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How hydroponic gardening can help you
Projects

How hydroponic gardening can help you

No dirt necessary.

31 ways to organize all your stuff
Home

31 ways to organize all your stuff

The sweet satisfaction of having everything in its place.

Football on turf is hard on the knees
Health

Football on turf is hard on the knees

The artificial grass may slightly increase your risk of common sports injuries.

How to avoid the mid-movie bathroom break
Life Skills

How to avoid the mid-movie bathroom break

Need tips on controlling your bladder? Urine luck.

The WHO’s ‘zero screen time for babies’ rule is more complicated than it seems
Health

The WHO’s ‘zero screen time for babies’ rule is more complicated than it seems

It's not necessarily because screens are bad.

San Francisco sourdough
Biology

The secret to San Francisco’s famous sourdough: bug poop

Meet the wee, multilegged chefs behind the world's most sought-after loaves.

Your car’s exhaust is giving kids asthma
Pollution

Your car’s exhaust is giving kids asthma

New research shows pollution from cars is responsible for 4 million new cases of childhood asthma each year.

Vapes are full of flavors—and fungi
Cancer

Vapes are full of flavors—and fungi

Your lungs could be the ones to suffer.

Rats love climate change
Climate Change

Rats love climate change

Warmer winters allow rats to breed into the previously too-cold months.

How Nike engineered its latest record-breaking marathon shoe
Technology

How Nike engineered its latest record-breaking marathon shoe

The shoe company's newest—and priciest—racing shoe has more energy returning foam and a more weather-proof outer material.

two new white-eyes
Animals

Two newly discovered birds are a product of Indonesia’s ‘evolutionary playground’

Megapixels: White eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

What SpaceX’s latest failure means for the rest of American spaceflight
Space X

What SpaceX’s latest failure means for the rest of American spaceflight

The Crew Dragon’s engine test anomaly this past weekend will have dramatic consequences over the next year, and beyond.

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

How to keep mosquitoes away
Life Skills

How to keep mosquitoes away

Tell those skeeters to buzz off.

Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant
Medicine

Doctors can ignore your DNR order if you’re pregnant

Laws around the country restrict treatment decisions for incapacitated women who are also pregnant.

Researchers sequenced giant redwood genomes to kickstart a 23andMe for trees
Environment

Researchers sequenced giant redwood genomes to kickstart a 23andMe for trees

A future genetic testing kit could help park rangers and researchers manage forests in the face of climate change

running on the treadmill
Science

Try this illusion on the treadmill and running will never be the same

The treadmill works out your brain, too.

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than we thought and shows no signs of stopping
Global Warming

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than we thought and shows no signs of stopping

The thawing will likely continue for decades.

Celebrate Earth day with tonight’s amazing meteor shower
Science

Celebrate Earth day with tonight’s amazing meteor shower

The ancient Lyrid meteors have never failed to amaze us.

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store
Pollution

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store

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