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Shower head

Does Regular Showering Really Keep You Cleaner?

Prepare to rethink everything you know about soap

Bill Gates

Bill Gates Criticizes COVID-19 Testing in US

Gannets

There's a Surprisingly Large Market for Seabird Poop

Stonehenge structure in Wiltshire, England

Scientists Discover Where Stonehenge's Boulders Came From

Athlete in the gym holding battle ropes

Health & Fitness

Study: Workouts Can't Do Their Job If You Eat Too Much Sugar

Crew Dragon retrieval

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth Safely on Crew Dragon

Anopheles maculipennis (malaria mosquito) on a leaf

Why Some Mosquitoes Are More Bloodthirsty for Humans Than Others

cosmetic limb-lengthening surgery

Health & Fitness

A Controversial Limb-Lengthening Surgery Is on the Rise Among Men

COVID-19 warning signs

Sinclair Stations Pause Airing of Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory

UFO landing port

More UFO Findings Slated for Release by Pentagon

Dr. Ruth Faram and CEO Benjamina Bollag of Higher Steaks

UK Startup Unveils Lab-Grown Pork Belly and Bacon

United Airlines airplane flying in a blue sky

EPA’s First-Ever Airplane Emissions Standards Are Not What They Seem

A crowd at the music festival Glastonbury

Scientists Are Holding a Concert to Test How COVID-19 Spreads

lsd

More Americans Are Dropping Acid Because "The World's on Fire"

Stormclouds

Now COVID-19 Is Messing With Weather Forecasting, Too

KFC

KFC Researching Bioprinting Option for Chicken Nuggets

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Grant Imahara arrives for The Geekie Awards 2014 held at Avalon on August 17, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

“MythBusters” Host Grant Imahara Dead at 49

Environmental Education Center

How Will COVID-19 Affect Environmental Education?

Leopard

Jaguars, Leopards Among New Targets of Wildlife Traffickers

Knee bones

Research Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Artificial Cartilage

Elon Musk at a SpaceX press conference at the Kennedy Space Center

Elon Musk's Experimental School Is Opening Up to Children for Online Learning

Your Sunscreen Is Probably Hurting the Ocean. Here's What to Do About It.

Your Sunscreen Is Probably Hurting the Ocean. Here's What to Do About It.

Magic mushrooms

Can Psychedelic Drugs Help Treat PTSD?

UN Agency Set to Reduce Airline Emissions Requirements

UN Agency Set to Reduce Airline Emissions Requirements

lab-grown breast milk

Lab-Grown Breast Milk Could Be Coming in the Near Future

4th block of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Chernobyl Documents Declassified by Ukrainian Government

death beach?

Can Thinking About the Apocalypse Help Us Cope With COVID-19?

Amazon's upcoming Climate Pledge Arena for NHL Seattle

Seattle’s NHL Team to Play in Amazon-Named Climate Pledge Arena

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