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Four images side-by-side showing angles of a saxophone-inspired instrument called the Post Digital Sax
Internet

The 10 weirdest and wildest musical instruments of 2026

The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a ‘Demon Box.’

a lionness walks on a misty night
Wildlife

13 gorgeous black-and-white images of the animal kingdom

The 2025 Nature Photography Contest features a playful fox and a muscly horse.

January 4, 2022 Deerton, MI Mature woman working on laptop in her home.
Tech Hacks

How to really spot AI-generated images, with Google’s help

Pouring whiskey into glass from bottle near wooden barrel on table
Sustainability

Scottish distillery wants to bottle whisky in aluminum, not glass

Stirling Distillery has two years to figure it out.

Paleontologists excavating sandstone encased dinosaur fossils from parking lot dig site
Dinosaurs

Dinosaur bones found underneath parking lot in Dinosaur, Colorado

They’re the first fossils found near Dinosaur National Monument in over 100 years.

A cross section of a dog's heart showing heartworm
Dogs

This deadly dog ‘spaghetti’ has ancient origins

Heartworm is one of the most widespread dog parasites.

a bat flying through the night
Bats

A robot bat sheds new light on how they hunt in darkness

‘I’m always Team Bat. They always trick me, they always outsmart me.’

Canada and USA reenacting the war during 1812
Archaeology

British soldier’s long-lost memoir rediscovered in Cleveland

War of 1812 veteran Shadrack Byfield’s second book describes a grittier life story—and a hook for a hand.

a brown cow with a large stick in her mouth and mountains in the background
Evolution

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

The 13-year-old bovine is crushing stereotypes of bovine intelligence.

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