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If history’s an ocean, humanity is a raindrop.

In less than 10 minutes, you can demonstrate the basics of rainfall.

The company has some upgrades to help people communicate during social distancing.

Searching wastewater for the coronavirus is fast, cheap, and anonymous.

We dissected the brain science behind this classic “impossible object."

Find a tree-lined field before sunset and wait for the American woodcock’s show to begin.

Thirty, flirty, and thriving!

Keepers of one of the largest fungi and blood-sucking-fly collections are following strict protocols as they tend to their valuable lab subjects.

No matter what anyone says.

Color constancy is playing tricks on you.

Don’t underestimate how quickly the new coronavirus moves. Start staying at home now.

Coming to terms with death and loss in the midst of COVID-19.

Sure, smarts can lead to more touchdowns and rings. But there are other statistics that carry weight on draft night.

The small unmanned aircraft drop off the samples by parachute.

It may take a Twitter rant, but it’s possible.

International collaboration, which the World Health Organization helps provide, is key to getting through a pandemic.

How Earth Day came to be and what’s changed over the years.

Both attack our lungs and incite a similar response by the immune system.

COVID-19 is putting our system of public land management to the test.

Celebrate Earth Day with some truly bizarre facts about our world.