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Food wrapped in beeswax wrap
Sustainability

The truth about reusable kitchen essentials

Bamboo drinking straws, beeswax wrap, and silicone bags aren't as sustainable as we think.

an old drawing of a kitchen with a large open fire and a small dog running on a mill-like wheel to turn the spit
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance

The saga of the turnspit dog—and other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

The Passport mix includes Goldbears, Star, Matador, Tagada, and Rotella.
Science

The intense flavor science behind Haribo’s gummies

No one knows our gummy tastes better than the 100-year-old company.

Airhead mystery flavor
Science

How mystery flavors confuse our taste buds

People have tried to guess what’s behind the White Mystery Airhead for ages, but no one’s gotten it right so far.

Bowl of chapulines
Projects

You should start eating bugs. Here’s how.

‘Hakuna Matata’ isn’t the only thing you can learn from Timon and Pumbaa.

How to help your kids get over picky eating
Life Skills

How to help your kids get over picky eating

It's a frustrating but natural phase of development.

Maggots and algae could be the sustainable snacks of the future
Insects

Maggots and algae could be the sustainable snacks of the future

Eating healthy and sustainabily in the future could require some serious creativity.

How to eat sweet foods on a healthy diet
Ask Us Anything

How to eat sweet foods on a healthy diet

Order matters when it comes to food and metabolism

Assorted fruits, mushrooms, vegetables and other food spread out on table
Agriculture

11 percent of food waste comes from our homes

As consumers, we can help a lot—starting with ignoring those sell-by dates.

The Ask Us Anything logo with an illustrated heap of potatoes.
Ask Us Anything

Ask Us Anything: Can you survive on a single food forever?

‘Can’ is one thing, ‘should’ is another entirely.

laptop on white desk with google chrome on display
Tech Hacks

You should add more search engines to Google Chrome

Have everything right there.

This rainbow-scaled lizard lived anonymously in the Andes—until now
Animals

This rainbow-scaled lizard lived anonymously in the Andes—until now

The Feiruz wood lizard is one of more than a dozen recently found Peruvian creatures.

Types of bread for a bread and water diet
Ask Us Anything

Can you live on bread and water alone?

And does it matter which type of bread?

Three mason jars with homemade fabric dye and some dyed shirts inside them. From left to right: purple, orange, and pink.
Projects

Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps

Your next knockout outfit might come from your last killer dinner.

Almost half of the world’s children live in dangerous climate conditions
Climate Change

Almost half of the world’s children live in dangerous climate conditions

A new UNICEF report shows how important climate mitigation is to protect the world's youth.

Ferrari’s supercars might one day sense how hot or cold you are
Vehicles

Ferrari’s supercars might one day sense how hot or cold you are

A new patent explores a way for the car to detect your body temperature, and then adjust its climate accordingly.

A young child standing alone at the edge of a bright blue ocean, playing in the foam.
Life Skills

Teach your kids to respect the power of the ocean

It pretty much does what it wants, to be honest.

a rocket takes off
NASA

The COVID oxygen shortage is delaying NASA rockets

You'll never look at space launches—or even backyard barbecues—the same way again.

A tiger swallowtail butterfly puddling and drinking water in a muddy area.
Projects

Butterflies drink more than nectar—here’s how to turn your yard into an oasis

These beautiful insects like to get a little dirty.

Adult otter biting pup
Animals

8 animals being naturally hilarious

We ded.