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several lightning strikes in the distance. a man crouches down in a squatting position with his hands over his ears. a red circle with a line through it is over the image, indicating that this is not what to do during lightning
Weather

Actually, it’s not safe to crouch during a lightning storm

‘When thunder roars, go indoors.’

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Peripherals

This $179 2TB Lexar portable SSD is just $108 right now at Amazon

This sweeping Lexar sale also includes rugged SSDs, memory cards, and even jump drives. The discounts go up to 50 percent.

A low-polygon human brain dissolves from top to bottom, visually representing the progression of memory loss
Diseases

How an unusual medical procedure transmitted Alzheimer’s

It took decades to notice.

Concept art depicting a portion of the Future Circular Collider particle accelerator
Particle Physics

The atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider’s successor will be 56 miles wide

No, it is not the Larger Hadron Collider. It's the Future Circular Collider.

Children and seniors using digital devices
Health

Why e-ink is better for reading than your phone or tablet

If you're reading outside on a sunny day, grab a Kindle instead of your iPad.

Lung cancer, computer illustration.
Cancer

How cancer cells travel to new tissues and take hold

Understanding these astonishing migrations through the human body, known as metastases, could suggest novel treatments.

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Social Media

Sorry, hiding your phone won’t stop your procrastination

A new study indicates you’ll just find something else to distract you.

Martian landscape taken by NASA rover
Mars

Toxic dust on Mars could make astronauts sick

Particles on the Red Planet can be as coarse as asbestos.

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Cameras

Amazon is clearing out DJI’s waterproof 4K action camera for its lowest price ever

This 4K-capable camera shoots super-smooth footage even when it's 59 feet under water.

The Greater mouse-tailed bat flies through the night sky, searching for insects
Bats

How bats avoid crashing into one another

Collisions are rare, even when bats fly with thousands of others.

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Televisions

It’s the last day to save hundreds on some of our favorite projectors

The Amazon Big Spring Sale is about to end—but your binge-watching can be better all year if you grab one of these XGIMI projector deals.

This image, made with Multispectral Imaging and processed using the Minimal Noise Fraction method, brings out annotations on the left-hand side which were invisible to the naked eye, including the stamp ‘Huntingfield’ believed to have been added in the 16th century when the manuscript was repurposed as a binding.
Archaeology

Rare Merlin and King Arthur text found hidden in binding of medieval book

The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries.

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Home

Grab this Tiki smokeless fire pit for 50% off and spend your weekend making s’mores

You can save up to half-off all sizes of Tiki's backyard fire pits right now at Amazon. They're smokeless and come with covers for easy storage.

The Lyrid Meteor Shower is visible with competition from the bright light of the full Pink Moon in Joshua Tree National Park on April 25, 2024. The Lyrids are produced by dust particles left by comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, and there are roughly 20 meteors per hour during its peak.
Space

April skygazing: A pink micromoon, the Lyrid meteor shower, and more

Jupiter and the moon mingle with the Pleiades and you have a great chance to see Messier 94.

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Insects

How many types of insects are there in the world?

For every person on Earth, it’s estimated there are 200 million insects.

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Tech Hacks

How to customize Google Chrome to make it your own

You spend a lot of time in your web browser, so tailor it to suit you.

electron structure
Science

Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron

A celebration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Mechanics and Science would be remiss without a look at how the carrier of electricity finally yielded its secrets — paving the way to the quantum era.

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Tech Hacks

How to set up a separate Wi-Fi network for guests

Be a good host—but keep your primary network to yourself.

Close up of Sutton Hoo helmet fragments
Archaeology

Metal detector find may rewrite history of 7th century helmet

The Sutton Hoo helmet may have belonged to an Anglo-Saxon king.

Baby holding coin, close-up
Health

Fewer kids are choking on coins—digital payments may be why

Researchers saw a drop off in foreign object removal procedures just as cashless payments like ApplePay and Paypal took off.