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Tech

Why This Blue Whale’s Massive Heart Is Being Blown Up Like a Beach Ball

06.15.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

Did That Fruit Fly You Just Killed Feel Something Like Fear?

05.14.15

By Amanda Panacci
Tech

Watch This Ant Use Its Powerful Jaws to Catapult Away From Danger

05.13.15

By Katie Rook
Tech

A Rare Glimpse of the Adorable Deep-Sea ‘Pocket Shark’

04.26.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

New Exploration of the Puerto Rico Trench Aims to Shed Light on Plate Tectonics

04.21.15

By Julia Alexander
Tech

The Surprisingly Fierce Battle Over a Scientific Paper About Mold

04.14.15

By Ben Richmond
Food

This Is What It’s Like to Farm Under Police Surveillance

04.01.15

By Michael Segalov
Tech

Lab-Grown Coral May Save Caribbean Reefs

03.16.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

What Happens When Oceans Can’t Breathe

01.28.15

By Becky Ferreira
Pulse

Humans Are Destroying the Environment at a Rate Unprecedented in Over 10,000 Years

01.16.15

By Jenny Chen
Tech

The Underwater Industrial Revolution Is Driving Ocean Life to Extinction

01.15.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

The Art of Breeding ‘Super Bastard’ Chickens

11.14.14

By Katherine Templar Lewis

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike