Lewis points out that most of the pesticides marketed to home gardeners are broad-spectrum chemicals that will kill firefly larvae just as swiftly as they kill ants, wasps, and other less-beloved ...

Spiders are not out to get you and actually prefer to avoid humans; we are much more dangerous to them than vice versa. Bites ...

With chemicals, heavy metals, and microplastics showing up in more of our food than we’d like to think about, non-toxic cookware feels less like an upgrade and more like a necessity these days.

Massachusetts is not “in the vanguard” when it comes to addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” according to the Senate sponsor of a bill meant to help municipalities and water systems clean up related ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I’ve been married to my wife for the past 19 years. For the past six ...

Bacterial styrene oxidase isomerase has been known to science for more than three decades, but its mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. "Working with this enzyme is difficult because it is ...

Toxic masculinity may be in the news these days, but we seldom hear about alternatives that can offer young men a gendered understanding of their place in the world, which is still valued. Instead, it ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

A pair of engineers has won the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a non-toxic, recyclable, and compostable replacement for plastic and toxic “forever chemicals”—per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

A 52-year-old woman in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, died Sunday after being exposed to hydrofluoric acid discarded in an abandoned lot now frequented by locals growing vegetables, ...

OpenAI released a detailed report on who is using its popular chatbot and what they are asking it. OpenAI released a detailed report on who is using its popular chatbot and what they are asking it.

Check your kitchen cabinets: Some of your cookware may be potentially toxic, according to an update from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Aug. 13 2025, the FDA first issued a warning about a ...