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Science "Older than dirt" not really that old in the grand scheme of things Maggie Koerth

Science Potash mining on the Colorado River Maggie Koerth
hawaii Lahaina's Banyan tree grows new leaves Jason Weisberger
Naegleria fowleri Arkansas toddler dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba from country club splash pad Carla Sinclair
air travel Air Canada kicks customers off plane and adds them to no-fly list for refusing to sit in vomit-soaked seats Rob Beschizza
police Caught on camera: Texas cops block disabled veteran from using bathroom and laugh at him when he soils himself Rob Beschizza
hygiene How often should you wash your jeans and other clothes? Doctors give some shocking answers Carla Sinclair
art This lawn chair is made out of the lawn itself Popkin
Science Ancient animal revived after 46,000 years in ice could help prepare us for the climate apocalypse David Pescovitz
representation Moviegoers question the lack of Japanese perspectives in Oppenheimer Thom Dunn
mistakes Tourists head to Death Valley in hopes of experiencing record temperature highs there Rob Beschizza
gardening Things I have done right, and wrong, in the garden this year Jason Weisberger
Nature Learn how to make a mini terrarium with Ben Newell Popkin
death Human composting grows in popularity as eco-friendly farewell option Rusty Blazenhoff
ruin value for ants Watch an abandoned ant city get excavated Elías Villoro
Weird That time the US military tried to make foxes glow in the dark to freak out Japanese soldiers David Pescovitz
Culture Homo naledi buried dead and carved symbols more than 100,000 years ago Rob Beschizza
new orleans Visit the Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans this weekend! Jennifer Sandlin
california 30 tons of bomb-grade ammonium nitrate vanish from sealed rail car in western US Mark Frauenfelder
Science Manhattan "sinking" under the weight of all those skyscrapers Rob Beschizza