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Health

The FDA asked a supplement company to recall all their products. Here’s what you need to know.

Herbal Doctor Remedies was violating an important rule.

Monarch butterfly development is cooler than we thought
Insects

Monarch butterfly development is cooler than we thought

Warmer winters could have a surprising impact.

A Boeing air taxi prototype crashed last month. That might be a good thing.
Self Driving

A Boeing air taxi prototype crashed last month. That might be a good thing.

The flying machine had no one on board.

There’s a deadly fungus among us—and it’s spreading
Climate Change

There’s a deadly fungus among us—and it’s spreading

A drug-resistant microbe could get a leg up from climate change.

The weirdest things we learned this week: College students swallowed guppies for sport and chickens wore glasses
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: College students swallowed guppies for sport and chickens wore glasses

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

Laugh tracks trick our brains into thinking dad jokes are funny
Science

Laugh tracks trick our brains into thinking dad jokes are funny

Especially if the canned chuckles sound genuine.

Why experts now say daily aspirin could do more harm than good
Heart Disease

Why experts now say daily aspirin could do more harm than good

If you've never had a heart attack, you probably shouldn't be taking it.

Americans reported hearing torturous sounds in Cuba—and now their brains seem changed
Health

Americans reported hearing torturous sounds in Cuba—and now their brains seem changed

People with “Havana syndrome” have differences in their brains compared to healthy people.

How to choose the best digital camera for you
Tech Hacks

How to choose the best digital camera for you

Snap happy.

There’s a viable alternative to building a giant telescope on sacred Hawaiian land
Space

There’s a viable alternative to building a giant telescope on sacred Hawaiian land

The latest news on Mauna Kea.

You’re probably petting your cat wrong
Cats

You’re probably petting your cat wrong

Science reveals the purr-fect way.

Google is working on ‘self-healing’ maps, thanks to artificial intelligence
AI

Google is working on ‘self-healing’ maps, thanks to artificial intelligence

What’s better than making a map? Making a machine that makes maps.

Baseball players outlive most of us, but some positions are better than others
Diseases

Baseball players outlive most of us, but some positions are better than others

Want to live longer? Be an MLB player.

Red wine could hold the secret to staying buff on the moon
Space

Red wine could hold the secret to staying buff on the moon

Resveratrol might mitigate the muscle loss seen in low-gravity environments.

Never waste bread again
Projects

Never waste bread again

Turns out bread may have more lives than your cat.

moon trash
Moons

Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon

We mapped out all the space trash.

How to print giant wall-worthy images yourself
Projects

How to print giant wall-worthy images yourself

We like big posters and we cannot lie.

Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)
Moons

Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)

It was smelly up there.

Medications could affect how you react to a heatwave
Mental Health

Medications could affect how you react to a heatwave

Here's what you need to know.

The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos
Moons

The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos

Apollo 11 gave us the Rosetta Stone of our solar system’s history.