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Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments already listening to the...
A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was passing in front of it. Observations revealed a...
As a severe winter storm approaches, the Trump administration has bigger concerns on its plate: not getting trolled on the internet. And, we almost forgot...
A big chunk of the country is stuck inside thanks to winter weather so bad it’s making trees explode. While grilling outside is out of...
With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what...
A few weeks ago there were a rash of stories claiming that iOS 26 is seeing bizarrely low adoption rates from iPhone users. The methodology...
Graphene is the thinnest material yet known, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. That structure gives it many...
Spam calls are the word, a waste of your time and a threat to your privacy and security. Unfortunately, they can be very effective and...
ChatGPT may be an excellent tool in case your strongly-worded email to your landlord about that ceiling leak needs a second pair of eyes. It...
Last week, officials at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that health authorities in Guinea-Bissau had moved to halt a...
It’s 2026, and tech companies continue to insist they need to spend staggering amounts of money on AI data centers. Yet for all of its...
In an exclusive interview, bestselling author Martha Wells talks "Platform Decay," from its moral stakes to Murderbot's bitter humor.
A study of dog bones across several Iron Age sites in Bulgaria has shown that people ate dog meat.
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Chronic inflammation may be quietly reshaping the colon and making it more vulnerable to early-onset colorectal cancer. Scientists found that colon tissue in younger patients...
Aging immune cells may be sabotaging the body from within. Researchers found that macrophages produce a protein that locks them into a chronic inflammatory state,...
A new image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides an astonishingly close up look of a dying star crumbling into gas and dust...
At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out like sun rays. The reddish/orange...
Before you set a course for the final frontier, find out which legendary 'Star Trek' captain's leadership style aligns with your own.
The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a million years ago.
Learn more about the hunt for bacteria on Mars and how astronauts will need to make sure they aren't bringing any dormant bacteria with them...
Bosses being severely disconnected from the needs of their employees is a tale as old as time. But it sure feels like the AI craze...
People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers tested whether EEG brain scans could capture...
Dizzy Gillespie was a fan. Frank Sinatra bought one for himself and gave them to his Rat Pack friends. Hugh Hefner acquired one for the...