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A shipping container tiny home.

Home

In Australia, one couple traded square footage for lower bills, and more time with their kids

A horse is partially submerged in a muddy area next to a yellow tarp.

Outdoors

Rescuers sedate a stuck horse, then lift it from deep mud with a telehandler

Four clumps of brown seagrass arranged in a row on a sandy surface.

Tech

Researchers build seaweed-inspired mesh that trapped more than 90% of microplastics in testing

A beetle perched on a green plant with a blurred blue background.

Tech

A beetle campaign against an invasive tree became a nesting crisis for birds in Arizona and New Mexico

A branch with dried blackberries and brown leaves against a blurred green background.

Outdoors

Wild blackberry patches are shriveling in Europe as drought disrupts summer foraging

A group of people work together near a manatee secured in a stretcher on a dock.

Outdoors

Florida manatee calf had propeller wounds, shark bites, and a severe chest infection

A hand points at a circuit breaker while holding a flashlight in a darkened room.

Tech

More than 3,000 lose power in Massachusetts as extreme heat damages buried utility line

An oil drilling platform stands in the ocean with hills visible in the background.

Business

California hearings could curb state oversight, and reopen the door to offshore drilling

A hand rests on a blanket in a hospital bed, with a pulse oximeter displaying readings.

Tech

Mosquito levels drop 50% in parts of the US, but West Nile cases hit a 22-year high

A man holds a transparent gelatinous sea salp while on a boat.

Tech

Alien-looking sea salps are harmless drifters, and each pulse helps clean the ocean

A robotic beach cleaner operates on sandy terrain near the water.

Tech

Canada debuts a beach-cleaning robot as plastic keeps pouring into the Great Lakes

A basketball court with colorful markings and two hoops surrounded by concrete and grass.

Tech

New York turns derelict basketball courts into 'sponges' to curb flash floods