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This giant demon plant gives you burns if you touch it, and it’s spreading
Health

This giant demon plant gives you burns if you touch it, and it’s spreading

By Sara Chodosh

medical staff wearing scrubs in an OR
Health

Inside the controversial new surgery to transplant human wombs

By Erin Biba

A snake with blue eyes
Environment

These snakes slurp snails, and that’s great for farmers

By Anna Brooks

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn
DIY

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn

By Anna Brooks

Five things you might not know about the plague (not including the fact that it still exists)
Health

Five things you might not know about the plague (not including the fact that it still exists)

By Sara Chodosh

Even if you live in a city, you can get health benefits from nature
Health

Even if you live in a city, you can get health benefits from nature

By Kate Baggaley

Contrary to most doomsday visions, climate change will probably make for smaller waves and calmer seas
Environment

Contrary to most doomsday visions, climate change will probably make for smaller waves and calmer seas

By Erin Blakemore

Laptop keyboard
DIY

Explore the internet faster with these keyboard shortcuts

By David Nield

Activated charcoal is showing up everywhere—here are four reasons to avoid it
Health

Activated charcoal is showing up everywhere—here are four reasons to avoid it

By Sophie Medlin/The Conversation

Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill
Environment

Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill

By Nell Durfee/Scienceline

How to tell if you really have a fever
DIY

How to tell if you really have a fever

By Claire Maldarelli

Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.
DIY

Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.

By David Nield

The inside of a parked car on the top floor of a parking garage, baking in the heat.
DIY

How to keep your car from getting butt-burningly hot this summer

By Whitson Gordon

Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you
DIY

Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you

By David Nield

woman barbell lifting
Health

There’s a HIIT for weight lifting, too. And it works really well.

By Sara Chodosh

A nutritionist’s guide to eating junk food
Health

A nutritionist’s guide to eating junk food

By Sara Chodosh

Ernest Hemingway’s Florida home is ready to withstand its 168th hurricane season
Environment

Ernest Hemingway’s Florida home is ready to withstand its 168th hurricane season

By Eleanor Cummins

Spiders are secretly great roommates
Environment

Spiders are secretly great roommates

By Matt Bertone/The Conversation

Stop popping your pimples
Health

Stop popping your pimples

By Sara Chodosh

a woman sleeping
Health

Sleeping in on the weekend might be good for you, but it’s not going to fix all your problems

By Kat Eschner

Octopuses are not aliens, but boy are they a bunch of beautiful weirdos
Science

Octopuses are not aliens, but boy are they a bunch of beautiful weirdos

By Sara Chodosh

a blue sky with clouds
Environment

The world agreed to ban this ozone killer years ago—but it looks like someone is making more

By Neel V. Patel

antechinus
Science

These animals spend their whole lives waiting to have sex, and then they die

By Sara Chodosh

A person sitting at a wooden desk in front of a large window, bathed in sunlight, with the Google search engine open on a laptop and a small cup of coffee on a saucer next to them.
DIY

How to get the most space in your cloud storage—without paying to upgrade

By David Nield

A few simple habits can tack some extra years onto your lifespan
Health

A few simple habits can tack some extra years onto your lifespan

By Claire Maldarelli

beagle lying on carpet
Health

A pet’s death can hurt more than losing a fellow human

By Dyani Sabin

Researchers think 9/11 gave first responders cancer—but proving it will be nearly impossible
Health

Researchers think 9/11 gave first responders cancer—but proving it will be nearly impossible

By Eleanor Cummins

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)
Environment

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

By Claire Maldarelli

punch
DIY

How to throw a punch

By Stan Horaczek

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees
Environment

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees

By Philip Donkersley/The Conversation

Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick
DIY

Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick

By Whitson Gordon

Everything you never wanted to know about artificial sweeteners
Health

Everything you never wanted to know about artificial sweeteners

By Sara Chodosh

If your genes put you at risk of heart disease, exercise might be able to help
Health

If your genes put you at risk of heart disease, exercise might be able to help

By Claire Maldarelli

Intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. But can it make you live longer?
Health

Intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. But can it make you live longer?

By Claire Maldarelli

air pollution
Environment

Air pollution might be the new lead

By Nicole Wetsman

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn
Environment

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn

By Kate Baggaley

Scientists found a ‘new organ,’ but it might not be what you’re expecting
Health

Scientists found a ‘new organ,’ but it might not be what you’re expecting

By Claire Maldarelli

red octopus
Environment

What are the smartest animals in the world, and how do we know?

By Claire Maldarelli

woman napping on a couch
DIY

Learn how to take a nap because they’re really beneficial

By Eleanor Cummins

They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care.
Health

They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care.

By Claire Maldarelli

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy
Environment

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy

By Marlene Cimons

An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body
Health

An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body

By Claire Maldarelli

puppy going potty
Environment

Not all dogs eat poop, but the ones that do like it fresh

By Jacqueline Boyd/The Conversation

Millions of Americans can’t stay home with the flu, so it spreads
Health

Millions of Americans can’t stay home with the flu, so it spreads

By Sara Chodosh

Multi-colored plastic straws.
Environment

We suck at recycling straws—so maybe we should ban them

By Amal Ahmed

A person in a blue buttondown shirt using a Macbook laptop on a wooden desk with a plant and some books nearby.
DIY

Your inbox can do a lot more than just organize your email

By David Nield

Got a good feeling about someone? You probably just like the way they look.
Health

Got a good feeling about someone? You probably just like the way they look.

By Eleanor Cummins

Strongest Man bodyfat
Health

The world’s strongest athletes aren’t shredded and for good reason

By Stan Horaczek

E-cigarettes could help you quit smoking—and help your kids start
Health

E-cigarettes could help you quit smoking—and help your kids start

By Rachel Feltman

Your weight affects how long you live—but it’s extremely complicated
Health

Your weight affects how long you live—but it’s extremely complicated

By Claire Maldarelli

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine
Environment

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

By Kate Baggaley

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds
DIY

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds

By David Nield

How to prepare your home for winter
DIY

How to prepare your home for winter

By Mary Beth Griggs

This is Pepin, a dog on a mission in the Serengeti.
Environment

Five animals that do our dirty work for us

By Ellen Airhart

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.
Science

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

By Sara Chodosh

a gun and bullets
Technology

Gun research could save lives, but America won’t fund it

By Lacey Wallace/The Conversation

a kitten in fall leaves
Environment

Where the heck is autumn?

By Rachel Feltman

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble
Environment

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

By Kate Baggaley

Cow farts are an even bigger problem than we thought
Environment

Cow farts are an even bigger problem than we thought

By Sara Chodosh

Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts
Environment

Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The Mozilla Firefox office building.
DIY

11 hot Firefox tips and tricks that might finally convince you to switch browsers

By David Nield

If everyone became vegetarian, would the planet actually be better off?
Science

If everyone became vegetarian, would the planet actually be better off?

By Sara Kiley Watson

a couple wearing glasses sits on the grass watching the eclipse
Science

How to look at the eclipse without damaging your eyes

By Claire Maldarelli

handful of pills
Health

The three types of supplements you should never buy

By Kendra Pierre-Louis