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How to become a space tourist: 8 companies (almost) ready to launch
Private Space Flight

How to become a space tourist: 8 companies (almost) ready to launch

How much are you willing to pay to become an astronaut?

11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day
Climate Change

11 easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day

Little changes can make a big difference

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)
Climate Change

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

And it doesn’t have to smell.

China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers
Military

China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers

They’re robotics wingmen for China’s carrier pilots.

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard
Spiders

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard

Welcome to the neighborhood, fire ants! Sure is hot out today!

spatial visualization
NASA

Can you pass the test NASA gave potential astronauts in 1958?

May John Glenn be with you.

punch
Life Skills

How to throw a punch

Without hurting yourself more than your opponent.

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.