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Xbox Elite Controller 2 triggers
Console Gaming

The $180 Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2 is probably better at video games than you are

High-end materials and lots of customization options make this for serious players only.

Wood ant colony in Poland
Insects

Scientists helped a horde of cannibal ants escape from a Soviet nuclear bunker

If you were trapped in a bunker with no food or sunlight, you’d probably eat your neighbors, too.

prescription bottle of oxycodone
Social Media

Social media posts might be able to help researchers understand and predict opioid overdoses

Tweets about opioid use match up with overdose deaths in Pennsylvania counties.

colorful carrots with locally grown tag attached
Pollution

Is organic food bad for the environment?

Picking lower-impact produce is more complicated than just choosing between organic and conventional.

How to fix the worst bugs in iOS 13
Tech Hacks

How to fix the worst bugs in iOS 13

Troubleshoot your way to a better iPhone.

Government report reveals disturbing, widespread harassment against park rangers
Environment

Government report reveals disturbing, widespread harassment against park rangers

Employees on public lands are facing domestic terrorism on the job.

Thousands of scientists from 153 countries plead: Do something about the climate emergency
Global Warming

Thousands of scientists from 153 countries plead: Do something about the climate emergency

Sounding the alarm—and sharing the best solutions.

Teen vaping is on the rise, and their favorite flavor is flying under the radar
Health

Teen vaping is on the rise, and their favorite flavor is flying under the radar

JUUL’s sweet flavors aren’t the biggest problem.

How Reddit helped fix my posture
Life Skills

How Reddit helped fix my posture

Understanding your underperforming muscles might help you, too.

SpaceX and Boeing are one big step closer to launching astronauts into space
Space X

SpaceX and Boeing are one big step closer to launching astronauts into space

Both companies are neck and neck as NASA’s last ride to the space station races closer.

The U.S. is officially leaving the Paris Climate Accord, but the world is still fighting
Climate Change

The U.S. is officially leaving the Paris Climate Accord, but the world is still fighting

The withdrawal won’t go into effect until after Election Day next year.

Forceps changed the way people give birth
Medicine

Forceps changed the way people give birth

Today, one in three American mothers gets major surgery during delivery, despite evidence that this rate of intervention is excessive.

Spreading the flu is putting researchers one step closer to a universal vaccine
Vaccines

Spreading the flu is putting researchers one step closer to a universal vaccine

Scientists are intentionally infecting people with the flu to better understand and treat it.

10 tips to help you become a Pixel 4 expert
Tech Hacks

10 tips to help you become a Pixel 4 expert

Google's new phone is full of surprises.

Surgeons in Afghanistan earn $200 a month—and many are buying their own supplies
Health

Surgeons in Afghanistan earn $200 a month—and many are buying their own supplies

A look inside the war-torn country’s hospitals shows a serious scarcity of resources and staff.

Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules
Agriculture

Brazilian farmers owe Monsanto $7.7 billion, court rules

The latest lawsuit shows just how complex—and onerous—Monsanto’s patent rights are.

NASA’s sending a rover named VIPER to map the moon’s ice deposits
Moons

NASA’s sending a rover named VIPER to map the moon’s ice deposits

There’s white gold in them hills. NASA wants to know how much

The best way to deal with 30 to 50 feral hogs in your yard
Life Skills

The best way to deal with 30 to 50 feral hogs in your yard

Hint: It’s not with an assault rifle.

The only detox you need is sleep—but it’s not totally clear why
Health

The only detox you need is sleep—but it’s not totally clear why

Here are a few new clues about this nightly cleanse.

Keystone Pipeline spills 383,000 gallons of oil in North Dakota wetlands
Fossil Fuels

Keystone Pipeline spills 383,000 gallons of oil in North Dakota wetlands

Residents and environmentalists are foreshadowing similar issues with the ongoing Keystone XL project.