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Peripherals

The best mice for work in 2025

Enhance your productivity and comfort with these great mice for work.

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Health

Is raw milk safe? Science has a clear answer.

Raw milk consumption is on the rise.

An example of the American Pedometer with the decimal face and original packaging. From the author’s collection.
Technology

Surveillance and the secret history of 19th-century wearable tech

From jealous spouses to paranoid bosses, 19th-century pedometers quantified suspicion and reshaped the dynamics of surveillance.

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Global Warming

How hitchhiking ticks are bringing diseases to new places

As temperatures rise, these disease-carrying arachnids can thrive.

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Solar System

Jupiter stuns in new images

Say 'gas giant.'

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Photography

Selfies have changed our perception of what we look like. Here’s why.

Perspective distortion makes you look different when you take a selfie.

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Weather

What happens under water in winter?

New research into under-ice conditions is challenging what limnologists thought they understood about lakes’ winter behavior.

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Tech Hacks

Windows has a hidden tool that makes installing apps much quicker

You don't have to stick to the usual routes for installing software.

The best productivity presents for home and office
Smart Home

The best productivity presents for home and office in 2025

Help family and friends improve efficiency and aesthetics with these thoughtful home + office accessories.

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Dogs

19 charming winners from the Dog Photography Awards

Dogs dream and hold memories. They're also incredibly cute to look at.

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Science

The elaborate courtship, devoted parenthood, and occasional cannibalism of earwigs

Meet the scientists who dig into their hidden, underground world.

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Ask Us Anything

Why can’t we just launch all of Earth’s garbage into the sun?

Earth is messy. Can’t we just send our junk somewhere else?

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Gift Guides

The best kitchen upgrades for the everyday cook in 2025

Someone got gift cards and not sure what to do with them? These accessories will help elevate the kitchen and cooking of anyone moving beyond the basics.

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Birds

Famously extra large penguin Pesto is molting

He ‘looks like he is wearing a brown feather boa over a white tuxedo shirt.'

An AI-generated rendition of the "Daisy" AI bores a scammer with descriptions of her fictional cat.
AI

This AI-generated grandma thwarts scammers with long stories about her cat

'I've got all the time in the world.'

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Land

Mountain lions in Los Angeles become night owls to avoid humans

These predators must coexist with over 18 million people.

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Tech Hacks

The hidden Mac tool for converting annoying HEIC images

Switch your photos to JPEG, PNG, or HEIF with a few clicks.

Severe irritability in children is a chief symptom of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), a condition that can affect children’s friendships, family relationships and school performance.
Mental Health

Severe irritability in children and teens: A new understanding

Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Scientists are trying to work out the causes and what treatments help.

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Tech Hacks

How to leave Twitter for Bluesky

If you're ready to make the switch, here's how. Bye bye, Elon.

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Birds

Immigrating great tits learn from their new neighbors

A puzzle box experiment shows that the birds learn new tricks when changing environments.