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Watch this French laser zap drones out of the sky
Drones

Watch this French laser zap drones out of the sky

The system is one way for militaries and others to deal with rogue drones. Pew, pew!

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism
COVID-19

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism

The relationship between people and their planet just isn't that simple.

Orchid Bee
Bees

15 Bee-utiful Pictures Of Bees

A new book highlights the diversity of these fuzzy pollinators

trees
Land

Over Half Of All Amazonian Tree Species Are In Danger

Tropical tree species make up 90 percent of all trees on Earth, so we might want to do something

Blue Origin's capsule
Science

The world’s largest dino print, Blue Origin’s capsule for space tourists, and other amazing images of the week

Newsworthy eye candy

10 Crazy Uses For Animal Venom
Health

10 Crazy Uses For Animal Venom

When snakes and spiders try to kill us but wind up helping

Renovating American Infrastructure, Step 2: Water
Technology

Renovating American Infrastructure, Step 2: Water

Replacing treatment plants that use too much power, and 19th-century networks of leaky pipes

pollution off shore
Environment

What Paris Did (And Didn’t) Do for Climate Change

And why China may be onto something good

man in mask stands in front of brick wall
COVID-19

Low testosterone in men is linked to more severe COVID-19, but we have no idea why

A new study showed a correlation between low T and severe COVID, but did not prove a causal relationship.

Buying MGM may only be the beginning of Amazon’s content dominance
Internet

Buying MGM may only be the beginning of Amazon’s content dominance

Ignore Amazon Prime Video, and the company's entertainment ambitions, at your own peril.

A Brown hen sits on a nest of straw and one brown egg in a particle board compartment. A white egg sits nearby.
Animals

Even from inside their shells and wombs, embryos are listening

It's surprisingly common for developing animals to listen and adapt to the outside world.

Beer Can Pheasant
DIY

The best wild game and fish recipes for the Fourth of July

Field & Stream has put together one killer menu for the perfect summer barbecue.

How a wildfire kicked up a 45,000-foot column of flames
Climate Change

How a wildfire kicked up a 45,000-foot column of flames

In 2011, a New Mexico wildfire went from normal to nuclear. Three local scientists set out to learn why.

The Science of Forensics
Science

The Science of Forensics

Surprising facts about the real-life science of crime scene investigations

human body
Medicine

Learning From the Dead

Turns out that a body reveals more details about its death than once thought

soybean plants
Agriculture

Plant pandemics are on the rise, and we need a plan to stop them

Though they don't directly impact us the same way, pandemics amongst crops could be devastating for us.

The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

allergens
Health

TEST DONT DELETE Clone of These are the most common—and deadliest—allergies

Seasonal allergies hit us hard, but you might be surprised by what kills us.

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why
Whales

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why

It flies in the face of typical humpback behavior.

An Order of Meat
Animals

Why I Eat Lion and Other Exotic Meats

Why do people seek out yaks, bears, and other exotic eatables? An enthusiast tells why, and how