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How to leave the sand behind on your next beach trip
Life Skills

How to leave the sand behind on your next beach trip

Clean up sneaky grains of silica.

hunter gatherer bow arrow
Nutrition

Ancient hunter-gatherers didn’t all eat paleo

Ötzi is a good reminder that there's no one ancient, natural diet for us to return to.

Capturing this incredible star cluster required lasers and a bendable mirror
Space

Capturing this incredible star cluster required lasers and a bendable mirror

The Very Large Telescope got new adaptive optics technology.

Coral reef ecosystem.
Ocean

Coral reefs face yet another threat: island rats depleting their poop supply

Invading rodents are mucking up the food chain.

What Kennedy’s Supreme Court departure means for the environment
Environment

What Kennedy’s Supreme Court departure means for the environment

New cases, shifting strategies, and the uncertainty of a reshuffled bench

We may finally know where the ‘ghost particles’ that surround us come from
Physics

We may finally know where the ‘ghost particles’ that surround us come from

Neutrinos, meet IceCube.

Indigo, vermillion, and other ancient colors that have decorated the world for millennia
Science

Indigo, vermillion, and other ancient colors that have decorated the world for millennia

Humans have been searching for newer, better colors since, well, forever.

Pesticides are making bees dumber
Bees

Pesticides are making bees dumber

Even if they survive, they might not thrive.

Dogs spread across the Americas alongside humans. Then they got eaten.
Evolution

Dogs spread across the Americas alongside humans. Then they got eaten.

Little genetic legacy remains from these pups.

Quantum Radar China
Military

China’s latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles

Next Stop Stratosphere

rollercoaster emotions
Psychology

Rollercoasters are stressful and that’s why you like them

The psychology behind your love of twists and turns.

This newly discovered wasp has a horrifying stinger—but what it uses it for is even worse
Insects

This newly discovered wasp has a horrifying stinger—but what it uses it for is even worse

That's some big stinger energy.

What to know about breastfeeding
Health

What to know about breastfeeding

There's a lot of misinformation out there, so we cut right to the science.

Disney robot Stuntronics
Self Driving

Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats

'Stickman' was just the start.

NASA’s most prolific planet-hunting telescope is taking a nap
Exoplanets

NASA’s most prolific planet-hunting telescope is taking a nap

But the end is fast approaching.

How (and why) to teach a polar bear to walk on a treadmill
Bears

How (and why) to teach a polar bear to walk on a treadmill

What it takes to find food in the rapidly melting Arctic.

Three reasons why the U.S. is vulnerable to big disasters—and getting more vulnerable all the time
Weather

Three reasons why the U.S. is vulnerable to big disasters—and getting more vulnerable all the time

We're heading in the wrong direction.

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)
Health

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)

Self-control and your body clock both have their place in bedtime procrastination.

It’s time to take a more holistic view of coral reef health
Ocean

It’s time to take a more holistic view of coral reef health

One researcher argues we need to figure out how they stay well.

three researchers digging up dinosaur bones
Dinosaurs

The largest dinosaurs got huge way earlier than we thought

They lived on Pangea more than 200 million years ago.