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

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

It’s a matter of privacy and privilege.

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

Soon you may not need DEET at all.

Zombie files are real.

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

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

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

Don’t trash them right away.

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

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

From taking voice notes to finding the right chords, we’ve got 10 rocking options for you.

Jumping out of planes and operating up north can be stressful, so the Army is studying resiliency.

A new rule will make it harder for local governments to ensure building codes are sufficiently climate-friendly.

We know a lot more about transmission risk than we did a year ago.

A year of pandemic life has made this question more important than ever.

Lampreys were thought of as models of early vertebrate evolution, but new evidence suggests otherwise.

Experts can’t agree on how to measure caloric effects on metabolism.

Unsupervised children can get in a whole lot of trouble.