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Dog pee on the sidewalk does more than just piss off your neighbors
Dogs

Dog pee on the sidewalk does more than just piss off your neighbors

Puppy potty breaks could mess with the city's microbiome.

The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)
Moons

The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)

But that's a good thing.

The latest recommendations for preventing dementia are good advice for everyone
Health

The latest recommendations for preventing dementia are good advice for everyone

What the WHO has to say about staying cognitively fit.

Plastics are hurting the planet in another unexpected way
Fossil Fuels

Plastics are hurting the planet in another unexpected way

Production of the stuff is on pace to become more damaging than 600 coal-fired power plants.

How to use your favorite smart assistant on your computer
Tech Hacks

How to use your favorite smart assistant on your computer

The assistant is IN the computer!?

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health
Health

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health

When morning starts before sunrise, circadian rhythms suffer.

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax
Diseases

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax

Taxing soda could be an extremely effective strategy to reduce the country's consumption of the sugar-laden beverages.

The world isn’t light on helium, but mining it is no party
Environment

The world isn’t light on helium, but mining it is no party

More scientists need to recycle this noble gas.

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.
Climate Change

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.

There’s more carbon in the atmosphere now than there was before the dawn of mankind.

hatshepsut statue profile
Technology

By destroying this female pharaoh’s legacy, her successor preserved it forever

How the modern world came to understand Hatshepsut’s might.

measles cases may 14 2019
Vaccines

We’re barreling toward a 25-year measles record

A regularly-updated resource to keep you informed.

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp
Ocean

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp

“Women could be the architects of the blue economy.”

A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun
Weapons

A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun

Locking up guns keeps kids safer.

Bricks were always going to win the Game of Thrones
Technology

Bricks were always going to win the Game of Thrones

An ode to the underrated construction material.

City life damages mental health in ways we’re just starting to understand
Mental Health

City life damages mental health in ways we’re just starting to understand

Urban dwellers are particularly at risk from the impacts of air pollution and other hazards on mental health.

Techathlon podcast: Google’s new goods, the food delivery derby, and internet outrage
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Google’s new goods, the food delivery derby, and internet outrage

When you play the game of lunch, you either win or you pay for lunch.

Last week in tech: Google threw a big party, Jeff Bezos is taking everyone to the moon
Technology

Last week in tech: Google threw a big party, Jeff Bezos is taking everyone to the moon

Catch up on the biggest tech news of the week.

With humans out of the way, Chernobyl’s wildlife thrives
Wildlife

With humans out of the way, Chernobyl’s wildlife thrives

The nuclear meltdown killed most animals in the area, but now nature is thriving.

Before there was a periodic table, there was chaos
Science

Before there was a periodic table, there was chaos

Excerpt: Mendeleyev’s Dream

How to keep produce fresh as long as possible
Life Skills

How to keep produce fresh as long as possible

This is a story all about how to keep new food crisp and not turnin’ brown.