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The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit
Life Skills

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

How to deal with everything from sluggishness to constipation

Coral reefs might be in more trouble than we thought
Global Warming

Coral reefs might be in more trouble than we thought

A giant die-off suggests our predictions are overly-optimistic

ducklings
Animals

Why you should never ever feed bread to a duck

Enough with this quackery

Keystone XL pipeline image
Fossil Fuels

Everything you need to know about the Keystone XL pipeline

Guess who’s back?

Operation Upshot-Knothole Annie Nuclear Test
Military

Watch a 1953 nuclear blast test disintegrate a house in high resolution

Footage may or may not contain a flying toilet.

a humble bound book
Technology

3D printing is tackling what may be its biggest challenge yet: the humble book

Printed in one piece—binding and all.

Two thirds of cancer mutations result from completely random DNA mistakes
Cancer

Two thirds of cancer mutations result from completely random DNA mistakes

An increased focus on early detection will be needed to effectively treat the disease

A blue pipe that connects a bathroom, sewage separation tanks, a sewage mixing tank, a filtration machine, a natural body of water, and a water filtration plant, showing the cycle of making sewage drinkable.
Technology

How to make sewage drinkable

The water (re)cycle.

Volutes cloud on a lake
Weather

There’s a whole new species of cloud

Celebrate with some amazing photos of the fluffy stuff.

Why we say “you” even when we mean “I”
Psychology

Why we say “you” even when we mean “I”

People choose the "general you" when trying to distance themselves from negative things.

How California is saving rainwater for a sunny day
Environment

How California is saving rainwater for a sunny day

Meet Helen Dahlke, a water banker

The secret of successful marine protected areas? People.
Climate Change

The secret of successful marine protected areas? People.

Shocking: the reserves only thrive when properly staffed and funded

Avoid eye contact and back away slowly
Animals

10 weird little aliens you can find right here on Earth

The strangest creatures already live among us

The early Earth wasn’t green, but it did recycle itself
Environment

The early Earth wasn’t green, but it did recycle itself

Some surprisingly old rocks give scientists a peek into the past

Banning large electronics may make flying safer—but not for the reason you’re thinking
Technology

Banning large electronics may make flying safer—but not for the reason you’re thinking

The recent restriction hints at a complex security situation

Curiosity Rover takes a self portrait
Mars

The Curiosity Mars rover’s wheels are starting to break

Not even space robots are immune to the effects of old age

Scientists have figured out how to stop our bodies from fighting electronic implants
Engineering

Scientists have figured out how to stop our bodies from fighting electronic implants

Scar tissue may no longer be an obstacle on our road to becoming cyborgs

We need to protect the world’s soil before it’s too late
Agriculture

We need to protect the world’s soil before it’s too late

Book Excerpt: The Ground Beneath Us

Climate change may be upping your risk of diabetes
Climate Change

Climate change may be upping your risk of diabetes

A new study suggests Type 2 diabetes is rising along with the temperature

A giant cliff collapse on a comet reveals pristine ice beneath the surface
Science

A giant cliff collapse on a comet reveals pristine ice beneath the surface

The latest from Rosetta's smashing mission