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Living in a walkable neighborhood has a downside
Pollution

Living in a walkable neighborhood has a downside

Cars are polluting the air, making pedestrians sick.

How much more would you pay for a chocolate bar made without child labor?
Agriculture

How much more would you pay for a chocolate bar made without child labor?

A new study lifts the wrapper on the cocoa industry.

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.
Cancer

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.

These charts show how what you eat affects your cancer risk.

Before there was a periodic table, there was chemical chaos
Science

Before there was a periodic table, there was chemical chaos

Excerpt: Mendeleyev’s Dream

Triumph rolls out 2019 Rocket 3 TFC with 2,500cc engine
Motorcycles

Triumph rolls out 2019 Rocket 3 TFC with 2,500cc engine

Ultra-limited edition of Hinckley’s bruiser packs largest production motorcycle engine in the world.

How scientists saw the ā€˜invisible’—and captured the first image of a black hole
Science

How scientists saw the ā€˜invisible’—and captured the first image of a black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope peered into the Messier 87 galaxy.

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works
Health

After millennia of allergy treatments, here’s what actually works

Pollen counts are rising. Learn to cope.

The best screenshot and screen recording apps for your phone
Tech Hacks

The best screenshot and screen recording apps for your phone

Capture and share.

Green New Deal explainer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Environment

What the heck is the Green New Deal?

The vast proposal outlines a plan to save the Earth from environmental catastrophe.

Climate change is making winter colder in the Northeast
Environment

Climate change is making winter colder in the Northeast

Rising temperatures are weakening the jet stream, allowing frigid Arctic air to reach further south.

Black truffles imperiled by climate change
Environment

Black truffles imperiled by climate change

Severe heat and drought could decimate European truffle production.

When cameras captured ghosts
Technology

When cameras captured ghosts

The fascinating history of spirit photography.

man and woman in haunted house
Science

Why is it fun to be frightened?

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Science

Test Page

leatherback turtle with a man
Environment

When Isla meets Florence: Tracking sea life in a hurricane

Satellites, sharks and turtles, oh my.

Hurricane Gilbert hospital ruins Jamiaca
Engineering

This is how hospitals are preparing for hurricane season

It requires good design—and better emergency preparedness.

a plastic gun
Weapons

A plastic gun from a 3-D printer isn’t the safety concern you’d imagine

Printing out a gun is scary, but how easy it is to buy one is scarier

Great hammerheads haunt Cuba’s pristine reefs
Environment

Great hammerheads haunt Cuba’s pristine reefs

Relatively little research has been done in the country's waters

ant on stilts illustration
Insects

I glue stilts to ants

How do ants navigate back to their nests? Researchers assumed they relied on an internal pedometer. To test this theory, one scientist glued stilts to the insects.

Trump’s Space Force could be one giant leap into a tricky situation
Military

Trump’s Space Force could be one giant leap into a tricky situation

Experts still aren’t sure how the sixth military branch would actually work.