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two yawning robot heads and a chimp
Wildlife

Chimpanzees ‘caught a yawn’ from this robot and researchers aren’t sure why

'To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore contagious yawning in response to an inanimate agent.'

Three Garmin devices on a white background
Smartwatches

Help Dad save his metrics while you save money during Garmin’s Father’s Day sale

Is your No. 1 Dad obsessed with numbers? Help boost his performance for less with discounted wearables, golf launch monitors, cycling computers, and other outdoor adventure/recreation devices.

ESA's Flyeye telescope at first light test outside
Space Telescope

Bug-eyed telescope ready to find Earth-smashing asteroids

The ESA's Flyeye-1 completed its ‘first light’ test.

an image taken with a microscope that shows a fruit fly approaching a tower made of tiny roundworms
Wildlife

Worm towers are all around us

Wild nematodes form 'superorganisms' to build bridges and hitch rides.

an illustration of an extinct marsupial with brown and white fur and a small trunk-like nose
Wildlife

Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits

The continent was teeming with enormous kangaroos, wombats, and tapir-like marsupials only 50,000 years ago.

new york city skyline
Environment

In a world without people, how fast would NYC fall apart? Here’s the timeline.

In a week, mold moves in. In a century, New York is a forest.

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on September 23, 2021. The coral is very gray and white
Ocean

Probiotics can help heal ravaged coral reefs

The antibiotic-free technique works in the wild and harnesses the power of beneficial bacteria.

An unlucky massive star approaches a supermassive black hole
Black Holes

Astronomers detect most powerful explosions since big bang

'Extreme nuclear transients' are 10 million times rarer than a standard supernova.

Part of Dead Sea Scroll number 28a (1Q28a) from Qumran Cave 1. From Qumran (Khirbet Qumran or Wadi Qumran), West Bank of the Jordan River, near the Dead Sea, modern-day State of Israel. The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan Hashimite Kingdom.
AI

Dead Sea Scrolls possibly even older than scholars thought

The new theory arrives thanks to an AI program called 'Enoch.'

People wearing Carhartt Force t-shirts and a Carhartt Force sweatshirt
Gear

Stock up on Carhartt Force T-shirts, shorts, pants, and hoodies with sun protection during this rare Amazon sale

The Carhartt Force line adds synthetic fibers and ventilation to keep you cooler and dryer this summer, no matter where or how hard you work.

Close up of white cockatoo
Birds

Wild cockatoos are learning how to use water fountains

Nabbing a drink is just the latest skill for this innovative group of Australian birds.

a small rod-shaped bacteria seen under a microscope. several individual bacterium are moving along a blue surface
Biology

Watch bacteria ‘hitchhike’ and zoom around

This pathogenic bacteria can catch rides on yeast puddles to help it spread.

A female Anopheles mosquito is sitting on a green vine of the forest a
Diseases

Scientists engineer mosquito STD to combat malaria

The fungus is fatal to mosquitoes, but harmless to humans.

hand holding a phone that is covered in water
Tech Hacks

Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet

birch bark with drawings on it
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

A 13th-century schoolboy’s doodles show that kids have always been like that 

Plus other weird things we learned this week.

sauropod skull
Evolution

Well-preserved dinosaur skull belongs to new sauropod species

Jinchuanloong niedu was related to the famous Brachiosaurus.

Nanoscale violin etching seen in microscope
Engineering

The world’s smallest violin is thinner than a human hair

Don’t expect to hear any sonatas from it.

The North Face hiking shorts and Thermoball jacket
Outdoor Gear

REI is clearing out last season’s The North Face hoodies, jackets, and other clothes up to half-off

Warm weather brings about the best time to buy your cold weather gear for winter. REI has some serious deals on The North Face right now.

Close up of gold pocket watch
Archaeology

Pocket watch from Great Lakes’ deadliest shipwreck returned to family

In 1860, the 'Lady Elgin' claimed over 300 lives in Lake Michigan.

a female student with gloves on working with fungi in a lab
Agriculture

College student discovers mysterious fungus that eluded LSD’s inventor

‘People have been looking for this fungus for years, and one day, I look in the right place, and there it is.’