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West Coast states are calling in all their best planes and helicopters to fight fires
This story originally featured on Flying Mag.
As if 2020 had not dealt the US enough grief so far this year, …
Bright rocks on Ryugu reveal the asteroid’s violent past
Asteroid Ryugu was somewhat of a mystery when astronomers first spotted it back in 1999. …
Turn a cheap chicken dinner into a Turkish street-food getaway
This story was originally featured on Saveur.
Let’s face it: We may never own a giant, swiveling meat rotisserie in our …
A climate anomaly may have worsened the 1918 pandemic and WWI
For much of World War I, the weather across Europe was unrelentingly foul. Torrential, incessant rain turned battlefields into muck and flooded trenches and …
More than 350 elephants died in Botswana, and we may finally know why
Months after more than 300 elephants were found dead in northwestern Botswana, the nation has announced that it has found the cause of their …
Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown
Early in the pandemic in March and April (or what feels like 10 years ago), there were reports around the world of …
These methods will make screen time more enriching for your kids
Colleen Russo Johnson is the co-founder and chief scientist at The OK Company (makers of OK Play).This story originally featured on …
Tesla’s new battery tech promises a road to a cheap self-driving electric car
Elon Musk makes a lot of promises—some of which actually come to fruition. This week, Musk took the stage at the most recent Tesla …
Android security settings you should check right now
Most of your life is on your phone, so you might as well protect it as much as possible. The good …
A volcanic eruption may have helped the dinosaurs take over the world
In the past half billion years of Earth’s history, there have been five widely-accepted major mass extinctions, but new findings published recently in Science …
