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Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher
Life Skills

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

Why hand-wash when we have machines?

Overhead view for Racer3 drone
Drones

Drone Racing League’s new Racer3 aircraft tops out at 85 mph

With a new racing drone model, the emphasis remains entirely on the pilot

Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus
Space Telescope

Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus

Your aurora is showing

penguin climbing
Environment

Volcanic ash and ancient poop reveal penguins’ tragic history

Eruptions might be responsible for shrinking penguin populations.

komodo dragon
Animals

Dragon blood may help wounds heal faster

A Komodo dragon-inspired compound slays tough bacterial infections in mice

‘Poppers’ might permanently damage your eyes
Health

‘Poppers’ might permanently damage your eyes

More evidence that the harmless high isn't quite harmless

city near a lake at dusk
Environment

Lakes in the northeast are getting dangerously salty, and it’s our fault

Ice-free roads come with a cost

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve
Evolution

Suck it, sponges: Marine jellies were the first animals to evolve

Shaking the branches of the tree of life

How to make the best protest sign
Projects

How to make the best protest sign

Hey hey. Ho ho.

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end
Ocean

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end

In the face of climate change, experts are giving up hope.

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo
Evolution

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

Mandrills, they're just like us!

Human flesh isn’t very nutritious
Nutrition

Human flesh isn’t very nutritious

Prehistoric cannibals likely had other motivations

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea
Health

Getting your genetic disease risks from 23andme is probably a terrible idea

Ignorance may really be bliss

Hundreds of icebergs are suddenly invading shipping lanes
Ocean

Hundreds of icebergs are suddenly invading shipping lanes

Unusual ice activity

frankenstein
Health

Frankenviruses may have gobbled up host cells in order to grow

It was a dark and stormy petri dish…

Matija StrliÄŤ
Science

Old books actually smell like chocolate and coffee

Sniffing out literary smells

Smoking still kills over 6 million people a year
Cancer

Smoking still kills over 6 million people a year

Put down that butt

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease
Diseases

How an otherwise harmless virus can trigger celiac disease

Genetics isn't everything

Today’s hurricanes kill way fewer Americans, and NOAA’s satellites are the reason why
Weather

Today’s hurricanes kill way fewer Americans, and NOAA’s satellites are the reason why

More folks than ever live in cyclone-territory, but less are dying

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly
Fish

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly

Crazy levels of RNA tinkering could explain how cephalopods got so smart