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Vaccines

COVID vaccine hesitancy is showing up in unexpected places

Though BIPOC are often highlighted, they’re not the group with the highest rates of vaccine hesitancy.

A helicopter named Elvis parked on the tarmac.
Drones

Elvis (the helicopter) is cheating death by becoming a drone

The S-64 Air Crane is a former firefighting helicopter that’s being converted for autonomous operations.

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Tech Hacks

Where to find the best free stuff online

Find everything from furniture to movies without dropping a penny.

Greenland's ice sheet
Army

How a top-secret nuclear project became a gold mine for data on Greenland’s ice sheet

‘Project Iceworm’ was a Cold War-era army project, and its results accidentally revealed secrets about our planet’s past.

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Health

Your liver does more than you give it credit for

Here are four reasons to celebrate the body’s largest internal organ.

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Tech Hacks

7 tips and tricks to master your Roku

From PIN protection to instant replay when you miss a line of dialogue.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)

Your noggin is like a soapy loofah—and other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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Health

Are ‘clean’ cosmetics better for us than other beauty products?

A new chapter in the hunt for truly non-toxic, ethical cosmetic ingredients.

A person holding an iPhone while sitting in front of a laptop, possibly setting up a burner phone number.
Tech Hacks

You should get a burner phone number (even if you are not a spy)

No, you don’t need to buy a new phone.

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Vaccines

COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’ could set a troubling precedent

It’s a matter of privacy and privilege.

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Fossil Fuels

Plane rides of the future could be fueled by table scraps

One person’s trash is another’s jet fuel.

A person using a laptop and viewing the Popular Science website in inverted colors, which helps people with vision impairments.
Tech Hacks

Built-in tools and extensions to make web browsing easier for people with vision impairments

It’s not easy, but you can do it.

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Insects

Catnip and grapefruit are ushering in a new era of insect repellants

Soon you may not need DEET at all.

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Tech Hacks

How to recover deleted photos from a memory card

Zombie files are real.

Chick sitting on woodchips in a wire pen
Agriculture

US egg producers could save billions of chicks a year. So why aren’t they?

The industry continues to hatch and kill scores of male chicks, despite promises to adopt new technology and optimize breeding practices.

survival garden
Projects

Start planning now for a healthy crop of homegrown food

Scout your site, research plants, and buy supplies to avoid the spring gardening rush.

Male blue ghost fireflies in a forest in North Carolina
Animals

Firefly tourism has a surprising dark side

Lightning bugs draw tourists in with their glow, but that could be bad news for the beetles.

Code
Tech Hacks

How to open broken computer files

Don’t trash them right away.

A Raytheon drone on display.
Navy

The Coyote swarming drone can deploy for aerial warfare—or hurricanes

The Navy wants them to be able to launch out of robotic vessels and then become a weapon if needed.

A coyote in the snow.
Wildlife

Eastern coyotes are increasingly common—here are 5 facts to know about them

They’re mysterious to biologists and misunderstood by the public.