You’re charging your phone wrong. It’s not your fault.

Due to the battery’s design, it’s impossible to charge your phone without killing it a little in the process. I used to think I was good at charging stuff. My phone, for instance, almost never dies because I charge it wirelessly overnight, and then, if it’s running low in the afternoon, I blast it with…

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The far right is going … green?

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that pollute our air, our water, our soils end up in our own bodies. They ruin our health in the same way that they ruin nature.” Those might sound like comments from…

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The far right is going … green?

“In my view, climate change is real and it is an existential threat.”  “My inclination is to take dams down.” “The toxic chemicals that pollute our air, our water, our soils end up in our own bodies. They ruin our health in the same way that they ruin nature.” Those might sound like comments from…

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Hate rats? Then you won’t love this new study.

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…

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Hate rats? Then you won’t love this new study.

A brown rat, the species commonly found in New York City and other major cities. | Getty Images If we are, as some city officials have said, in a war with rats, we are clearly losing. We’ve been losing for years. Although cities have ramped up their use of poisons and traps, the number of…

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