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A clownfish can take on a shark, but this predicament may prove harder to handle
Environment

A clownfish can take on a shark, but this predicament may prove harder to handle

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

children carrying water
Environment

Water shortages amplify the potential for violence

By Marlene Cimons

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Environment

Evaporating lakes could help power the country, day and night

By Marlene Cimons

How Lakes Can Generate Electricity
Environment

How Lakes Can Generate Electricity

By Marlene Cimons

Look at the mysterious ‘dragon booger’ found in Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon
Science

Look at the mysterious ‘dragon booger’ found in Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon

By Sara Chodosh

Where will all the water from Hurricane Harvey go?
Environment

Where will all the water from Hurricane Harvey go?

By Mary Beth Griggs

water moon
Science

The moon might be hiding more water than we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

beach
DIY

How to beach-proof your phone

By Sophie Bushwick

Clouds
Environment

Some clouds are full of little lollipop-shaped ice crystals

By Marlene Cimons

How a 93-year-old war vet (and his sneakers) are helping NASA track pollution
Environment

How a 93-year-old war vet (and his sneakers) are helping NASA track pollution

By Marlene Cimons

Michigan health director charged with involuntary manslaughter due to Flint water woes
Health

Michigan health director charged with involuntary manslaughter due to Flint water woes

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

What parents need to know about ‘dry drowning’
Health

What parents need to know about ‘dry drowning’

By Claire Maldarelli

Make instant slushies with supercooling
DIY

Make instant slushies with supercooling

By Marissa Shieh

Make instant ice and beer slushies
DIY

Make instant ice and beer slushies

By Marissa Shieh

One in four Americans drink water that fails safety standards
Health

One in four Americans drink water that fails safety standards

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water
Environment

How humans have fought over—and weaponized—water

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This graphene filter could make it cheaper to drink seawater
Environment

This graphene filter could make it cheaper to drink seawater

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

We need more ‘body farms’ to figure out how corpses rot
Science

We need more ‘body farms’ to figure out how corpses rot

By Kate Baggaley

What the frack is in fracking fluid?
Environment

What the frack is in fracking fluid?

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

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.
Technology

How to make sewage drinkable

By Sara Chodosh

How California is saving rainwater for a sunny day
Environment

How California is saving rainwater for a sunny day

By Mary Beth Griggs

How to become a Navy master diver
Technology

How to become a Navy master diver

By Michael Koziol

How does Los Angeles get its water?
Technology

How does Los Angeles get its water?

By Amy Schellenbaum

watering can
Science

How much water does your food drink?

By Michael Koziol

frog with mucous membrane
Environment

How some animals survive on almost no water

By Peter Hess

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped
Environment

This device may pull water out of thin air, but not as well as we hoped

By Sarah Fecht

dehydration in the body
Health

This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration

By Claire Maldarelli

How to fix a leaky faucet
DIY

How to fix a leaky faucet

By David Nield

horse in front of chemical company
Environment

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

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Ice cube trays and an ice pick
Gear

On the origin of ice trays

By Joe Brown

7 planets in the trappist-1 solar system
Science

A whopping seven Earth-size planets were just found orbiting a nearby star

By Sarah Fecht

Why does this straw look like it’s broken?
Science

Why does this straw look like it’s broken?

By Claire Maldarelli

What is causing these black and white bars to change direction?
Science

What is causing these black and white bars to change direction?

By Claire Maldarelli

Brown diamonds
Environment

La Paz adapts to a world without water

By Leslie Kaufman

Scoles My Week water dump
Environment

I spent a week exploring how we’ll have to live in post-water America

By Sarah Scoles

In photos: Dubai’s massive desalination plant
Environment

In photos: Dubai’s massive desalination plant

By Kelsey D. Atherton

glass of water
Health

What’s in a glass of water?

By Rachel Feltman

California’s snowpack is good news for the parched state—for now
Environment

California’s snowpack is good news for the parched state—for now

By Mary Beth Griggs

DAPL
Technology

There will be #NoDAPL at Lake Oahe. What now?

By Mary Beth Griggs

How flushing your toilet could help create biofuel
Environment

How flushing your toilet could help create biofuel

By Laura A. Shepard

Water Condenser
Environment

The power of sunlight can pull clean drinking water from thin air

By Jeremy Deaton

Nanotech Wafer Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
Technology

Nanotech Wafer Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol

By Michael Koziol

Rising Temperatures Load the Dice for Megadrought Risk
Environment

Rising Temperatures Load the Dice for Megadrought Risk

By Stacy Morford

Bend A Laser Beam With This Easy, Physics-Defying Experiment
DIY

Bend A Laser Beam With This Easy, Physics-Defying Experiment

By Thom Leavy

Chinese man shrimp fishing from his boat at Lake Hong
Environment

“Water Stories” Is A Haunting Document Of Global Water Issues

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

How Safe is the Hudson?
Health

How Safe is the Hudson?

By Stacy Morford

This Power Generator Runs on Saltwater
Environment

This Power Generator Runs on Saltwater

By Jeremy Deaton

Bizarre Proton-Conducting Jelly Helps Sharks Detect Electrical Signals Of Prey
Environment

Bizarre Proton-Conducting Jelly Helps Sharks Detect Electrical Signals Of Prey

By Grennan Milliken

Study Finds Fireworks Contaminated Groundwater Near Mount Rushmore
Environment

Study Finds Fireworks Contaminated Groundwater Near Mount Rushmore

By Mary Beth Griggs

shower curtain billowing while researcher observes its behavior
Science

Why Do Shower Curtains Billow Inward?

By Daniel Engber

How The Earth Could Lose Every Drop Of Water It Has
Environment

How The Earth Could Lose Every Drop Of Water It Has

By Mary Beth Griggs

Indian Point
Environment

What You Need To Know About Indian Point Nuclear Plant’s Groundwater Alert

By Mary Beth Griggs

How Did Lead Get Into Flint River Water?
Environment

How Did Lead Get Into Flint River Water?

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale
Technology

I Plunged Into Freezing Water—And Survived To Tell The Tale

By Berne Broudy

Lead In Water: What Are The Health Effects And Dangers?
Health

Lead In Water: What Are The Health Effects And Dangers?

By Alexandra Ossola

A Furry Diving Suit Could Keep You Warm
Technology

A Furry Diving Suit Could Keep You Warm

By Charles Q. Choi

The Most Interesting Place On Europa
Science

The Most Interesting Place On Europa

By Sarah Fecht

Copepod
Environment

How Some Tiny Plankton Can Literally Jump Out Of Water

By Mary Beth Griggs

Ancient Mars Crater Had Huge Lakes
Science

Ancient Mars Crater Had Huge Lakes

By Mary Beth Griggs

CubeSats Are Paving Mankind’s Way Back To The Moon, And Beyond
Science

CubeSats Are Paving Mankind’s Way Back To The Moon, And Beyond

By Shannon Stirone

Mars Has Flowing Water, New Evidence Indicates
Science

Mars Has Flowing Water, New Evidence Indicates

By Sarah Fecht

Europa Or Bust: Searching For Life In Jupiter’s Orbit
Science

Europa Or Bust: Searching For Life In Jupiter’s Orbit

By Corey S. Powell

Sierra Nevada Snowpack Is At Its Lowest Level In 500 Years
Environment

Sierra Nevada Snowpack Is At Its Lowest Level In 500 Years

By Grennan Milliken

When the river runs yellow
Environment

The Truth Behind The EPA’s Animas River Spill Is Messier Than You Think

By Tina Casey