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TCL soundbars and TVs
Televisions

TCL just dropped TVs and soundbars to clearance prices before the football season

Get up to a 98-inch TV right now during Amazon's massive sale on TCL TVs and soundbar systems.

A male person with an artificial model of a human pelvis.
Evolution

Male Neanderthal hips looked more like a human woman’s hips

The hip bones don’t lie.

a pod of six narwhals swimming in blue-green water
Whales

Narwhal tusks are twisty, magical mathematical marvels

Their single long tooth twists in opposite directions.

White woman, man, and child sitting on a tree branch in clothing made from scraps with a chimp.
Biology

In 1926, a Russian biologist tried to create a human-chimpanzee hybrid

Luckily, the cruel experiment never happened.

the backs of two eagles in a tree
Birds

Bald eagle Shadow and new female KD1 sing a morning song

But it still does not mean they are partners.

Mummified individuals from Side Chamber 3 of Theban Tomb 209, showing variation in body orientation and arm position.
Archaeology

300 years of mummies found in ancient Egyptian tomb

At least 20 people and one dog reside in the Theban Necropolis chamber.

two brown bears nuzzling each other
Bears

Don’t worry, Katmai’s brown bears didn’t vanish from Brooks Falls

In August, the brown bears spread out to find salmon.

a long thin transluscent eel with pink-ish coloring
Fish

TikTok helps scientists discover new underground, translucent eel in India

Finding 'Gangaichthys indonepalicus' required hand pumping over 600 gallons of water.

Man holding 3D printed toy banjo that uses balloon as sound board
Physics

3D-printed ‘balloon banjo’ is ready for pickin’

The DIY project is better suited as a learning tool than a jam session instrument, but it's still ingenious.

a blue-colored crayfish. it has pincers like a lobster and long antennae
Fish

Scientists put tiny backpacks on crayfish

However, keeping tabs on these four-inch-long freshwater creatures can get a bit sticky.

Ground penetrating radar outlines of St Clare's Convent underneath soccer field in Denmark
Archaeology

Danish town plans for underground parking garage, finds long-lost medieval convent

The 13th-century remnants of St. Clare’s are hidden beneath a soccer field in Roskilde.

a whale sticks its head out of the water
Ocean

Southern right whales have bumpy ‘fingerprints’ on their heads

Photographs from citizen scientists and whale watchers help identify the cetaceans off the coast of Patagonia.

a white plane flies as the sun sets over a lake
Aviation

The world’s largest electric plane takes flight

The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes.

A common leopard stalking in the leaves.
Endangered Species

Living with leopards in the Himalayas

Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.

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Mars

We just got a glimpse at what NASA’s Skyfall helicopters will look like in action

NASA's Martian helicopters are scheduled to launch in late 2028.

boy wearing red sweater whistling playing ukulele
Ask Us Anything

Can’t whistle? It’s not you, it’s mouth geometry.

But with some practice you can likely get there.

park ranger with wheelchair
Environment

All-terrain wheelchair debuts at Zion National Park

The Extreme Motus' beefy tires can tackle tricky terrains.

a bee on a dew-covered flowers
Wildlife

10 moving images from the International Nature Photography Festival

A reminder that our planet is worth protecting.

Close up of hands with red nail polish breaking a piece of chocolate
Food Safety

How scientists are perfecting chocolate

Researchers are probing cocoa’s confections to better understand flavor, crystals and bloom.

a woman holing a yellow potato
Agriculture

Eating potatoes reshaped the DNA of Indigenous Andeans

You really are what you eat.