A guide to Cyber Monday: The best sales, deals, and everything else you need to know

The fungus discovered in China grows over a foot high and dates back 65 million years.

The autonomous drone took first place at a major race, beating 3 former human world champions.

9,000 years of pulling humans around has left its mark.

And it challenges 50 years of chaos theory in the process.

In 1903, real-estate magnate Griffith J. Griffith shot his wife. She survived: His reputation didn’t.

By integrating refurbished clothing and bags directly into Patagonia.com, the company hopes to further normalize used gear and keep more garments in circulation.

Set up a compatible Windows PC with BitLocker, virtual machines, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for one discounted price.

From vocabulary and grammar to real-world conversations, Promova offers flexible lessons and AI tools designed to make language learning more approachable.

The rare T206 Wagner card could sell for over $3 million on October 25.

The new HomeView, Apple TV 4K, HomePod 2, and a suite of third-party connected devices round out Apple’s big push into creating a more cohesive smart-home experience.

Try to solve an exclusive ‘Popular Science’ crossword, then make your own.

Multiple livestreams offer a glimpse at polar bears, the northern lights, and more.

The six-wheeled laboratory has traveled over 28 miles and will keep trucking until at least 2028.

Cornstarch to the rescue.

In the race to power data centers, could tech company cash help carbon-free energy win out?

And yes, doomsday falls on Friday the 13th.

Get 15 bottles of wine for less than $6 each.

One prompt. Multiple AI opinions.

Dental enamel reveals the toxic metal’s origins in England.

The StickerPix Print + Cut is easy to set up, fun to use and precise with a blade, but you’re stuck buying Cricut’s paper.

Minnesota’s Travis Gienger won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off for the fifth time.

Watch new slow-mo video to see these tiny stingers in action.

‘Jumping genes’ may explain shorter lifespans.

Handwritten accounts describe the horrors of Stalag Luft 3.

The leaf blowers, pole saws, mowers and pressure washers are still marked do

Leaves on the ground are part of the natural cycle of nutrients.

Pacific pocket mice are about the size of a human thumb.

Seven Microsoft Office apps on one Windows PC for a single payment of $14.97, with no subscription attached.

The Undetectable Humanizer turns boring AI copy into human-sounding text in seconds.

‘Nature is Metal: It’s A Life-Eats-Life World’ shows Earth’s flora and fauna in all of their hungry glory.

A biologist came upon the scene in Puerto Rico.

Two largely forgotten computer games from the 1970s ushered in the genre.

Hint: They have a 12-foot-wide wingspan and can weigh up to 1,100 pounds.

This Grade A ThinkCentre runs Windows 11 Pro, drives three monitors and weighs under 3 pounds.

Create documents, manage spreadsheets, build presentations, and organize databases without a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Short answer: No. But big rats beware.

When it comes to the 2026 Bentley Supersports, paying $500,000 for “less is more” isn’t paying more for less.

Stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, a massive bloom of sargassum seaweed is swamping beaches and killing coastal wildlife. But scientists have discovered the floating algae also shelters a vast array of ocean creatures, and some are now calling for its protection.

‘This little one, surprisingly, had an earthy tone of autumn.’

These two apps help protect against unwanted surveillance.

ReciBites organizes recipes from social media, screenshots, and cookbooks, then uses AI to help build meal plans, grocery lists, and more.

Four CPD-certified courses show you how to use Claude for Excel, project management, reporting and web design.

Embrace the ocean’s own wavy aesthetic.

From concept studios to an eye-care convention, I learned how EssilorLuxottica is reframing the conversation about eyewear and mental health.

Rescuers couldn’t even use a helicopter to reach the hiker stranded near the ‘Widowmaker.’

Or was it raptors?

Studying their plentiful hair cells could help us better understand our own hearing.

But ‘noble’ blood from the decapitated could work in a pinch.

About 183,000 individual Aldabra giant tortoises are living on the African atoll, after their numbers dwindled to only 1,000.

Boost your online privacy for 5 years for just $35.

Go beyond Windows 11 Home with tools for protecting sensitive files, running virtual machines, and testing applications.

T. rex ruled the land. These Cretaceous Era apex predators had the sea.

This smartphone-friendly microphone lets you capture a sense of space, direction, and distance without requiring a separate rig.

Even astronauts need to jot down their thoughts.

The Amazon Day deals may be over, but EF ECOFLOW still has tons of portable power stations and solar generators on sale for their lowest prices of the year so far.

Fuel particles embedded in the dirt aren’t changing much, and that’s actually a good thing.

‘This is Rome becoming Rome in a sculpture.’

She was found at the beach struggling in the surf, but is now ‘feisty and active.’

The Stihl SFA 120 is a 22-inch snow thrower that utilizes the company’s innovative new battery system.

Many of nature’s most colorful animals eat plenty of carotenoids.

Generate up to 1.1 million words, 1.1K images, and 37 videos per month.

Turn receipts, forms, notes, IDs, and other paperwork into editable files using the camera already on your phone.

t’s the lowest price Amazon has charged for the 2026 model, and a handful of 27-inch monitors are at their lows too.

Grab deep, all-time-low discounts on audio gear from Sony, Apple, JBL, and more during this two-day event.

AirPods Pro 3, a KitchenAid stand mixer and a self-emptying Shark robot vacuum lead the list, and we checked every price this morning.

And those gains persist even after a break from exercise.

Shadow and Kaydee were roosting nearby.

Nuclear clocks may surpass their atomic forebears and help solve the universe’s most difficult mysteries.

Cartoon cephalopod Miss Abyss is taking a page out of the ‘Flat Stanley’ playbook to spread the word about ocean conservation

Jonathan is the world’s oldest land animal.

Carhartt’s new line includes a jacket, sweatshirt, overalls, and pants that flex like clothes you’d wear to the gym, but stand up the rigors of hard work.

Big Boy and Living Legend No. 844 will be seen together for the first time in six years.

Plus an American cheetah and other weird things we learned this week.

Protect your files with this lifetime AES-256 encryption plan.

Sterling Stock Picker combines market analysis and AI tools with PRO$PER’s 150-plus lessons on managing, investing, and planning your money.

There are dozens of deals you can grab right now without spending more than $50. They range from kitchen gadgets to smart speakers.

A skull from the now extinct ‘Herugavialis cairensis’ was discovered in the 1920s—and is also missing part of its nose.

Save on Logitech mice, keyboards, webcams, and even portable speakers during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale.

These remote cameras capture high-res images and HD video of wildlife so you can see what local wildlife is up to.

If you have been craving some high-grade YETI gear, this rare Amazon sale is a great time to make the leap.

The sixth century monastery on the remote Isle of Lismore played an important role in medieval Scotland.

The state is the biggest to approve solar panels that plug into walls, giving residents a cheaper way to generate their own electricity.

To celebrate World Space Week, the ESA and Pokémon are joining forces.

Understanding their backup brain fuel could help treat human neurological diseases.

A compound in vanilla pods has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties.

Nikon, DJI and GoPro deals for content creators go live the night before Prime Big Deal Days, and 29 of these 52 match or beat their 2026 lows.

Amazon has everything from massive power stations to ultra-portable solar generators on sale during its biggest sale of the season.

Strychnine produces a ‘jittery, revved-up sensation’—until the body starts shutting down.

Soundcore earbuds, eufy robot vacuums and Anker’s MagGo power bank are on sale too, all through Anker’s own Amazon store.

Cheap-flight alerts are only part of the package, with custom fare searches, mistake-fare notifications, and direct access to a real person.

Encrypted transfers and easy file access.

These power tool deals don’t typically last for the entire shopping holiday, so grab the ones you want now before they’re gone.

Just about everything Apple offers across its product lines have hit Black Friday prices already during Amazon’s shopping holiday.

Samsung, Sony, LG and Roku TV deals start a day before Prime Big Deal Days, and I made a buy-or-wait call on all 16 TVs.

Walmart Deal Days runs through Oct. 11. These are the laptops, gaming PCs, monitors and accessories worth buying.

Salamanders like axolotls are champions of regeneration.

A white dwarf probably created a rare ‘second-generation’ planet.