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A bird flying near a concrete commercial building with large windows on a sunny day.
Projects

How to help birds avoid crashing into your windows

It's important that we help birds migrate safely.

Mars’s barren Jezero crater had a wet and dramatic past
Mars

Mars’s barren Jezero crater had a wet and dramatic past

The dried-up lake could hold clues to the Red Planet’s history and habitability.

Chaos spelled in Scrabble pieces
Climate Change

Chaos is more predictable than you think

It's a little different than Isaac Newton envisioned.

Green Southern cassowary egg drawing
Archaeology

Ancient humans might have bred one of the scariest birds on the planet

It shows that hunter-gather societies possessed sophisticated knowledge of nature and animals.

Person reading Kindle e-reader
Tech Hacks

Your e-reader can display more than just books

E-books are just the starting point.

solar panels against a blue sky
Renewables

Solar power got cheap. So why aren’t we using it more?

It turns out there’s a lot of inertia built into the energy system.

The price of solar panels just went up—here’s what that means for you
Renewables

The price of solar panels just went up—here’s what that means for you

A steep new tariff on imported solar panels will have a profound effect on the industry.

a person walking a dog along a trail in the forest
Life Skills

The right way to walk your dog

A great walk will exercise your bud's body and mind.

kid holding puppy laughing
Life Skills

What you need to know before bringing a puppy home for your kids

A few months of work will result in a lifetime of bliss.

Dog in the tub getting a bath
Life Skills

How to bathe, brush, and trim your pets at home

Quarantine can definitely be a hairy situation.

an illustration of a huge group of small dark birds flying in a cloud-like formation against a colorful sunset
Birds

This annual starling murmuration is so dense it’s called ‘The Black Sun’

How do starlings manage to fly in such mesmerizing synchronized displays?

Woman in cold weather with mask.
COVID-19

Outdoor heaters, video chat, and other hacks for surviving winter with COVID-19

Winter during a pandemic will be tough, but we can avoid the worst hits.

woman working with back pain
Life Skills

How to sit ergonomically without expensive equipment

Create a more comfortable desk setup.

Work space at home with ergonomic chair.
Projects

Set up an ergonomic home office before you destroy your body

It all starts with a chair.

A child dressed as Spider-Man and a child dressed as Captain America
Vaccines

Pfizer formally asked the FDA to authorize its COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

Leo the Caltech robot
Drones

LEO the robot can float like a butterfly and balance on a beam

Designed by Caltech engineers, LEO can both walk and fly, allowing it to navigate smartly in complex environments.

rendering of human shaping of amazon rainforest
Land

This wild grassland in the Amazon isn’t as untouched as it seems

A dry region became a wetland largely through human intervention.

banana operation
Engineering

Can this fruit be saved?

The banana as we know it is on a crash course toward extinction. For scientists, the battle to resuscitate the world's favorite fruit has begun--a race against time that just may be too late to win

A key part of the big bang remains troublingly elusive
Physics

A key part of the big bang remains troublingly elusive

Physicists still don't understand what happened in the instant after the Big Bang.

The US military has been testing out Reaper drones over Hawaii
Drones

The US military has been testing out Reaper drones over Hawaii

The three uncrewed aircraft arrived in September, and are part of an exercise. Here's why the military is interested in the Pacific.