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Pluto is not a planet but a dwarf planet. Outline of its corona on black taken by the NASA New Horizons probe.

Pluto is not a planet because of one small technicality

By Charlie Wood

Shorter winters are stunting the growth of plants

Shorter winters are stunting the growth of plants

By Marlene Cimons

A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews

A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews

By Whitson Gordon

How to set up your home Wi-Fi

How to set up your home Wi-Fi

By Jason Lederman

a palm tree bending in the wind

Hurricane forecasts can be confusing—here’s a helpful glossary

By Dennis Mersereau

glass bottles on a shelf with handwritten labels

So, what’s the deal with homeopathy?

By Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy

Do I have a cold or the flu?

Ask Us Anything

Do I have a cold or the flu?

By Nicole Wetsman

Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web

Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web

By P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking

Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook

Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.

There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.

moving in carrying sofa

Lift heavy stuff without wrecking your back

Glaciers are no longer moving at glacial paces

Glaciers are no longer moving at glacial paces

hurricane florence flooding

Why rivers rise long after a hurricane is gone

By Sara Chodosh

iOS 12 just gave your iPhone new features—here’s how to use them

A phone screen with the Kiwi Browser, Ecosia browser, Brave browser, and Firefox browser icons on the screen.

7 alternatives to your phone’s built-in web browser

How to record a phone call

How to record a phone call

decade of hurricanes

Charted: How hurricanes are becoming more extreme

By Sara Chodosh

Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic

How to prepare for a hurricane that’s about to hit

By Sophie Bushwick

How to send secret messages hidden in pictures and songs

How to send secret messages hidden in pictures and songs

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

Sweltering heat is exactly the right weather to get your flu shot

By Sara Chodosh

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

By Sara Chodosh

Male red-winged blackbird

How to decode the secret language of birds

How to manage your digital read-it-later list—before it’s too late

How to manage your digital read-it-later list—before it’s too late

Why bigger planes mean cramped quarters

Why bigger planes mean cramped quarters

By Ryan Bradley

A young woman doing a lunge stretch by the side of a river under a gray cliff.

Fitness & Exercise

How to stretch for any type of workout

By Sara Chodosh

Fitness & Exercise

Here’s how much protein you really need

By Sara Chodosh

Everything you ever wanted to know about vitamin D

Everything you ever wanted to know about vitamin D

By Julissa Treviño

Stop struggling with ‘inbox zero’ and just delete all your emails

beef meat fresh carnivore

Please do not try to survive on an all-meat diet

By Sara Chodosh

A veterinarian explains what dog and cat years really mean

A veterinarian explains what dog and cat years really mean

By Jesse Grady / The Conversation

Endangered Species

Here are 10 plants and animals that might have gone extinct without the Endangered Species Act

How to send and receive texts from the comfort of your computer

Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands

Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands

By Neil Adams/The Conversation

a girl looks at a touch screen

Climate change forced a famously old-school museum to go digital

By Eleanor Cummins

Beauty vitamins promise shinier hair, stronger nails, and suppler skin, but do they work?

Beauty vitamins promise shinier hair, stronger nails, and suppler skin, but do they work?

By Julissa Treviño

How to find your way out of the woods without tools—or your phone

How to find your way out of the woods without tools—or your phone

Two-by-fours are not actually 2-by-4—here’s why

Two-by-fours are not actually 2-by-4—here’s why

By Eleanor Cummins

For the closest shave, get naked—doctor’s orders

For the closest shave, get naked—doctor’s orders

These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise

Fitness & Exercise

These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise

By Sara Chodosh

Immigrant children in U.S. detention camps could face yet another health hazard: contaminated water

Immigrant children in U.S. detention camps could face yet another health hazard: contaminated water

Koji strip steak

This Japanese fungus can dry-age a steak in 48 hours. Here’s how.

By Kevin Gray and Jason Tasauro

tired runner man

Fitness & Exercise

That beer after your workout probably isn’t helping you

By Sara Chodosh

A Tyrannosaurus rex

Why it would have been impossible for a T. rex to stick out its tongue

Childhood trauma can change the way your genes behave and leave you more vulnerable to illness

Childhood trauma can change the way your genes behave and leave you more vulnerable to illness

By Nicole Wetsman

A swimming pool, from under the water.

It’s surprisingly hard to tell if someone’s drowning, so we made you a guide

By Whitson Gordon

These are China’s new underwater drones

These are China’s new underwater drones

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

deforestation in Indonesia

Our love of palm oil is destroying forests. Here’s how to use less of it.

By Sophie Bushwick

Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes

Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes

By Kate Baggaley

What is ‘trancing’ and why does it make my dog act so weird around plants?

What is ‘trancing’ and why does it make my dog act so weird around plants?

Everything you think you know about bald eagles is wrong

By Sara Chodosh

Carbon dioxide injections might seem better than liposuction—but there’s a catch

Carbon dioxide injections might seem better than liposuction—but there’s a catch

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

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

Inside the controversial new surgery to transplant human wombs

A snake with blue eyes

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

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn

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

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

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

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

By Erin Blakemore

Laptop keyboard

Explore the internet faster with these keyboard shortcuts

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

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

Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill

By Nell Durfee/Scienceline

How to tell if you really have a fever

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.

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

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

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

By Whitson Gordon