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Add USB ports to your outlets without springing for an electrician
Projects

Add USB ports to your outlets without springing for an electrician

Make charging easier.

Extreme summer weather will be back next year . . . and probably forever
Climate Change

Extreme summer weather will be back next year . . . and probably forever

Some research suggest these outliers are shifting to norms.

Whoa, dinosaur eggs looked more dope than we thought
Evolution

Whoa, dinosaur eggs looked more dope than we thought

Colorful eggs aren't just for the birds.

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour
Engineering

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour

Sadly, they only made 106 and they're all sold out.

Humans have altered almost the entire planet—we need to save what’s left
Conservation

Humans have altered almost the entire planet—we need to save what’s left

Wild lands are disappearing fast.

Even short dressers can crush kids, so anchor them to the wall
Health

Even short dressers can crush kids, so anchor them to the wall

Regulations don’t govern furniture under 30 inches, but a new Consumer Reports investigation shows they’re still deadly.

Kepler finally ran out of gas, but it will always fuel our planet-hunting ambitions
Exoplanets

Kepler finally ran out of gas, but it will always fuel our planet-hunting ambitions

It defied the odds to discover thousands of planets.

Frankenstein was based on some very real (and very creepy) experiments
Science

Frankenstein was based on some very real (and very creepy) experiments

Scientists really did believe that electricity might be able to bring the dead back to life.

Scientists set up a haunted lab to figure out why we like being scared
Science

Scientists set up a haunted lab to figure out why we like being scared

Or why some of us do, anyway.

The swamp science that lured travelers to their doom—and inspired the jack-o’-lantern
Science

The swamp science that lured travelers to their doom—and inspired the jack-o’-lantern

And led to one of the first American science experiments.

Bitcoin is probably bad for the planet, but exactly how bad remains to be seen
Global Warming

Bitcoin is probably bad for the planet, but exactly how bad remains to be seen

An alarming new study may also be "deeply flawed."

ultimate fear factory illustration
Science

We created a frankenhouse of the most common phobias

Explore the things that keep humanity up at night—and learn why they haunt us.

Behold the mighty elephant bird, blindly crashing through the Madagascan forest
Evolution

Behold the mighty elephant bird, blindly crashing through the Madagascan forest

Sightless, flightless, and 10 feet tall.

Is my headache actually eye strain?
Health

Is my headache actually eye strain?

Why tired eyes cause you pain.

an illustration of a man pretending to read someone's mind in front of a crowd
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The spookiest things we learned this week

Our editors scrounged up some truly frightful facts.

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought
Agriculture

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought

Some delicious new research.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just smashed two all-time records on its way to the sun
Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just smashed two all-time records on its way to the sun

And it's going to keep on smashing them.

These dogs know you have malaria before you do
Dogs

These dogs know you have malaria before you do

Reporting for the dog detection unit

dinosaur eats dinosaur
Dinosaurs

What did dinosaurs eat?

Salad. And some meat.

Will wearing glasses make my vision worse?
Health

Will wearing glasses make my vision worse?

Short answer: no.