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Scientists are investigating the secrets of smelly cat butts
Cats

Scientists are investigating the secrets of smelly cat butts

Anal sacs can tell you a lot about an animal.

The best apps for reading books on your phone
Tech Hacks

The best apps for reading books on your phone

Carry an entire library in your pocket.

Techathlon podcast: iPhone 11, a lie detector, and a streaming content quiz
Technology

Techathlon podcast: iPhone 11, a lie detector, and a streaming content quiz

The most fun you can have with a toy lie detector.

To beat the heat, sometimes you have to embrace the fire
DIY

To beat the heat, sometimes you have to embrace the fire

Faced with potential burnout from shoeing horses, Jennifer Horn taught herself artistic blacksmithing.

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving
Life Skills

Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving

Start prospecting for “brown gold,” a term we made up to make cardboard boxes sound more interesting.

Fatal car crashes are way more likely with teens behind the wheel—but is inexperience really to blame?
Health

Fatal car crashes are way more likely with teens behind the wheel—but is inexperience really to blame?

Memory could have something to do with it.

Algorithms aren’t all created equal
AI

Algorithms aren’t all created equal

A recent poll found that most Americans think algorithms are unfair. But was the poll itself biased?

Last week in tech: Apple’s iPhone 11, Land Rover’s new Defender, and Nintendo’s weird controller
Technology

Last week in tech: Apple’s iPhone 11, Land Rover’s new Defender, and Nintendo’s weird controller

Also be sure to listen to the latest Techathlon podcast.

Panic might be triggered by signals from your bones
Evolution

Panic might be triggered by signals from your bones

Your skeleton does a whole lot more than just hold you up.

A denim fix that’s better than a patch
Projects

A denim fix that’s better than a patch

Take jean repair to the next level: reweaving.

The EPA’s roll back of the Clean Water Act could impact drinking water for millions of Americans
Pollution

The EPA’s roll back of the Clean Water Act could impact drinking water for millions of Americans

It exposes small streams and wetlands nationwide to pollution.

A ban on flavored vaping products could help signal to teens that vaping isn’t as safe as they think
Health

A ban on flavored vaping products could help signal to teens that vaping isn’t as safe as they think

Trump administration proposed a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.

This distant world is a lot like Earth, but you wouldn’t want to live there
Exoplanets

This distant world is a lot like Earth, but you wouldn’t want to live there

A familiar atmosphere with a few alien quirks.

Why some experts are trying to redefine suicide
Mental Health

Why some experts are trying to redefine suicide

Treating self harm as a condition, not a symptom could lead to better diagnoses and preventative care.

How to safely find out what’s on a mysterious USB device
Tech Hacks

How to safely find out what’s on a mysterious USB device

That flash drive might've been free, but if it's got malware, it's going to cost you.

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound
Bees

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound

It turns out bee semen is kind of horrifying.

Comets could all come from the same place
Space

Comets could all come from the same place

Data from distant solar systems is helping researchers reconstruct the birth of our own.

Purdue Pharma agrees to pay billions of dollars for the opioid epidemic—and it’s not done yet
Health

Purdue Pharma agrees to pay billions of dollars for the opioid epidemic—and it’s not done yet

The announcement comes two weeks after Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $572 Million to Oklahoma for its role in the epidemic.

The best wildlife photos of the year remind us that nature is amazing—and brutal
Wildlife

The best wildlife photos of the year remind us that nature is amazing—and brutal

Indulge in the top picks from the London Natural History Museum's annual photography exhibit.

The next big space race is happening in Asia
Military

The next big space race is happening in Asia

India's latest lunar mission might lend to rising tensions with China and Pakistan.