The Grossest Part of Your Refrigerator (and How to Clean It)
Keeping your refrigerator clean is easy when there are obvious spills or food bits or expired items front and center on shelves and in...
Young chimpanzees and human teens share risk-taking behaviors
Adolescent chimpanzees share some of the same risk-taking behaviors as human teens, but they may be less impulsive than their human counterparts, according to...
8 Mostly Untrue Myths About Pirates
You probably weren’t thinking that Pirates of the Caribbean was a documentary (or Treasure Island before it). But somehow we’ve all absorbed the stereotype...
The World’s Farms Are Hooked on Phosphorus. It’s a Problem
Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s nonrenewable—and literally washing away.
Did Anyone Call for a Web Slinger or Egg Dropper in This Week’s Toy...
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of all the coolest nerdy toy news—now on Mondays! This week, we’re taking a look at...
MacBook Pro 2023 Review: You Should Probably Wait for OLED
Apple’s 2023 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pros are here, and they look mostly the same as the 2021 models. The insides, though, are...
Childhood trauma linked to civic environmental engagement, green behavior
A new study based on survey data from hundreds of U.S. adults links experiencing childhood trauma to public environmental engagement later in life, such...
Bacteria really eat plastic
The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic.
Dietary nitrate — found in beetroot juice — significantly increases muscle force during exercise
A new study has found that consuming dietary nitrate -- the active molecule in beetroot juice -- significantly increased muscle force while exercising. While...
Farewell to ‘forever’ — Destroying PFAS by grinding it up with a new additive
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are potentially harmful substances known as 'forever chemicals' because they are so difficult to destroy. One emerging technique to...
