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Neurons
Health

The Woman Who Could Write, But Couldn’t Read

A recent stroke left one 40-year-old woman with some unusual symptoms.

By Francie Diep

How duct tape can help you survive almost anything
Life Skills

How duct tape can help you survive almost anything

These 10 sticky tricks could save your skin in a survival situation.

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost
Agriculture

Here’s how much a chocolate bar made without child labor would cost

A new study lifts the wrapper on the cocoa industry.

By Donavyn Coffey

A mother and her children outside their home in rural Nigeria
Health

Nigeria’s polio eradication campaign could help the U.S. tackle measles

The Africa nation has deftly handled misinformation and suspicion.

By Shobana Shankar/The Conversation

What is the difference between a tree and a shrub?
Environment

What is the difference between a tree and a shrub?

Choose your fighter: tree or shrub.

By Eleanor Cummins

Watch a digitally-upgraded Black Hawk helicopter fly for the first time
Self Driving

Watch a digitally-upgraded Black Hawk helicopter fly for the first time

It’s a first step on the way to autonomous Army helicopters.

By Rob Verger

Women soccer players usually peak in their 20s—here’s why some excel into their 40s
Health

Women soccer players usually peak in their 20s—here’s why some excel into their 40s

Female athletes have certain advantages when it comes to endurance in sport.

By Nicole Wetsman

Key gadget specs and what they really mean
Tech Hacks

Key gadget specs and what they really mean

Do you know what an IP rating is?

By David Nield

rhynchomys labo
Animals

Biologists discovered two new species of shrew rat, no thanks to peanut butter

These two shrew-rats from the Philippines slurp earthworms and hop like tiny kangaroos.

By Marion Renault

State parks could be 10 times more expensive to operate by 2050
Climate Change

State parks could be 10 times more expensive to operate by 2050

Attendance is rising and so are temperatures.

By Ula Chrobak

Robocalls aren’t dead yet, but the FCC is finally taking aim
Technology

Robocalls aren’t dead yet, but the FCC is finally taking aim

Thanks to today's vote, carriers can now opt customers into call blocking by default.

By Stan Horaczek

The U.S. could lose its measles elimination status
Health

The U.S. could lose its measles elimination status

At over 1,000 measles cases, 2019 is proving to be a truly terrible year for vaccine preventable diseases.

By Sara Chodosh

This island is many frogs’ last hope for surviving the world’s deadliest pathogen
Diseases

This island is many frogs’ last hope for surviving the world’s deadliest pathogen

New Guinea is the last place the deadly chytrid fungus hasn't reached.

By Alex Schwartz

Koalas use their noses to find friends and avoid enemies
Animals

Koalas use their noses to find friends and avoid enemies

The marsupials employ their large snouts for everything from sniffing out toxins to saying hello.

By Ben Moore and Edward Narayan/The Conversation

How to manipulate your memories to recall vacations more fondly
Life Skills

How to manipulate your memories to recall vacations more fondly

Don't let that terrible flight home outweigh all the fun stuff you did.

By Ilana E. Strauss

moon
Moons

The Moon keeps flashing us and we have no idea why

But some answers might finally be on the way.

By Neel V. Patel

What running ultramarathons and giving birth tell us about the limits of human endurance
Fitness & Exercise

What running ultramarathons and giving birth tell us about the limits of human endurance

We can all only go so far.

By Kat Eschner

Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might
Agriculture

Humans can’t manage this invasive fly—but a mind-controlling fungi might

The insect has wreaked havoc for residents and farmers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

By Marion Renault

Ghost forests are sprouting up along the Atlantic Coast
Ocean

Ghost forests are sprouting up along the Atlantic Coast

And they're as scary as they sound.

By Ula Chrobak

Saab’s new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top
Aviation

Saab’s new spy plane has a powerful piece of hardware on top

The aircraft is called GlobalEye.

By Christina Mackenzie