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The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies
Pollution

The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies

Faster isn’t always better.

personality quiz girl
Science

Why deep-sounding personality tests often provide shallow answers

Two experts weigh in on all those BuzzFeed quizzes you've been taking.

Stop popping your pimples
Health

Stop popping your pimples

Dermatologists warn against it, even if it’s super duper satisfying.

Versions of Han Solo’s blaster already exist
Science Fiction

Versions of Han Solo’s blaster already exist

And they’re way more powerful than real lightsabers would be.

Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem
Environment

Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem

It’ll be more efficient than the real thing, but that’s not saying much.

New science books to read this weekend
Science

New science books to read this weekend

Disasters, kindness, oceans and more.

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse
Evolution

How modern-day dinosaurs survived the apocalypse

The mother of all birds lived on the ground.

Planet
Pluto

Pluto may be made up of a billion comets

But we won't know until we get there.

Artificial intelligence can take your bad whistling and make it sound like Mozart
AI

Artificial intelligence can take your bad whistling and make it sound like Mozart

Facebook researchers used AI to create a universal music translator.

Lava is creating more Hawai’i. It’s also forming corrosive acid mist.
Environment

Lava is creating more Hawai’i. It’s also forming corrosive acid mist.

What happens when lava from the Kilauea eruption enters the ocean.

Does a black hole ever die?
Black Holes

Does a black hole ever die?

What we know about the mysterious life cycle of a black hole.

Why your office is so cold, and how to deal with it
Health

Why your office is so cold, and how to deal with it

The summer freeze is upon us.

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020
Agriculture

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020

Grocery stores may look a little different.

a woman sleeping
Health

Sleeping in on the weekend might be good for you, but it’s not going to fix all your problems

Scientists still aren't sure exactly how to deal with our chronic sleep deficit.

a taxidermy dog
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: the best dog of all time, kindles of kittens, and mushrooms eating human corpses

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

Cosmic collisions with their neighbors may have weighed these white dwarfs down
Space

Cosmic collisions with their neighbors may have weighed these white dwarfs down

Two stars enter, one star leaves

Bonnie and Clyde’s getaway car has hidden lessons for cops in the self-driving vehicle era
Vehicles

Bonnie and Clyde’s getaway car has hidden lessons for cops in the self-driving vehicle era

The outlaw duo died May 23, 1934. Their stolen Ford V8 could be relevant once more.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a drone that loves trash!
Drones

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a drone that loves trash!

A New Jersey man is using drones and machine learning to measure plastic pollution on beaches.

Photos
Tech Hacks

How to keep your dank memes and other creations safe from internet thieves

Protect your images, videos, and writing.

There’s finally a drug that prevents migraines instead of just treating them
Medicine

There’s finally a drug that prevents migraines instead of just treating them

The FDA's approval shows we're getting closer to understanding these headaches