One year after the LA fires, the Community Brigade is equipping residents to prepare for, fight, and recover from wildfires.

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Physicist Sean Carroll takes on black holes, Schrödinger’s cat, and other big physics concepts. Plus, we revisit some of our ...

Physicist Sean Carroll takes on black holes, Schrödinger’s cat, and other big physics concepts that had our audience wondering.

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Mushroom hunting is increasingly popular. A new wave of foraging groups by and for people of color could also help close the “nature gap." ...

The following is an excerpt from The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister. The hirsute form of the male chocolate midge, Forcipomyia sp., which is essential for cocoa pollination. The pin obscures ...

The first written reference to a “rule” about the acceptability of eating dropped food appeared in 1995—but the household guideline was already long in the making. Whether you call it the five-second ...