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Latest Articles

TVs on sale for Amazon Prime Day
Televisions

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days already has dozens of TVs for prices cheaper than Black Friday

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.

By Stan Horaczek

Laptops on sale during Walmart Deal Days
Computers

Walmart is blowing out laptops from HP, Lenovo, Dell, and more during its annual Deal Days sale

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

By Stan Horaczek

This photograph shows an Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) Moulis caves where underground aquatic species are bred and studied in Moulis, southwestern France on July 8, 2026. France and the Parc naturel regional des Pyrenees Ariegeoises are implementing a project to classify its caves and underground rivers as a reserve in order to ensure better preservation of this subterranean heritage, to facilitate scientific and technical studies, and to increase awareness-raising activities in environmental education and sustainable development. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Animals

Why can’t people regenerate limbs like salamanders?

Salamanders like axolotls are champions of regeneration.

By Junsu Kang / The Conversation

Artists impression of the second-generation planet orbiting HS 0209+0832, the first such planet to be found orbiting a white dwarf.
Exoplanets

Dead star likely birthed a new planet, in astronomical first

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

By Andrew Paul

a white sea cucumber with horns
Wildlife

57 new species discovered in deep-sea canyon near Argentina

Including ‘Loki the Sea Cucumber.’

By Laura Baisas

Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) are seen on a screen at the Mission Control Center as US President Donald Trump visits NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on August 28, 2026. During his visit, President Trump honored the Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their historic mission around the Moon and signed an executive order that aims to create a US Space Academy. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
Mars

Apply to be a NASA flight director

Don’t expect a low-key desk job.

By Andrew Paul

bone fragments
Wildlife

Extinct ice age bovine discovered in Siberian cave

Bone fragments show this yak-like animal likely went extinct about 27,000 years ago.

By Laura Baisas

five chimpanzees eating together in tall grass
Wildlife

Chimpanzees steal less pineapple from their friends

The new research sheds more light on the evolutionary origins of friendship.

By Margherita Bassi

Primary image for skip the screen share meeting with this recording tool Stack Commerce sponsored deal

Skip the screen-share meeting with this $25 recording tool

By Stack Commerce