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You’ve heard of auditory and visual hallucinations, but what about oral phantoms?

Black-footed ferrets could come back from near extinction, but some ranchers don’t want them on public lands.

Public health experts say there are ways to help ensure schools are safe.

Chocolate is a versatile ingredient that adds a bit of intrigue to at-home drinks.

Many families have become divided over online political conspiracy theories like QAnon, but psychologists aren’t sure how to intervene.

Here’s everything you need to know this week.

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

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

Tips and apps for peace of mind.

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

The novel digital approach is 200 times faster.

It could be available by 2023.

The data would benefit from being more inclusive.

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

Cold weather doesn’t stop avid pedal pushers.

Many of us believe some kinds of sugar are healthier.

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

Ötzi the Iceman ate pancakes and bacon—and other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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

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