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Watch these bees attack a baseball game—then learn why they did it

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Bee hive

BEES!?

Prepare to see a bunch of grown men lying on the ground to avoid some bees. You know you want to.

Want to understand infinity? Start with puff pastry.

The world's largest dino print, Blue Origin's capsule for space tourists, and other amazing images of the week

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Newsworthy eye candy

Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and space news. Read on:…

Blind tadpoles learn to see using eyeballs attached to their butts

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A new study bodes well for human organ transplants

Want to grow an ear on your neck? You might just be in luck. Read on:…

IBM could have a solution to one of self-driving cars' biggest problems

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Who should be behind the wheel, and when?

Researchers at IBM have patented a new cognitive system that could help determine if and when a person—or the self-driving system—should take control of an autonomous…

What you should know about Atlanta's fiery bridge collapse

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And you thought your commute was bad

Traffic ground to a halt as firefighters worked to put out the fire under the bridge. Then it collapsed. Read on:…

How to scramble an egg

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eggs and whisk

And what's happening while you do it

The perfect goods for scrambling an egg. Read on.

The factories of the future could float in space

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bigelow space station

Orbital manufacturing is already paving the way for better solar panels, faster internet, cleaner computer chips, and lab-grown human hearts

Eventually, if it takes off, orbital fabrication could revolutionize the way we make things. Read on:…

Make your laptop battery last all day

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Laptop charging

Steps to reducing your battery anxiety

No time is a good time for your laptop battery to die, but follow a few straightforward tips, and you can still have plenty of power left by the end of the day.

Fertilizer has saved billions of lives, but it also has a dark side

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a woman on a farm

Excerpt: Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

What's in your soil? Read on:…

This stuff melts your crappy fast fashion into fabric stronger than cotton

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Closing the loop

A new technique may bring us one step closer to perfect fabric recycling. Read on:…

Dolphins beat up octopuses before eating them, and the reason is kind of horrifying

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Bottlenose dolphin

In this food fight you either win or you die

In general, it’s best for your food to not kill you. Dolphins agree, which is why they thrash their octopus around a bit before they chow down. Read on:…

A foldable, adjustable phone stand for 79 percent off? I'd buy it.

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Lamicall Phone Stand

Prop up your devices for $17.

Prop up your devices for $17. I'd buy it. Read on.

29 ways to make your kitchen better

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Upgrade your kitchen essentials

Spice up your kitchen life with some cool cooking doodads.

Spice up your kitchen with some cooking doodads. It's time to update the essentials you got in college.Read on.

Mosquitoes and ticks are going to eat us all alive this summer

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Bust out the bug repellant

An unusually warm winter followed by a wet and warm spring creates the perfect breeding ground for nuisance insects. Read on:…

We need more 'body farms' to figure out how corpses rot

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Research on pig carcasses and a new body farm in Florida might offer some clues

Slowly, researchers are piecing together how water can skew decomposition or batter a body. Read on:…

Why this wily little badger buried a whole cow

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You never know when you might want leftovers

Oh the agony of being full, and still having more delicious food on your plate. Read on:…

What does vitamin C actually do?

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Orange

How one genius spread a massive myth that's persisted for decades

How one genius spread a massive myth that's persisted for decades, and what we actually know about the mythical vitamin C. Read on:…

20 helpful Amazon Echo voice commands for you to try

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The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot

"Hey Alexa, listen up!"

Take control of your smart devices with some well-chosen words. These Alexa commands work on the Amazon Echo, the Echo Dot, and the Amazon Tap.

Navigating with GPS is making our brains lazy

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Close Google Maps to get a mental workout

Navigation apps like Google’s Waze reduce the amount of mental power it takes to get from one place to another—and researchers can now literally see the difference in…
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