Saturday editor and a member of the Public Safety team at The San Diego Union-Tribune. For more than a decade, she ...

Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to ...

Whether it’s seaweed cloaks or see-through wings, these animals know how to hide. Meet four masters of disguise who’ve turned camouflage and mimicry into a work of art.

As a chronic overpacker who only travels with carry-on luggage, learning how to use packing cubes has been a process years in ...

Knives, a food contact surface, were observed to have food residue and were not clean to sight and touch. Wash, rinse, and sanitize. Retail shelving throughout the store, a non-food contact surface, ...

Or you can attempt a truce. Buy a cheap feeder, fill it with corn, and put it 10 feet away from your bird feeder. Squirrels ...

This is an installment in an occasional series of “user guides” that aim to provide readers information on how to access and use everything from public spaces to community organizations. If you have ...

Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

Vegan beauty is arguably at its best phase yet. Once associated with bland packaging and hit-or-miss formulas, vegan products today rival — and often outperform — their traditional counterparts. The ...

The natural waxy coating on fruits is often stripped during washing after harvest. Edible lac resin coatings—derived from ...

Two Boston art shows, and a recent book by Sally Mann, emphasize the the physical aspects of making art.

While many other animals have been observed to use tools, this level of sophistication is rare outside of primates like ...