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coral reefs of Moorea as seen from height
Ocean

Why Some Coral Reefs Might Survive Climate Change

But it's not going to be easy for many species

How To Turn A Barf Bag Into A Phone Mount
Life Skills

How To Turn A Barf Bag Into A Phone Mount

Become the envy of fellow passengers on TV-free airplanes

What’s it’s like to fly an 11,500-pound experimental helicopter (with zero experience)
Aviation

What’s it’s like to fly an 11,500-pound experimental helicopter (with zero experience)

The tablet attached to my leg—and the former Coast Guard pilot by my side—helped.

How many hours of sleep do you actually need?
Ask Us Anything

How many hours of sleep do you actually need?

It depends on how well you want your brain to work

Chinese Scientists Engineer Teeny Tiny Pigs To Sell As Pets
Pets

Chinese Scientists Engineer Teeny Tiny Pigs To Sell As Pets

Also for medical research

Nikon F3 SLR
DIY

A normal person’s guide to buying an old film camera

You don't have be an expert (or a hipster) to enjoy analog photography

First Images Of How A Molecule’s Structure Changes In A Reaction
Science

First Images Of How A Molecule’s Structure Changes In A Reaction

Visualizing chemistry is awesome!

met gala
Archaeology

Women In The Middle Ages Dressed Better Than Men

Nothing has changed. Did you see the Met Gala?

Red-winged blackbird singing.
AI

Birders behold: Cornell’s Merlin app is now a one-stop shop for bird identification

The app’s new 'Shazam for birds' feature was made possible through citizen science. Here's how it all works—and why you should download it.

a smiling woman crouching down to talk to a small child in a hooded jacket
Health

What ‘gentle parenting’ can teach us about care, relationships, and communication

Its focus on communication is being praised on social media—but what does the evidence say?

Bean soup served with avocado, cheese and eggs.
Life Skills

Feed a family for a week with a single bag of beans

Nutrition on a budget.

The Hubble Space Telescope, with its yellow solar panels featured prominently.
Moons

Hubble spied water vapor on our solar system’s largest moon

Ganymede is a growing point of interest for astronomers and their search for life.

A person sitting on the floor, holding several $100 bills in a fan shape.
Life Skills

7 tips for saving electricity this summer

Saving money while saving the planet can be oh so cool.

Data center.
Climate Change

Worried your Netflix binge is killing the planet? You can chill—for now.

Watching TV in SD isn’t going to save the planet, but you can push for change in other ways.

Person holding an Apple Watch to the camera
Tech Hacks

7 tips and tricks to master your Apple Watch

More power to your wrist.

A red-eyed, black-bodied cicada with amber legs and wings perches on a brown stick facing towards the camera. The cicada's head is in sharp focus while the rest of the image blurs into the green background.
Insects

Baby Brood X cicadas are headed underground. What lies ahead is still a mystery.

Brood X will spend the next 17 years in burrowing, eating, and growing. But the science isn’t completely settled on how the bugs wile away or count their time.

skycool-panels-on-rool
Renewables

This California company wants to make modern AC obsolete

Nanoscience dusts off a quirk of physics to optimize air conditioning. Can it help save the planet too?

Discovery Of Fairy Circles In Australia Helps Scientists Pinpoint Their Mysterious Origins
Environment

Discovery Of Fairy Circles In Australia Helps Scientists Pinpoint Their Mysterious Origins

It's not from fairies (probably)

Captive Research Chimp Population Gets A New Home In Georgia
Animals

Captive Research Chimp Population Gets A New Home In Georgia

A Chimpanzee retirement community

Portable multimeter Cen-tech P34907
DIY

Tool Smackdown: Pocket Multimeters

Our favorite devices for measuring volts, ohms, amps, and Hz in the real world