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Vaccines

What you can and can’t do after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

A SpaceX Starship rocket falls through the air horizontally during a test.
Mars

SpaceX Starships keep exploding, but it’s all part of Elon Musk’s plan

“We expect it to explode,” Musk has said. “It’s weird if it doesn’t explode, frankly.”

peregrine falcon perched on a rock
Birds

A peregrine falcon’s power to migrate may lie in its DNA

Genetics seem to help the world’s most wide-ranging bird of prey fly thousands of miles each year.

Kids and tablet
Tech Hacks

How to set parental controls on any phone or tablet

Tips and apps for peace of mind.

sika deer in nara park, japan
COVID-19

How the pandemic has helped and hurt animals around the world

The effects were both good and bad, but the main takeaway is how vulnerable tourism-dependent animals can be.

A US Marine in desert camo about to throw a grenade out of a bunker.
Military

The Army’s new tool for analyzing bomb shrapnel could lead to better body armor

The novel digital approach is 200 times faster.

Close up detailed photograph of a tick on a grey background.
Health

A novel drug to prevent Lyme disease is now being tested in humans

It could be available by 2023.

ferns
Conservation

Conservation and ecology research tackles global issues without global input

The data would benefit from being more inclusive.

A woman wearing a Microsoft Hololens and interacting with an invisible hologram that only she can see.
Internet

Microsoft’s new Mesh platform turns your remote coworkers into holograms

It’s called Mesh and it’s the company’s vision of future workplaces.

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Technology

The top 10 cities for biking probably aren’t where you think

Cold weather doesn’t stop avid pedal pushers.

White bowls of white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, and unrefined sugar
Diabetes

High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?

Many of us believe some kinds of sugar are healthier.

Smartphone using the app Google PhotoScan to scan a printed photo
Tech Hacks

Scan and print anything from your phone

There’s almost nothing you can’t do from your phone these days.

A fisherman with a white beard tying a knot in some fishing line.
Projects

The strongest fishing knots you can tie

Field & Stream put three types of line through an exhaustive series of tests and ­discovered the very best knots.

thylacines at national zoo
Wildlife

Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think

Images that supposedly showed the extinct thylacine were actually of a pademelon. But how could you even confuse the two?

A woman in a blue dress looking away and down to the side, as eight hands reach out to her from the edge of the frame.
Life Skills

How to break free of the bystander effect and help someone in trouble

Be the hero you want to be.

pedestrian traffic light with red background
Technology

Designing spaces with marginalized people in mind makes them better for everyone

How the ‘curb-cut effect’ makes the world easier to navigate.

A self-unloading ship in the water.
Technology

To move cargo with less mess, these ships unload themselves

Self-unloading ships quickly discharge goods such as salt by using some elegant engineering. Here’s how they do it.

wisconsin wolf hunt
Land

Wisconsin hunters have already killed more gray wolves than allowed

More than 27,000 people applied for permits for the state’s first wolf hunt since 2014.

New electric Ranger from Polaris Off Road.
Electric Vehicles

Polaris and Zero Motorcycles just revealed their first electric vehicle collaboration

A new Ranger side-by-side comes out in December.

What to do when Google doesn’t have the answers you need
Tech Hacks

What to do when Google doesn’t have the answers you need

It’s time to put on your detective hat.