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Let traffic cones inspire your next bathing suit purchase.

By Nidhi Sharma

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Wildlife

Rare hybrid sea turtle released back into the ocean after rescue

Earl grey is the offspring of two different species.

By Margherita Bassi

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Moons

Look up for a blue moon on May 31

Turns out, ‘once in a blue moon’ is right now.

By Laura Baisas

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Health

Is rubbing your eyes bad for you?

Two eye specialists explain what’s behind the urge to rub and what to do about it.

By Taylor Starnes, Neelam Patadia / The Conversation

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Ocean

Kelsey Pfendler is trying to become the youngest woman to row solo from California to Hawaii

Pfendler has already faced blisters, brutal winds, and lost freshwater in the first week of her over 2,400 mile journey.

By Mack DeGeurin

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Birds

Pigeons use their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field

Special immune cells may be one piece of their internal compass.

By Margherita Bassi

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Engineering

The world’s first ‘hovertrain’ could reach speeds of 270 mph in the 1960s

But the futuristic Aérotrain never saw the light of day.

By Mack DeGeurin

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Sustainability

Nike’s recycled World Cup uniforms reveal the limits of ‘circular’ fashion

Will chemical recycling revolutionize the fashion industry, or is it just “an excuse to keep producing plastic clothes”?

By Joseph Winters / Grist

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Moons

Four drones will go where no astronaut have landed—yet

NASA’s MoonFall mission plans to send drones to the moon’s South Pole sometime in 2028.

By Laura Baisas

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Endangered Species

Rare Przewalski’s horse born in New York

The endangered wild horse species was brought back from near extinction.

By Margherita Bassi

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