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Environment Flushing those little lenses adds up to a big pollution problem. U.S.

Technology The average pickup truck driver only tows once per month. Chevy's new Silverado towing features exemplify an effort to make towing more accessible....

Science What bad headlines call lazy is what early humans called survival. If you’re into ancient anthropology, you’ve probably seen a headline or two touting a new discovery about Homo erectus—that laziness may have done the...

Space Hang in there, sleeping beauty. While the Sun is no longer just a pinprick in the Martian sky, and astronomers peering through telescopes on Earth can once again see surface features on our neighbor,…...

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Science On the Origin of Pigeons, Worms, and Barnacles. Although it’s too late to rebrand Darwin's famous work, it might make sense to rename it “On the Origin of Pigeons, Worms, and Barnacles.”…...

DIY Create a more comfortable desk setup. Spending hours at your desk every day is bad for your health.

DIY Stay social without going out. So you aren't in the same physical location as your friends—that doesn't mean you can't hang out.

DIY Clean all the stains. Oil on the garage floor, red wine on a white rug, and chewing gum on your pants seat all present different cleaning challenges.

Space It's a dark period in the Universe's early days. “In a sense, this is the most unusual place in the universe that we’ve ever seen” says an astronomer at UC Riverside that found that a murky void in space 500 million…...