So please stop killing them
I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our…
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Spiders are secretly great roommates
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What’s hiding in the outer solar system?
Is there a planet—or even planets—waiting to be discovered out there?
As our understanding of the outer solar system has grown, we’re facing new questions. And it’s renewing talks about planets past Neptune. And not Pluto, Eris, Makemake,…
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Black Ember used laser-cutting and bonding to make a rugged, waterproof backpack
We tried out their Citadel Minimal pack.
Urban commuters who like to bike through all kinds of weather and want a backpack with a special-ops feel to it could consider a new pack made by Black Ember.
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This common toothpaste ingredient could be wreaking havoc on your gut
Triclosan is everywhere, but its days seem to be numbered.
Even if you’ve never heard of it, you almost certainly come across the chemical triclosan every single day. But its days seem to be numbered.
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Avoiding GMO food might be tougher than you think
Labels are about to become mandatory, but what does that really mean?
It’s unclear how many Americans will actually be looking to avoid GM food in the future. But even if you want to keep your pantry GMO-free, doing so could prove…
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Everything you need to know about the chemical one White House aide called a ‘public relations nightmare’
The EPA needs to take action. So why is the agency being so secretive?
First discovered in the late 1930s by scientists at DuPont chemical company, these fluorochemicals were soon put to work for their water, stain, and grease resistant…
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To identify 100-million-year-old amber, consider licking it
A fossil-hunting fail from a curator of invertebrate paleontology.
When a researcher started using his mouth to identify fossilized amber, he encountered a problem: It's nearly indistinguishable from rabbit poop.
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Ernest Hemingway's Florida home is ready to withstand its 168th hurricane season
Since its construction in 1851, the limestone structure has stayed remarkably "high and dry."
Ernest Hemingway’s historic home in Key West, Florida has never been damaged in a storm. Why? And what can we learn from it?
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X-raying immigrants to determine their age isn’t just illegal, it’s horrible science
Teeth and bones alone can't determine whether someone is a minor
My work can include estimating the ages of deceased persons using X-rays of bones and teeth, and I’m intimately familiar with the limitations of how specific these…
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Where does outer space start?
It all depends on who you ask
Where’s the edge of space? What seems like a simple question has an answer with more layers than the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Apple WWDC: Looking back at 2017 and what to expect in 2018
All the new stuff from Apple's annual developers conference.
Follow up with Apple's 2017 announcements and look ahead to 2018.
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Shyness pays off...when you're a hungry prawn
If you’re a prawn, it pays to not go boldly where no one has gone before.
When it comes to survival, you might think that creatures who boldly seek new resources and new habitats stand the best chance. For some animals, that’s true. But for…
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Five battery-saving Android features that will keep your phone alive
And how to adjust them.
Keeping your phone’s battery alive is a constant battle, so Android offers a number of energy-saving features. Here’s how they work.
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Four intense ways insects sacrifice themselves for the good of the colony
When the going gets tough, the tough self-destruct.
When predators threaten, these tropical ants pull the ultimate power move: disemboweling themselves to spew noxious chemicals onto their enemies.
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Some 83,000 members of the U.S. military are missing. This group tries to bring them home.
How elite military and scientific teams bring home fallen U.S. soldiers.
Many searches begin in musty archives and digital databases. DPAA historians and archivists pore over battle reports, flight and ship logs, and other documents.
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Volcano vocabulary to help you understand the most recent eruptions
Spatters, clinkers, and lahars, oh my.
The ongoing eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii has brought volcano jargon to the surface, like an effusion of mafic (that’s low-silica, oozing magma to you).
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Everything you need to know about Apple's 2018 WWDC announcements
iOS 12, ARKit, and all the shiny new stuff from Apple.
Watch Apple's 2018 WWDC keynote with us!
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Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon's environmental burden
Genetically modified pigs produce fewer dangerous pollutants.
Pigs can’t make three important enzymes they need to digest the polluting nitrogen and phosphorus in their feed, so scientists have come up with another way to fix the…
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Saturn's speedy rotation makes its daytime auroras possible
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We may finally know how Easter Island’s giant statues got their jaunty stone hats
But there are still puzzles left to solve.
Almost a thousand stone figures—each weighing tons—dot Easter Island. They have puzzled generations of Western anthropologists over the past two centuries…
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