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frog with mucous membrane
Animals

How some animals survive on almost no water

Six scintillating adaptations for life in the driest places on Earth

A new test can detect your blood type with color-changing paper
Medicine

A new test can detect your blood type with color-changing paper

It could be crucial in emergency situations and remote areas

The Great Barrier Reef had a pretty terrible year
Ocean

The Great Barrier Reef had a pretty terrible year

And it's bleaching again right now

Haze over eastern China
Pollution

Changing weather patterns are trapping pollution over Chinese cities

Revealing the deadly effects of an invisible pollutant

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull
Robots

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull

The world's first robot-assisted cochlear implantation

You really can help save bees by planting wildflowers
Bees

You really can help save bees by planting wildflowers

Flower-rich areas may make bumblebees four times more likely to survive

Da Vinci’s Architronito
Projects

How to build a steam-powered cannon invented by Da Vinci

A less deadly version of the Architronito

bioluminescence belgium
Climate Change

Tasmania’s gorgeous, glowing water is a sign of something sinister

This luminous display means that changes are afoot

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us
Security

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Although biometrics are slowly helping

Doctors unite to say climate change is making us sick
Climate Change

Doctors unite to say climate change is making us sick

Our health is on the line

Great news: Some bed bugs are really good at climbing
Insects

Great news: Some bed bugs are really good at climbing

Regular traps can’t hold them

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees
Bees

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees

Too much of a good thing

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture
Agriculture

Why preserving wild spaces is important to agriculture

It acts as a buffer for our ignorance

Introducing the world’s oldest plant-like fossil
Evolution

Introducing the world’s oldest plant-like fossil

1.6 billion years of flora

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole
Black Holes

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole

But they get along just fine

Researchers are using tomato peels and eggshells to make tires
Climate Change

Researchers are using tomato peels and eggshells to make tires

Meals into wheels

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab
Health

The quest to engineer entire organs in a lab

Excerpt: The Body Builders

How to not die in a blizzard
Health

How to not die in a blizzard

The one simple trick? Stay inside.

Up to half of the Arctic’s melt might be totally natural
Climate Change

Up to half of the Arctic’s melt might be totally natural

But climate change is still responsible for the rest

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped
Environment

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped

A clarification about our WaterSeer article