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punch
Life Skills

How to throw a punch

Without hurting yourself more than your opponent.

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower coincides with Earth Day, but light pollution is ruining the show
Environment

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower coincides with Earth Day, but light pollution is ruining the show

Light pollution makes it hard for many people to appreciate the stars.

Octopuses on the outcrop
Animals

These octopuses just wanted a safe place to lay their eggs, but now they’re doomed

Warmer isn't always better.

a doctor shines a light in a patient's eyes
Health

A new study on concussions and Parkinson’s provides one more reason to protect your noggin

Even a minor brain injury might raise your risk.

There’s still time for us to save the Great Barrier Reef
Ocean

There’s still time for us to save the Great Barrier Reef

Just how much trouble is coral in? The answer is complicated.

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees
Bees

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees

Wild insects are the most important and vulnerable pollinators.

Watch SpaceX launch NASA’s new planet-hunting satellite
Science

Watch SpaceX launch NASA’s new planet-hunting satellite

TESS is blasting off on Wednesday night.

Neolithic surgeons might have practiced their skull-drilling techniques on cows
Archaeology

Neolithic surgeons might have practiced their skull-drilling techniques on cows

Trepanation may not have been limited to humans.

We’re so close with dogs, even our poop looks similar
Nutrition

We’re so close with dogs, even our poop looks similar

A new study finds that human and dog microbiomes have more in common than you might expect.

My ancestor died of a splinter. Wait, what?
Medicine

My ancestor died of a splinter. Wait, what?

Little bumps and blisters used to kill.

This company wants to replace braille with a controversial new font
Technology

This company wants to replace braille with a controversial new font

Meet ELIA, a new tactile reading system.

Superheroes offer lessons on science and technology.
Climate Change

An evolutionary biologist takes on the absurd bodies of superheroes

An interview with evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton.

Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick
Tech Hacks

Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick

Here’s why.

Everything you never wanted to know about artificial sweeteners
Nutrition

Everything you never wanted to know about artificial sweeteners

Your diet soda might just be worse than a regular one.

Changes to conservation policy could put the future of migratory birds up in the air
Animals

Changes to conservation policy could put the future of migratory birds up in the air

U.S. policies for protecting them could be shifting drastically.

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger
Pollution

Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger

Hungry, hungry enzymes.

These diamonds are tiny, flawed, and may come from a long-lost planet
Solar System

These diamonds are tiny, flawed, and may come from a long-lost planet

The early solar system was a wild, world-destroying place.

Worried about breaking a hip? There might be something better than calcium.
Health

Worried about breaking a hip? There might be something better than calcium.

New recommendations suggest vitamin supplements probably won’t help stave off falls and breaks.

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD
Bats

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD

Their brain cells adapt to help them navigate on the fly.

Chocolate bar
Agriculture

Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix

Chocolate production generates a lot of pollution.