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Archaeology

500-year-old Transylvanian diaries detail the peril of the Little Ice Age

'...the air was thick with despair as the people gathered in processions, praying for rain.’

Powerbeats Pro 2 in case
Earbuds

We put the Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds through hard workouts to see if they stay in place

The flagship Beats workout earbuds offer pretty much everything you'd get from AirPods Pro with a sturdy hook to keep them in place.

XB-1 plane taking off in desert
Aviation

Experimental jet achieves supersonic flight, minus the boom

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype hit its necessary ‘Mach cutoff.'

stressed mice
Health

Chronic stress affects the way mice perceive loudness

'Prolonged stress … can subtly alter how we perceive the world around us.'

Underwater Rocks and Pebbles on the Seabed
Deep Space

A radioactive deep sea mystery may have cosmic origins

Physicists ‘stumbled on a previously undiscovered anomaly’ beneath the Pacific Ocean.

dog college scent detection
Dogs

A visit to dog college

From disaster response to disease detection, these canines choose their own career paths.

A blow fly larva disguised as a termite, antennae and all.
Insects

Rare fly species wears fake termite head to infiltrate nests

‘The termites even seem to feed them.’

The winner of the Most Rats Gained award goes to Washington, D.C., with a 390 percent increase according to the city’s last decade of data, followed by San Francisco (300 percent), Toronto (186 percent), and New York City (162 percent).
Science

Oh, great: Rat populations are surging as cities heat up

Hotter weather makes it easier for rodents to feed and breed. Washington, D.C. saw a 390 percent increase in rats over the last decade.

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Fitness Gear

These large-capacity Stanley IceFlow water bottles are at their cheapest price ever at Amazon right now

If you're looking for a 50-ounce, or even 64-ounce steel water bottle, then this is your chance to save big money.

Macaque eats food rests from a trash in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Wildlife

Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka

The brawl plunged 22 million people into darkness for hours.

Girl using phone seated on the bed
Social Media

WikiTok just might help you stop doomscrolling

The new site combines the best of Wikipedia and TikTok.

The Earth's internal layers including the mantle, outer core, and inner core.
Science

Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought

What's stirring 3,000 miles beneath the surface of the Earth?

Europa clipper illustration
NASA

How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations

Maybe the real treasure was the flyby science we did along the way.

Eggs have been crucial to vaccine production for decades.
Science

US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck

With a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it. The almost perfect alignment of NGC 6505 and the background galaxy has bent and magnified the light from the background galaxy into a spectacular ring. This rare phenomenon was first theorised to exist by Einstein in his general theory of relativity. This wide field shows the extended stellar halo of NGC 6505 and showcases the Einstein ring, surrounded by colourful foreground stars and background galaxies.
Space Telescope

Extremely rare ‘Einstein ring’ discovered close to Earth

The Euclid space telescope’s findings support a cosmic phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein.

a car with "NASCAR" on hood parked inside a facility with man standing outside of car
Engineering

How 3D-printed parts changed the NASCAR Cup Series

Faster, easier, and cheaper. 

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Science

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature

They're fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research.

a screenshot asking chatgpt to send a cat photo every day at 4pm
Tech Hacks

How to use tasks and reminders inside ChatGPT

The AI chatbot wants to be a proper digital assistant.

13-inch Apple MacBook Pro With Retina Display. Isolated on table.
Tech Hacks

4 clever uses for an old Mac

Don't chuck your old laptop in a drawer.

Domed city in inhospitable planet perhaps Mars
Technology

The extinction loop

Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.