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Half of your bread’s environmental impact comes from fertilizer
Agriculture

Half of your bread’s environmental impact comes from fertilizer

Your morning loaf holds a C02 intensive surprise

Earth’s first continent? Probably a giant continental crust
Environment

Earth’s first continent? Probably a giant continental crust

It was not filled with chocolate

Wildfire
Environment

Humans are responsible for the vast majority of wildfires in the U.S.

Only you can prevent forest fires. For real.

Science

Black holes might devour stars much more often than we thought

Like, 100 times more

China Silent Hunter laser at Dubai IDEX 2017
Military

Drones, lasers, and tanks: China shows off its latest weapons

A peek at the arsenal at an arms fair in Dubai.

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other
Internet

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other

And no one even noticed

laughing owl
Endangered Species

Resurrecting extinct animals might do more harm than good

But it depends on the species and the context

How to fix a leaky faucet
Life Skills

How to fix a leaky faucet

Those drips could be costing you a fortune

Does the weirdly warm weather mean spring is already here?
Climate Change

Does the weirdly warm weather mean spring is already here?

Why it isn't so nice that the weather's so nice

horse in front of chemical company
Pollution

This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up

It wasn’t pretty.

Smog over Louisville
Environment

What would America be like without the EPA?

Why we created the Environmental Protection Agency—and why we still need it

Fracking fluid is leaking more often than we thought
Fossil Fuels

Fracking fluid is leaking more often than we thought

And that's not great

Drone America Savant Drone From Underneath
Drones

Will drones pull rain from desert clouds?

A test flight of a drone brings an unmanned cloud seeding tool one step closer.

Watch scientists train bees to play with tiny soccer balls
Bees

Watch scientists train bees to play with tiny soccer balls

The study shows that bees can adapt to really weird circumstances

milkshakes
Science

McDonalds’ fancy new straw doesn’t suck

And that's the problem

NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets
Exoplanets

NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets

You can basically read fanfiction about them

Meet China’s triple-hulled warship of the future
Military

Meet China’s triple-hulled warship of the future

A trimaran vessel with all-electric propulsion, multiple helicopters, and anti-ship missiles.

That giant crack in Antarctica just keeps getting bigger
Climate Change

That giant crack in Antarctica just keeps getting bigger

It's a matter of weeks before a Delaware-sized iceberg hits the high seas

Manatee waving
Ocean

Taking manatees off the endangered species list doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them

Come for the sea cow pictures, stay for the environmental policy

Sondrestrom Glacier
Environment

This one simple trick predicts when an ice age will pause

And it all started with an e-mail