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Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

By Claire Maldarelli

How to throw a punch

By Stan Horaczek

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees

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

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

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

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?

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

By Claire Maldarelli

Air pollution might be the new lead

By Nicole Wetsman

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn

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

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

By Claire Maldarelli

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

By Claire Maldarelli

woman napping on a couch

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.

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

Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy

By Marlene Cimons

An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body

An exhaustive account of how the flu destroys your body

By Claire Maldarelli

puppy going potty

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

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

By Sara Chodosh

Multi-colored plastic straws.

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

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

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

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

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

By Eleanor Cummins

Strongest Man bodyfat

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

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

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds

How to find the best apps—and avoid the duds

How to prepare your home for winter

How to prepare your home for winter

By Mary Beth Griggs

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

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.

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

By Sara Chodosh

a gun and bullets

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

By Lacey Wallace/The Conversation

a kitten in fall leaves

Where the heck is autumn?

By Rachel Feltman

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

The world’s fastest shark is in trouble

By Kate Baggaley

Cow farts are an even bigger problem than we thought

Cow farts are an even bigger problem than we thought

By Sara Chodosh

Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts

Squirrels are so organized it’s nuts

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The Mozilla Firefox office building.

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

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

Ask Us Anything

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

How to look at the eclipse without damaging your eyes

By Claire Maldarelli

handful of pills

The three types of supplements you should never buy

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here’s how you can help stop the madness.

Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds

Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds

By Sara Chodosh

Here’s how you can actually help stop climate change

Here’s how you can actually help stop climate change

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

A TV in a dark room, backlit by purple light, with a lot of streaming TV and music apps visible on the screen.

Where to find new music, movie, and TV recommendations

9.5 tips to scientifically enhance your grill game

How to smile without looking like a creep, according to scientists

How to beach-proof your phone

By Sophie Bushwick

crowd in swimming pool

Ask Us Anything

Peeing in the pool is actually really bad for you

By Claire Maldarelli

52 of Cassini’s most beautiful postcards from the outer solar system

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks

By Rachel Feltman

Do probiotics actually do anything?

Ask Us Anything

Do probiotics actually do anything?

By Claire Maldarelli

The most efficient way to brush and floss

The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Ask Us Anything

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

By Claire Maldarelli

tomato and ketchup

7 ingenious ways to deal with food waste

By Eleanor Cummins

Commercial airplane flying across almost full moon. The question is: Are long flights safe?

Are long flights safe for your health?

By Kate Baggaley

How many hours of sleep do you actually need?

Ask Us Anything

How many hours of sleep do you actually need?

By Claire Maldarelli

Climate change contributes to mental illness

Climate change contributes to mental illness

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

By Claire Maldarelli

Operation Upshot-Knothole Annie Nuclear Test

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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.

How to make sewage drinkable

By Sara Chodosh

A black Apple TV 4K box on a black surface next to an Apple TV remote.

14 crisp tips for your Apple TV box

A large group of red and orange jellyfish floating in blue water.

A jellyfish sting treatment that actually works

By Sara Chodosh

A silver Macbook Air keyboard that someone needs to learn how to clean. There are crumbs and even a hair on it.

How to clean a keyboard without breaking it

By Claire Maldarelli

cat sits next to scratching post

Keep your cat overlord happy with this easy DIY scratching post

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

By Mary Beth Griggs

An iPhone on top of the keyboard of a Macbook laptop, getting ready to back up photos to the cloud.

The most effective ways to back up your precious photos to the cloud

horse in front of chemical company

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

By Kendra Pierre-Louis