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Banning mini shampoos from hotels won’t really reduce plastic or save the environment
Pollution

Banning mini shampoos from hotels won’t really reduce plastic or save the environment

Instead of cutting costs, chains should invest in fighting carbon emissions and climate change.

When to give up on the food in your pantry
Life Skills

When to give up on the food in your pantry

What to eat, what to keep, and what to toss.

Last week in tech: A ‘massive’ iPhone hack, Nike’s voice-controlled sneakers, and KFC’s vegan fried chicken
Technology

Last week in tech: A ‘massive’ iPhone hack, Nike’s voice-controlled sneakers, and KFC’s vegan fried chicken

Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week in technology news.

This big drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a biplane, and can carry 70 pounds
Drones

This big drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a biplane, and can carry 70 pounds

It’s like an electric air taxi, but for cargo, not humans.

Stop saving your umbrella for a rainy day
Health

Stop saving your umbrella for a rainy day

Countries like China and Egypt have been using the parasol the right way—to stay cool and stop skin cancer.

holding pink toothbrush
Life Skills

How to be a responsible adult and brush your teeth properly

You’re probably doing it wrong.

Breaking news: driving an eScooter when you’re drunk is a very bad idea
Health

Breaking news: driving an eScooter when you’re drunk is a very bad idea

New research digs in to potential risks—from bone fractures to ruptured spleens.

SpaceX hops toward the next generation of rockets with latest flight test
Mars

SpaceX hops toward the next generation of rockets with latest flight test

Experts and companies agree: Methane is the rocket fuel of the future.

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought
Agriculture

Humans started transforming Earth a lot earlier than we thought

Hundreds of archaeologists pooled their data to get the big picture.

A massive study confirms no one ‘gay gene’ controls sexual preference
Health

A massive study confirms no one ‘gay gene’ controls sexual preference

It's a complicated question we've yet to really answer.

Apple just made it easier to get your old iPhone fixed
DIY

Apple just made it easier to get your old iPhone fixed

You're still out of luck if you 're hoping to fix it on your own, though.

A pilot ejects from a Harrier jet
Aviation

What it’s like to eject out of a military jet

A complex explosive sequence propels pilots out of doomed planes.

Greta Thunberg crossed the ocean on a carbon-free sailboat. Can we do it too?
Climate Change

Greta Thunberg crossed the ocean on a carbon-free sailboat. Can we do it too?

To build a transatlantic ferry that's cheap, clean, and quick, we'll need to, well, build a better boat.

Amazing new photos of asteroid Ryugu present a new mystery: who cleaned up all the dust?
Space

Amazing new photos of asteroid Ryugu present a new mystery: who cleaned up all the dust?

They also provide evidence of an ancient cosmic crash.

We’re one step closer to tracking down another Earth
Exoplanets

We’re one step closer to tracking down another Earth

The most robust census yet suggests that they’re out there, but they might take time to locate.

Fires in the Amazon have given us a lot to worry about, but the Earth’s oxygen supply isn’t one of them
Land

Fires in the Amazon have given us a lot to worry about, but the Earth’s oxygen supply isn’t one of them

Here's where our O2 really comes from.

Become a portrait mode pro
Life Skills

Become a portrait mode pro

Striking a pose only gets you halfway.

An army of hungry little sea urchins could save Hawaiian reefs
Animals

An army of hungry little sea urchins could save Hawaiian reefs

A surprising example of a species introduction going well.

Concentrated cannabis is much stronger than weed and it’s gaining popularity—especially with teens
Health

Concentrated cannabis is much stronger than weed and it’s gaining popularity—especially with teens

A quarter of surveyed teens in Arizona have used a highly potent form of marijuana.

Nuking hurricanes out of the sky ‘doesn’t make sense at all’
Ask Us Anything

Nuking hurricanes out of the sky ‘doesn’t make sense at all’

Meteorologists are wincing at the reappearance of this all-too-familiar myth.