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8 common wild plants that are poisonous to your dog
Life Skills

8 common wild plants that are poisonous to your dog

Make sure you know how to identify them.

Techathlon podcast: Unlikely smart gadgets, unwise company names, and Impossible Whoppers
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Unlikely smart gadgets, unwise company names, and Impossible Whoppers

The podcast is back and it's time to come play along.

Some viruses can actually protect our health
Biology

Some viruses can actually protect our health

We may even rely on certain types of viruses to ward off infections.

an electric fan controlled by an Arduino to be motion-controlled
Projects

How to build a motion-controlled fan

Stay cool with this quick little Arduino project.

Make cufflinks from upcycled materials and look like a boss
Projects

Make cufflinks from upcycled materials and look like a boss

Feel both fancy and frugal with one-of-a-kind, environmentally friendly jewelry.

A dinosaur egg bonanza is helping ecologists understand prehistoric parenting
Dinosaurs

A dinosaur egg bonanza is helping ecologists understand prehistoric parenting

Fossilized clutches of eggs in Mongolia suggest dinos raised their young in colonies.

Believe it or not, you’ll actually love watching this video of leaping maggots
Insects

Believe it or not, you’ll actually love watching this video of leaping maggots

These maggots jump 30 times their body length and it is magnificent.

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend
Engineering

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend

The project would have caused serious gridlock if it dragged on too long.

Recent wildfire smoke was so devastating, scientists used it to study nuclear winter
Weather

Recent wildfire smoke was so devastating, scientists used it to study nuclear winter

Every cloud has a silver lining.

How to clean retro gaming systems
Console Gaming

How to clean retro gaming systems

Make your console look like it’s the Christmas of 1992 again.

How these foot-long, 7-pound frogs got so jacked
Animals

How these foot-long, 7-pound frogs got so jacked

When leg day is a matter of life or death.

The CDC says more prescriptions of overdose reversal drug naloxone are needed
Health

The CDC says more prescriptions of overdose reversal drug naloxone are needed

Getting naloxone could require navigating insurance, stigma, lack of pharmacist education, and cost.

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Gene Editing

Doctors altered a person’s genes with CRISPR for the first time in the U.S. Here’s what could be next.

A woman with sickle cell anemia had her genes edited to make normal functioning red blood cells.

man pumping fuel into airplane
Aviation

Why does airplane gas still have lead in it?

Nearly 25 years after the ban on leaded gas in cars, some planes still burn the toxic substance.

We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land
Global Warming

We can’t stop climate change unless we drastically change how we use our land

The latest IPCC report warns that we need to fix deforestation and agriculture to fix the climate.

Fishing nets leave precious marine habitats broken and scarred—but some are coming back to life
Ocean

Fishing nets leave precious marine habitats broken and scarred—but some are coming back to life

Some rare good news for coral reefs.

Tardigrades that crash-landed on the moon may still be alive, but they’re not having fun
Space

Tardigrades that crash-landed on the moon may still be alive, but they’re not having fun

We asked a few experts to weigh in on the lunar moss piglet invasion.

Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves
Agriculture

Feral hogs aren’t coming for our kids, but they’re definitely coming for our calves

They pose a threat to livestock that's long been ignored.

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb
Tech Hacks

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb

Start your perfect vacation with the perfect place to stay.

This three-foot-tall parrot proves New Zealand is the mecca of giant weird birds
Evolution

This three-foot-tall parrot proves New Zealand is the mecca of giant weird birds

Island gigantism strikes again.