Where they tame the undrinkable ocean
One of the fastest-growing cities in the world is also among the driest. Read on.
In photos: Dubai's massive desalination plant
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I spent a week exploring how we'll have to live in post-water America
Cutting water consumption requires more consideration than you'd think
One Saturday morning in December, I walked to a hardware store to purchase the 18-gallon storage container I would use to take showers for the next seven days.
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La Paz adapts to a world without water
The city is high and dry after losing its glaciers
When the glaciers that fed La Paz, Bolivia, its water vanished, citizens woke to dry taps, civil unrest—and a Water General’s reign.
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What is causing these black and white bars to change direction?
A quick physics lesson should clear things up
Why do the black and white bars on this piece of patterned paper seemingly switch direction? The answer lies in the shape of the glass—and what’s inside.
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Flint: a day by the bottle
In the wake of the city's water crisis, residents have turned to bottled H2O.
Here’s a glimpse of what it’s like to live life in the midst of a water crisis, bottle by bottle. Read on.
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Why does this straw look like it's broken?
Understand this and you'll be a master spearfisher.
Place a straw in a glass of water, and behold: It looks broken. What’s tricking your brain?
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What color are these squiggly shapes?
The watercolor illusion takes advantage of how our brains perceive shapes and colors
When you glance at the four rippled rectangles in front of you, do the spaces inside look light blue? They’re not. They’re white. Here's why you might think it's blue.
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Pluto might be a planet again. Let’s talk about why this matters.
Scientists aren’t just jerking you around—this is about something more than your childhood nostalgia
Prepare yourself—the Pluto debate has returned and people are not going to be able to shut up about it. They’re going to have a lot of opinions and they’re going to need…
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Should we mine the deep ocean?
Behind the deep sea “gold rush” for increasingly rare minerals
Is the deep sea the next frontier for mining or a search for fool’s gold?
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How to take a screenshot on any device
Grab that screengrab
Whether you're on Windows, macOS, Android, or iOS, here are the button combinations you need to capture an image of your screen and save it for posterity.
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A portable jump-starter for 71 percent off? I'd buy it.
It can charge your phone. It's $170 off.
A portable jump starter for my car, 71 percent off? I'd buy it. Read on.
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Can we blame climate change for February's record-breaking heat?
Oklahoma just saw temperatures close to triple digits
It is extremely unusual to see such sweltering temperatures in the dead of winter, but climate change is loading the dice for severe heat.
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Audio engineering is making call center robots more 'human' and less annoying
There's more to it than smarter A.I.
Filler sound can make customer support computers seem friendlier and more helpful.
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Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?
We could use their twisted secrets to treat nerve damage
One group of researchers thinks they’ve figured out how: nerve cells are coiled and coated in two different layers of waviness. A better understanding of how this works…
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Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard's doomsday vault
Just two years after tumultuous withdrawal
Today, 49,000 varieties of crops including cabbages, wheat, lentils, sweet peas, and many other important agricultural crops will be wheeled into a vault in a…
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Play console video games on your computer
And take your gaming anywhere
Both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles can stream games to a laptop or desktop over the web. Here's how to get everything set up.
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Cat poop parasites don't actually make you psychotic
Correlation and causation get mixed up again
Cat owners can sleep easy tonight. Well, maybe they can’t if their cat likes to wake them up at 4am by gently clawing their cheeks, but they can at least put their minds…
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A whopping seven Earth-size planets were just found orbiting a nearby star
Three of them may be habitable
Scientists have hit the jackpot, discovering seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a star just 39 light-years away. Read on.
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An adjustable coffee grinder for 81 percent off? I'd buy it.
Grind for any machine for only $9 bucks.
An adjustable coffee grinder for 81 percent off? I'd buy it. Read on.
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What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes
A reported link between herpes and autism isn't as scary as it sounds
A new study reports a link between herpes and autism. But there's more to it than that. And having a baby isn't as scary as many HSV-positive women are led to believe.
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