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You have a lot to teach your grandkids, and that might explain menopause
Evolution

You have a lot to teach your grandkids, and that might explain menopause

It's about brains, not brawn.

Protecting our children from climate change might take more than just cutting emissions
Global Warming

Protecting our children from climate change might take more than just cutting emissions

Negative emissions to make a positive change.

Godot, a tunnel-boring machine
Technology

What needs to happen to get our east coast hyperloop

The Boring Company has a ton of paperwork in its future

The first humans in Australia arrived early enough to cause some trouble
Archaeology

The first humans in Australia arrived early enough to cause some trouble

Megafauna could have died out because of human activity.

injured hiker
Health

What to do if you break your leg in the middle of nowhere

Know how to improvise, but try to be prepared.

NASA just caught a glimpse of the mysterious object New Horizons will reach in 2019
Pluto

NASA just caught a glimpse of the mysterious object New Horizons will reach in 2019

There’s still more to explore after Pluto.

Soft plant-inspired robot navigates a maze
Robots

Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places

It can expand 25,000 times its original size and lift 150 pounds.

Discarded oyster shells can help us grow food, make cement, and fight climate change
Ocean

Discarded oyster shells can help us grow food, make cement, and fight climate change

Solutions on the half shell.

garbage patch
Environment

Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here’s how you can help stop the madness.

A new study shows just how much plastic junk we've made, and the numbers are grim.

Derpy pug in blanket
Evolution

We still don’t really know where dogs came from

All we know is that they're very good boys.

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?
Ask Us Anything

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?

Some concern is beneficial but obsessing is often futile.

It’s not your imagination: 2017 has been abnormally hot so far
Climate Change

It’s not your imagination: 2017 has been abnormally hot so far

Yeah, it's a hot one.

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint
Dinosaurs

You might be able to outrun a T. rex, but only in a sprint

Which is really just a brisk walk for the dino.

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate
Science

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate

Excerpt: Caesar's Last Breath.

How to make new friends as an adult
Life Skills

How to make new friends as an adult

11 apps to build your real-world social network.

You’re probably terrible at spotting faked photos
Science

You’re probably terrible at spotting faked photos

Seeing isn't believing.

vitamin pills
Nutrition

If you’re taking vitamin D, you’re probably taking too much

You might have a deficiency, but overdosing isn’t the answer.

Fracking pollution stays in waterways long after the fracking is done
Fossil Fuels

Fracking pollution stays in waterways long after the fracking is done

Do you have to let it linger?

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation
Life Skills

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation

How to keep going when you're running out of food.

seaweed
Environment

Some invasive species actually help their new habitats thrive

More nuance, less nativism.