on the sun's orange surface in a NASA image
Sun

NASA images show the sun has had a rough week

Imagine if you had a massive magnetic field—and then farted.

Camera looking over the shoulder of a person sitting at a desk and looking at their Android phone
Tech Hacks

Watch your favorite TikTok over and over by setting it as a live wallpaper

If it’s not moving, it’s boring.

a small brown and red bird perched on a branch
Birds

You’ve heard of truffle pigs. Now get ready for truffle birds.

Scientists just found two species with a surprising fondness for fungi.

Baltimore checkerspot caterpillar curled up in a black and orange ball
Evolution

Inflatable tentacles and silk hats: See how caterpillars trick predators to survive

Baby moths and butterflies pull off some wild adaptations to dodge detection. Sam Jaffe’s photos give us a closer look.

Person with long hair theatrically gasping from a jump scare in a haunted house or horror movie
Psychology

Why do we keep falling for jump scares?

The making—and breaking—of the cheap thrills.

Mark Zuckerberg announces new company name meta
Social Media

Facebook changes its name as it pushes toward a digital reality future

In the 2021 Connect keynote, Mark Zuckerberg outlined his plans for the metaverse and for the future of the company.

a young woman with short, bright red hair and dark skin smiles against the background of a plain blue wall
Vaccines

Worried about COVID vaccine side effects? Try this simple trick.

Having a positive mindset about side effects could have surprising benefits.

Parent and child engaging in baby talk and language development in a cartoon
Animals

Baby talk isn’t just cute—it’s critical for kids’ vocabularies

You know how your voice automatically jumps an octave when you’re around a baby? There’s a reason for that.

A photo of the planet Jupiter.
Solar System

Juno finally got close enough to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to measure its depth

Into the eye of the red storm.