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When we think of wildlife photography, we usually imagine telephoto lenses on expensive cameras in remote locations. That was until we learned about camera trapping and sent Becca Farsace to photograph wildlife you can't see.

Palladium is more precious than gold and has played a crucial role in cleaning up toxic emissions. As its value and demand continue to rise, so does the theft of its most common application: the catalytic converter. Now, the race is on to find new alternatives for this metal.

Researchers at Stanford University might’ve cracked the code on x-ray vision.

In order to fight off the 6th mass extinction, we need more data to get a complete picture of the state of life on Earth.

To give jeans their signature blue hue and fading abilities, it’s estimated that over 70,000 tons of synthetic indigo dye are made each year. One team of scientists is reverse engineering indigo molecules using microbes and sugar to clean up the process.

The race to create a solid-state battery that could compete with today’s lithium-ion cells is heating up. In this video, we visit Sakuú, a company that doesn’t just want to make solid-state batteries, they also want to 3D-print them.

In 1977, twin golden records were sent into space on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts. The records contain sound, songs, and images from earth.

As more of the world’s forests are destroyed, what’s going to absorb CO2 in their place?! One of Earth’s “deadest” habitats might be our best hope for an ongoing supply of breathable air.

We can find exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope, but it can't take a high resolution image of one. Luckily, NASA is studying a mission that plans to use the Sun as a giant lens to get us that elusive picture.

What do you do when you’ve rebooted your router, checked all your cables, called your ISP, and your WiFi still fails you? Obviously, you model the physics of WiFi moving through space. And then test the math, square foot by square foot.

Wipes and other products that get flushed down the toilet cause millions of dollars in problems for cities like New York.

The color blue is almost impossible to recreate.

In 2021, cultured meat companies raised $1.8 billion in investment. But with so many roadblocks ahead and lots of different visions for the future, it’s hard to know exactly what shape the industry will take. Watch our video to learn more — and meet a friendly neighborhood pig.

We met the very cute and very bizarre result of an almost 60-year-long experiment: they’re foxes that have been specially bred for their dog-like friendliness toward people.

Migraines were misunderstood for years — now we know they come down to two main things.

Photoacoustic imaging lets us see inside our bodies like never before.

This freshwater aquifer under the ocean can fill 1.1 billion Olympic-sized swimming pools.

99% of glaciers are losing mass.

How osteoporosis affects your bones 🦴

These scientists discovered the longest half-life ever recorded.