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Wasps, oak trees, and a creepy vine are involved in a parasitic Florida love triangle
Animals

Wasps, oak trees, and a creepy vine are involved in a parasitic Florida love triangle

Nature is wild.

two contact lenses on a pink and blue background
Pollution

Contact lenses don’t belong in your toilet

Flushing those little lenses adds up to a big pollution problem.

Chevy Pickup truck
Vehicles

Pickup trucks are using apps, cameras, and other tech to make towing easier

The average pickup truck driver only tows once per month.

Reports of Homo erectus’ laziness are ‘moronic’
Evolution

Reports of Homo erectus’ laziness are ‘moronic’

What bad headlines call lazy is what early humans called survival.

Mars’ skies are clearing up, but the Opportunity rover is still fast asleep
Mars

Mars’ skies are clearing up, but the Opportunity rover is still fast asleep

Hang in there, sleeping beauty.

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution owes more to his garden than the Galápagos
Evolution

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution owes more to his garden than the Galápagos

On the Origin of Pigeons, Worms, and Barnacles.

A massive, murky void in space has surprisingly few galaxies
Space

A massive, murky void in space has surprisingly few galaxies

It's a dark period in the Universe's early days.

Space Ship
AI

Let this AI bot turn your words into vaguely-recognizable pictures

It gets weird.

Cheerios in milk
Cancer

How worried should we be that glyphosate was found in our Cheerios?

It depends on which scientific organization—or advocacy group—you ask.

K2’s deadly mystery: Nobody knows what’s actually in synthetic marijuana
Health

K2’s deadly mystery: Nobody knows what’s actually in synthetic marijuana

The constantly shifting chemical formula makes illness from these drugs hard to treat.

Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives
Robots

Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives

Could you pull the plug?

How the sunflower transformed from a garden novelty to a mighty beast
Climate Change

How the sunflower transformed from a garden novelty to a mighty beast

Demand for the plant's oil fueled the rise in popularity.

How to make retro video games look good on your modern TV
DIY

How to make retro video games look good on your modern TV

Play on.

Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here’s what you should know
Nutrition

Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here’s what you should know

Testing has many concerned, but don’t panic just yet.

‘Zombie genes’ could be why so few elephants die of cancer
Cancer

‘Zombie genes’ could be why so few elephants die of cancer

Elephants are bringing a genetic gun to a cancer knife-fight.

Climate change extreme rain Northeast
Climate Change

When rain is just as dangerous as drought

Raindrops keep falling—and it's a big problem.

Trees are migrating west to escape climate change
Climate Change

Trees are migrating west to escape climate change

Go west, young sapling.

LinkedIn
Tech Hacks

10 tips for making LinkedIn useful, even if you already have a job

Make the social network less soul-crushing.

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak
Vaccines

Measles cases aren’t spiking, despite talk of an outbreak

2018 has been a pretty normal year for the measles, actually.

New fracking wells are using many times more water than their predecessors
Fossil Fuels

New fracking wells are using many times more water than their predecessors

The change between 2011 and 2018 is stark.