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Primitive Technology: Wood shed and Native bee honey

Adults Construction Nature
It has been raining here quite a bit in what should normally be the dry season. The wattle and daub hut is standing up well despite this (see video).

See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself

Adults Biotechnology Cities Construction
How do you cool a building without air conditioning?

3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed

Adults Biology Health Society
We take a fair look at some of the best counter arguments for legalization and see how they hold up in review.

SUMMER MENU | Squid Ink Lobster Ravioli | Jamie's Italian

Adults Creativity Food
This is stuffed ravioli called mezzaluna, which means half moon because of the shape. Its darkened by squid ink which gives it a subtle seasoning, and then filled with beautiful crayfish, prawns, lobster, and ricotta! Available now in Jamie's Italian.

Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?

Adults Animals Health Nature
Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism.

Is Your Phone Listening To You?

Adults Internet Culture Machine Learning Social Media
Feel like your phone is spying on you? Find out if it's real!

How one scientist averted a national health crisis - Andrea Tone

Adults Health History Women
In 1960, Frances Kelsey was one of the Food and Drug Administration's newest recruits. Before the year was out, she would begin a fight that would save thousands of lives - though no one knew it at the time.

How Evolution Turned A Possum Into A Wolf

Adults Animals Biology Nature
ntil the early 20th century, Tasmania was home to a very weird wolf-like creature. Except that it wasn't a wolf. Even though it looked like a wolf.

See What It Takes to Hide a Secret Tracker in a Rhino Horn

Adults Animals Nature
In Tanzania, a team of veterinarians are on a covert mission to protect the black rhinoceros from poaching.

Why It's Almost Impossible to Juggle 15 Balls

Adults Art Sports
The world's best numbers juggler can throw and catch 14 balls. Once. Has he reached juggling's limit?

What If You Fell From Space to Earth?

Adults Health Space
If you fell from space, what would happen to your body?

Spring Langoustine Tagliatelle

Adults Creativity Food
Scottish Langoustines, wild garlic and British asparagus, need we say more...

What If You Only Drank Energy Drinks?

Adults Health Science
What happens when you put too much caffeine in your body?

Why Some Animals Follow The Moon

Adults Animals Environment Nature
Organisms of all shapes and sizes synchronize their behaviors using biological clocks. Some keep pace with the daily rising and setting sun using circadian rhythms.

How Cats Became our Feline Overlords

Adults Animals Human Pets
Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines.

Why is it so hard to cure ALS?

Adults Health Neuroscience
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig's Disease affects about two out of every 100,000 people worldwide.

What If We Could Teleport?

Adults Biotechnology Science Transportation
Could teleportation ever be possible?

How to Cook Perfect Roast Beef | Jamie Oliver

Adults Creativity Food
Jamie loves Roast Beef, and we hope you do too! Here he gives us all the tips and tricks to make sure you get your beef spot on every time, no matter what cut you're using.

How Much Is Your Body Worth?

Adults Economy Health Science
We break down your value piece by piece!

Where the Sounds From the World's Favorite Movies Are Born

Adults Art Film Music
WIRED gets a tour from veteran Foley artist John Roesch of the Skywalker's custom built soundstage. Roesch reveals some of the strangest audio props that were used in films like 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' 'Back to the Future' and 'Braveheart'.

Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals?

Adults Animals Nature
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant?