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Life Skills

The lost art of cleaning out your feed

Whether it's The Great Unfollowing or an algorithm tweak, you'll feel better after it's done.

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Birds

Help Jackie and Shadow name their bald eagle chicks

The eaglets live cam naming contest is officially open.

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Tech Hacks

How to turn your laptop into a desktop computer

Get more screen space, better input devices, and a more comfortable overall setup for when you're sitting at your desk using the computer.

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Whales

With sea ice melting, killer whales are moving into the Arctic

Scientists say their increasing numbers could shift food webs in ways that affect both endangered whale populations and subsistence Inuit hunters.

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Wildlife

11 brilliant images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards

A bus passes a swan in London, a blue shark swims near Cornwall, and a group of pigeons eyes a tasty snack in Essex.

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Speakers

Amazon has JBL’s waterproof Bluetooth speaker for just $30 in time for pool season

This IP67-rated speaker gets up to five hours of playtime from a single charge and it's cheaper than it has been all year.

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Speakers

The best waterproof speakers

Keep the tunes flowing even if your speaker gets drenched.

The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope imaged these giant radio jets stretching 6 million light-years across with an enormous supermassive black hole at the heart of spiral galaxy J23453268-0449256. Could this cosmic anomaly hint at the future of our own Milky Way galaxy? Image via Bagchi and Ray et al/ Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope/ Royal Astronomical Society/
Black Holes

A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way

Rare spiral galaxy suggests a cosmic death from within.

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Ocean

Shark’s ‘mystery hat’ turns out to be a giant octopus

Researchers spotted the unlikely travel pair near New Zealand.

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Land

Traffic noise is making these Galápagos birds more aggressive

Even only 10 vehicles on an island can impact these genetically distinct songbirds.

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Science

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd

A sound only you can hear.

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Diseases

The shaky science behind treating measles with vitamin A

While important for overall health, the vitamin can be toxic in high doses.

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Sun

The sun has literally set on the British Empire

The spring equinox helps conclude a major chapter in world history.

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Ask Us Anything

Why don’t molecules ever stop moving?

This ‘deceptively simple’ question demands a dip into the murky waters of quantum physics.

Photograph of HMS Tuberose aka RMS Mauretania enters New York harbour in full dazzle, carrying returning troops after the end of the Great War. Dated 1918. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Navy

The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined

A 'horizon effect' optical illusion may have protected ships more than the eye-catching paint job.

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Gear

Use this exclusive coupon code to get a Bluetti portable power station for its cheapest price ever

Grab one of these deeply discounted Bluetti solar generators before spring storm season arrives and starts knocking down power lines.

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Biology

Why don’t we remember being a baby? New clues in memory mystery.

They may still exist—but we still don't know how to unlock them.

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Electric Vehicles

Most Cybertrucks recalled to ensure steel panels don’t fall off

46,096 vehicles are included in the NHTSA announcement.

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Space

A powerhouse of global satellite infrastructure: Norway?

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

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Ask Us Anything

How is head hair different from body hair? 

There's a reason you can't grow your armpit hair to your belly button.