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Everything you need to know about added sugars (and how to avoid them)
Nutrition

Everything you need to know about added sugars (and how to avoid them)

A guide to cutting out the least healthy part of your diet.

Scientists wanted to understand how baobab trees live for thousands of years. Then the ancient trees started dying.
Climate Change

Scientists wanted to understand how baobab trees live for thousands of years. Then the ancient trees started dying.

The culprit is still unknown—and at large.

Meet the new fastest supercomputer in the world
AI

Meet the new fastest supercomputer in the world

It's more powerful than a million high-end laptops.

Activated charcoal is showing up everywhere—here are four reasons to avoid it
Health

Activated charcoal is showing up everywhere—here are four reasons to avoid it

Food trends are rarely based in scientific fact.

Microscopic view of the Ebola virus
Health

Can this flu drug really stop Ebola in its tracks?

The unusual uses of off-label drugs.

Your kitchen towels are probably gross, but so is your whole life
Health

Your kitchen towels are probably gross, but so is your whole life

Bacteria is everywhere—just keep the bad stuff at bay.

Fallout 76
Technology

A casual video gamer’s guide to 2018 E3 announcements

Start stretching your thumbs because there are lots of new video games ahead.

Strange signals from space may be the result of spinning diamond dust
Science

Strange signals from space may be the result of spinning diamond dust

Lucy in the sky with nanodiamonds.

In photos: A car’s journey from trash heap to brand-new engine
Vehicles

In photos: A car’s journey from trash heap to brand-new engine

Watch junkyard cars get new life as engine blocks. Photography by Stephen Mallon.

implantation
Medicine

How to relocate a uterus

A womb will nurture a baby regardless of the body that hosts it.

Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill
Environment

Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill

Well-intentioned recyclers can't keep up with our fast fashion habit.

Could astrobiology research convince us to fight climate change?
Climate Change

Could astrobiology research convince us to fight climate change?

Step one: realize we’re not alone.

How to tell if you really have a fever
Life Skills

How to tell if you really have a fever

Feverish or fever-ish?

Is the net still neutral?
Internet

Is the net still neutral?

Wondering if Net Neutrality is still in place? Here's your answer.

Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.
Tech Hacks

Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.

Keep your data to yourself.

Honeybees are surprisingly great at math
Bees

Honeybees are surprisingly great at math

Bees know something about nothing

lightning behind desert cactus
Weather

How far away was that lightning? Here’s how to figure it out.

Light speed is almost instantaneous, while sound is much slower.

electricity house
Energy

What it really takes to power your home for a day

Here's how much gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel is required.

Farmers may cultivate better gut microbes than nearby city dwellers
Diseases

Farmers may cultivate better gut microbes than nearby city dwellers

But ideal flora could vary based on where you live.

In a shocking turn of events, lightning strikes on Jupiter look a lot like our own
Solar System

In a shocking turn of events, lightning strikes on Jupiter look a lot like our own

The lightning struck more than twice.