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One Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats
Animals

One Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats

Native species could resurge once the rodents are gone.

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever
Tech Hacks

How to keep your old videos, music, and photos safe forever

How to digitize your media.

smallpox vaccines
Vaccines

The first smallpox vaccine changed the world—but we’re still not sure what was in it

The cowpox is a lie.

Longhorn beetle
Insects

These are the most beautiful pictures of bugs you will ever see

Magnificent microsculpture.

Why do we freeze when we’re scared?
Psychology

Why do we freeze when we’re scared?

Why we sometimes become paralyzed with fear.

a kitten in fall leaves
Climate Change

Where the heck is autumn?

Falling away.

A clownfish can take on a shark, but this predicament may prove harder to handle
Ocean

A clownfish can take on a shark, but this predicament may prove harder to handle

It's hot out here for a sea anemone.

You should get the flu shot—even if it won’t keep you from getting sick
Vaccines

You should get the flu shot—even if it won’t keep you from getting sick

Get it for all the people who can’t.

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums
Pollution

These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums

Those who forget the past are doomed to re-breathe it.

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13
Projects

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13

Tips from a guy who did it.

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble
Sharks

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

Mako sharks are being fished much more than we realized.

We finally know how durian got so stinky
Science

We finally know how durian got so stinky

It's one funky fruit.

Good news! We’re probably not living in a computer simulation.
Physics

Good news! We’re probably not living in a computer simulation.

It's virtually impossible.

Is living forever going to suck?
Medicine

Is living forever going to suck?

We might be too sick to enjoy our extended lifespans.

Smartphone
Tech Hacks

How to shoot the best video on your smartphone

Release your inner Spielberg.

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience
Tech Hacks

Five advanced Chromecast hacks to level up your streaming experience

Get more from your television.

A visible satellite image of Tropical Storm Nate in the Caribbean Sea on October 6, 2017.
Environment

Nate could hit the Gulf Coast as a hurricane on Saturday night

Residents should take necessary precautions despite the storm's uncertain intensity

Puppies are the culprits behind a 12-state diarrhea disaster
Dogs

Puppies are the culprits behind a 12-state diarrhea disaster

A bacteria in their poop has already sent 13 people to the hospital.

Scientists are trying to figure out how to keep bacteria from running rampant on space missions
Deep Space

Scientists are trying to figure out how to keep bacteria from running rampant on space missions

Researchers monitored microbes on a mock flight to Mars.

The front end of a tapeworm
Animals

From tapeworm heads to weevil sex, 10 big photos of tiny things

This year's winners of Nikon's small world photography contest