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50 of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time

Strength, steps, and swings: How men are staying active

Close up on a navy athletic shoe's strings being tied up.

What TikTok gets right (and wrong) about cleaning

Microwave being cleaned with water and lemon.

How to use AI to capture your maintenance team’s knowledge and turn it into action

A pair of industrial workers inspect their factory's machines.

Aleve vs. Advil - What's the difference? Comparing these NSAIDs

Composite image of a bottle of Aleve with a pink cap on an outdoor table and a bottle of Advil with a blue cap on a white surface.

How single-stream recycling works — and how your choices can make it work better

A truck dumps recyclable items at the Brookhaven Material Recycling Facility in Yaphank, New York.

Climate change is delaying the arrival of spring in NYC parks, researchers find

Pedestrians under trees of the Mall in Central Park, New York City.

Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives

View of a smokestack coming from the Pinova plastic resin manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Georgia.

Wildfire retardants help stop fires, but also impact ecosystems

A firefighting aircraft drops the fire retardant Phos-Chek near homes during the Palisades Fire on January 10, 2025 in Topanga, California.

Oysters are breathing life into the Chesapeake Bay

A cage full of baby oysters being hauled from the Chesapeake Bay and bound for the Manokin River.

Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’

Karim Peoples help to make preparations to make it a cool roof in Baltimore.

New survey explores how much Americans trust their tap water

Water being poured onto a glass.

Drought is a big problem in Canada — and it’s getting worse

An aerial view of the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada on August 1, 2025.

Trump-fueled gas boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

An LNG tanker makes its way into Cameron Pass, Louisiana.

What happens to leftover hotel soap? How organizations are reducing waste while addressing hygiene inequality

A worker wearing a fluorescent yellow vest, a face mask, blue gloves and ear protection processes small soaps for packaging.