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Close up of man's hands reaching into box of apples at orchard

Test your apple farming skills with this free video game

a hand squeezes a fish-shaped soy sauce container as brown droplets come out of it

Plastic-free soy sauce container biodegrades in 4 weeks

By Mack DeGeurin

Pint of beer next to a cheeseburger

Beer waste helps lab-grown meat taste meatier

Anti-icing chemicals in winter season. Street treated with technical salt or de-icing chemicals, closeup view. Effective tool to fight ice on surfaces. Rock salt on road.

Stop using so much sidewalk salt

By Alisha McDarris

a global density map of the world's buildings

Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

A person in a blue jacket holds a labeled glass jar filled with grain seeds while standing in a narrow aisle of a genebank. The room is filled from floor to ceiling with shelves holding hundreds of similar jars for long-term storage.

The seed vaults that could save humanity

Water flowing through the Hamlin Lake Dam in Ludington Michigan.

2,500 ‘high-risk’ U.S. dams are sinking into the ground

A thin sheet of plastic covered in transparent MOCHI film

Bubble wrap-like material could help insulate glass windows

Electric plane flying over green mountains

Air New Zealand tests a new generation of electric planes

This is a type of animal that is related to land spiders but does not belong to that group. They can grow to the size of a palm in the deep sea around Antarctica, but this particular species is only a few millimeters in size Photo: Natural History Museum, London & Göteborgs universitet

Deep sea mining test uncovered multiple new species

Inside the mouth of this anchovy, plankton particles are captured by the gill arch system.

Sardine-inspired washing machine filter removes 99% of microplastics

A shallow depth-of-field close-up of a stainless steel frying pan sitting on a black, glossy induction cooktop, with steam rising from food cooking inside the pan. The kitchen background is blurred, showing a window and a refrigerator.

Are induction stoves better? These chefs think so.

Muddy tire in pothole puddle anchored by bricks

New asphalt could make potholes extinct

A colorful vintage poster illustration featuring a large Uncle Sam figure in a stars and stripes outfit, leaning down to adjust the hands of a massive clock with Roman numerals, which has a red center. Below him, a smaller man is running frantically with a small clock showing the time is one hour earlier. The text at the top reads "VICTORY! CONGRESS PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL." The style is reminiscent of early 20th-century American political or war-time posters.

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time—and hated it

Butter is slowly melting in a frying pan

New recycling method turns Teflon into toothpaste fluoride

Big bison in the National Park on the shore of a lake or river

This national park uses helicopters for bison round-up duty

Selection of overripe avocados against yellow background

AI may help you pick the perfect avocado

a pitcher-like device

This portable, 3D-printed device can pull drinking water out of thin air

By Mack DeGeurin

An overhead shot of a human composting vessel, which resembles a long, rectangular planter box with a light wooden frame. The interior contains a layer of straw, wood chips, and organic material, with colorful pink and purple flowers scattered throughout. A white cloth-wrapped form rests in the center.

How human composting turns bodies into soil

By Jennifer Byrne

a set of billiard balls on a pool table

How billiard balls led to plastic everywhere

By Avery Schluyer Nunn