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A woman seated indoors, holding her stomach in discomfort and expressing physical distress. The mood captures a realistic depiction of personal pain or health-related issues with natural lighting.
Health

Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit.

Sun Home Eclipse 2-person infrared sauna
Home

Sun Home’s Eclipse Red Light & Infrared Saunas blend two popular sauna technologies into a model meant for the home

With a combination or red light and full-spectrum infrared tech inside, this at-home sauna can heat up your body without overheating your home.

Panamanian golden frog on leaves in forest
Endangered Species

Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction

The amphibians are returning to the wild 17 years after a deadly fungus nearly wiped them out.

Sun Home Eclipse 2-person infrared sauna
Home

The best home saunas: Indoor, outdoor, infrared, and beyond

Work up a sweat, detoxify, and burn calories without having to leave the house.

Black and white photo of Iron Age mass grave bones in Serbia
Archaeology

One of Europe’s largest Iron Age mass graves contains mostly women and children

The grisly burial site in Serbia hints at a complex and turbulent prehistoric era.

green spruce needless with blue halos on top
Weather

Leaf tips glow blue in thunderstorms

For the first time, meteorologists caught the shocking phenomenon during a real storm.

Nike yellow basketball shoes on parquet floor during basketball match of Ukrainian Superleague Parimatch SEASON 2020/21 BC "Kharkiv Sokoly» - MBC "Nikolaev", 31.01.2021, Ukraine, Kharkov, Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv"
Physics

Physics discovery explains why sneakers squeak

And helped researchers play a 'Star Wars' song on glass.

Paper Craft Anatomy of a Urine-filled Human Bladder That Produces Urination on Blue Background Front View.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Having to pee makes you scientifically better at video games

Plus what space smells like and other weird things we learned this week.

A detailed, extreme close-up of an emu's head and neck against its own feathered body. The emu has a sharp, dark beak and a striking, large orange eye. Its head is covered in fine, black wiry feathers, while the thick, gray and black plumage of its body creates a textured, blurred background.
Birds

Emus once faced down the Australian army—and won

Armed with machine guns and 10,000 bullets, soldiers still couldn’t stop the giant birds.

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Aviation

Scrapping business class could halve air travel emissions

A new study examined operational efficiency.

a dolphin swims in venice, italy
Ocean

Humans pose the biggest risk to Venice’s celebrity dolphin

Since June 2025, the lone bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Mimmo has been spotted numerous times, including right by San Marco Square.

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Smart Home

Amazon just dropped the prices on our favorite Coway air purifiers by up to 39%

Allergy season is looming. Get a head start on scrubbing the air in your home with these rare deals on Coway air purifiers.

a chimpanzee laying on its back in a forest
Wildlife

Chimpanzees love alcohol and their pee proves it

Intrepid graduate students risked getting peed on...for science.

Interior of classic opera house
Science

Color plays an unsung role in how we enjoy concerts

A venue's color choices can change how we experience the music.

DJI microphones on sale at Amazon
Cameras

Get a wireless DJI microphone setup for as low as $45 right now during this Amazon flash sale

The DJi Mini with a transmitter and receiver is just $45, but there are more deals across all of DJI's microphone offerings.

a brain with lightning
Psychology

Can psychopaths change?

Historically, there has been a lot of pessimism around treatment for personality disorders.

Lisbon, Portugal - September 24, 2021: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900neo airplane at Lisbon airport (LIS) in Portugal.
Aviation

Techno DJ jailed after selling 60,000 fake plane parts to major airlines

For years, Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala forged safety documents tied to engines that power Boeing and Airbus jets.

Crane placing final part of cross atop Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain
Engineering

After 144 years, world’s tallest church finally finishes exterior

George Orwell once called Sagrada Família 'one of the most hideous buildings in the world.'

Dirty unhygienic toilet in an apartment
Sustainability

Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?

A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of water reuse. Here's the huge potential benefit of the technique.

woman holding floppy disks in from of disks
Technology

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks

It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.