How river DNA can track fish, frogs, fungi and human feces all at once

A single scoop of water from an Irish river has revealed evidence not only of Ireland's only frog species—as expected—but ...
Consumer Reports

OTA Car Software Updates: Are They Safe and How Do They Work?

Many newer cars allow owners to download software updates that can fix problems, improve performance, and even make some safety recall repairs. These “over-the-air” — or OTA — software updates have ...
Pew Research Center

Where Do Americans Get Health Information, and What Do They Trust?

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on health information and how they view their own health. Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...
Scientific American

How do mRNA vaccines work?

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The New York Times

How much do college players really get paid? Schools don’t want you to know — but you should

Is the lack of transparency around college athletes' revenue sharing agreements a problem? Soobum Im / Getty Images One of the most common questions among college sports fans is also one of the ...
Forbes

Today TSA Agents Won’t Get Their Paychecks. Do They Keep Working?

Passengers wait for TSA security screening at Houston Hobby on Sunday, March 8. The line stretched into baggage claim and parking. (Photo by Brett Coomer) In the continuing game of now-you-see-it, now ...
Education Week

‘They’re Our Kids’: How Teaching English Learners Is Changing

In Christina Gomez’s kindergarten classroom at Mt. View Elementary, in a neighborhood of Nashville, Tenn., students took turns summarizing what they’d just read about the four seasons and farm animals ...
The New Yorker

“How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship

In Lisa McGee’s show “Derry Girls,” about a group of teen-agers growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, the threat of violence—in the form of car bombings and street riots—was portrayed as ...
CBS News

Here's how Americans say they plan to use their bigger tax refunds this year

Tax refunds are shaping up to be supersized in 2026, thanks to the "big, beautiful bill" signed into law last summer by President Trump. And many Americans already have plans for how to use that money ...
Variety

‘Derry Girls’ Creator Unpacks Her Netflix Mystery Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ and Why Her Heroines Are ‘The Worst People to Solve This Thing’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had wanted to ...
nerdist

We Tried McDonald’s McNugget Caviar and It Absolutely Slaps

When it comes to fast food classics, there’s none that’s more iconic than Chicken McNuggets. Why? Because they are literally perfect. That golden, crunchy breading encasing tender chicken goodness is ...