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Small LCD video projector on table in living room, watching movies in home theater
Televisions

Can a projector really replace your TV?

Quality and affordability have improved on both sides. 

backyard chicken flock
Diseases

The first confirmed, severe human case of bird flu is here

The person was exposed to sick birds through a backyard poultry flock.

An Andean bear at the nature reserve Bioparque Wakata, in Briceno municipality near Bogota, Colombia, on June 21, 2023.
Land

Shy ‘Paddington’ bears need more plants to survive

Andean bears will only eat livestock if they really have to.

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Technology

Bacteria-powered artificial tongue can taste-test alcohol for additives

The prototype is light, portable, and analyzes samples near-instantly.

an illustration of a black hole
Black Holes

Enormous black hole napping after eating a ton of gas

Black holes like this one may gorge for about five to 10 million years–then go dormant for 100 million.

Modern Kitchen with wooden table, kitchen utensils, cooking pots and others, white background.
Diseases

Recent panic over black plastic started with a math error

BDE-209 is still bad for you.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Yes, ginger ale really does taste better on a plane. Here’s why.

Plus other weird things we learned this week.

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AI

The data dragnet: A new world of technological surveillance

Advances in DNA technology and artificial intelligence may usher in a more Orwellian world. But do they work?

a squirrel sits eating a vole, pulling its meat with its teeth
Wildlife

‘Shocking:’ These squirrels are hunting and eating other rodents

'We had never seen this behavior before.'

Martian landscape photo taken by Mars rover
Mars

Researchers propose building homes on Mars with human blood

AstroCrete uses a protein found in plasma as a binder. No, really.

Blurry image of NYC at night
Social Media

Sorry, but the mystery drones are pretty normal (probably)

Absurd conspiracy theories like Project Blue Beam have reemerged.

a turtle swims in a tank wearing a black weighted harness on its side
Biology

Sea turtle with ‘bubble butt syndrome’ gets a 3D-printed custom harness

Charlotte, the 138-pound green sea turtle, was struck by a boat about 18 years ago.

Wright brothers plane
Aviation

December 17, 1903: The Wright brothers take flight, drama ensues

The fight over 'First in Flight.'

cold sick winter
Health

Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds

A public health nurse explains the science behind the season.

A reconstruction of the oldest known gorgonopsian in life.
Wildlife

This dog-like predator is the oldest known mammal ancestor

The 280-million-year-old bones of this saber-toothed predator were uncovered in Spain.

'The role of the fungal communities residing in the upper airways … is practically unknown.'
Health

People with allergies have different nasal fungi

'The role of the fungal communities residing in the upper airways … is practically unknown.'

a small blue-colored penguin called a little penguin swims in the ocean
Ocean

Turtles and penguins have a swimming sweet spot that reduces drag

Traveling at the surface just comes with too much pressure

A digital license plate made by Bay Area company Reviver Auto is displayed at Reviver Auto headquarters on May 30, 2018 in Foster City, California.
Vehicles

Researchers hack digital license plates, demonstrating way to evade tolls and cops

They claim a popular digital license plate can be jailbroken.

a red van parked
Electric Vehicles

The future-retro VW microbus is finally here—quirks and all

It took nearly eight years to get the polarizing Volkswagen's 2025 ID.BUZZ to the US market.

person using phone on road
Tech Hacks

How to avoid car sickness when using your iPhone

iOS 18 introduces Vehicle Motion Cues—here's how to use it.