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Tech Hacks

How to back up all your photos and videos to Google Photos

Keep your photos and videos safe and available across all your devices.

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Vehicles

For sale: Batmobile, John Wick’s Mustang, and more Hollywood cars

Own a piece of the 'Fast and the Furious' for $500,000.

A medium close-up of an elderly bald man, James D. Watson, wearing a dark sweater over a white shirt and tie. He is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. The background is dimly lit with a blue hue, and a blurred image of a DNA helix structure is visible over his left shoulder.
Science

James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science–from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition

The biologist is primarily remembered for discovering DNA's double helix structure.

AI created video of bunnies on a trampoline
AI

AI videos of animals could be dangerous. Here’s how to spot them.

Researchers warn that they can distort our connection to wildlife.

A historical color photograph of the large Great Lakes freighter, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, sailing on the water. The ship has a prominent white superstructure at the bow with a dark red hull and a tan smokestack near the stern emitting a plume of black smoke. The weather appears overcast.
Science

How the Witch of November doomed the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’

Fifty years after the Great Lakes freighter sank, scientists can explain the weather that still haunts Lake Superior.

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Earbuds

Unlock sound and savings with limited-time Bose deals on earbuds, headphones, and speakers

Balance punchy and portable at approachable prices with these early Black Friday deals from Bose.

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Health

4 common sleep myths, debunked

Don't worry, you probably aren't swallowing spiders.

R2-D2 is seen with Star Wars BDX Droids backstage during Star Wars Celebration Japan on April 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
Birds

Bird or droid? Starlings nail R2-D2 beeps and boops.

The songbirds are even better at mimicking the 'Star Wars' robot than parrots.

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Mars

On Mars, meteorites can cause miles-long dust slides

They're rare events, but the results are dramatic.

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Medicine

This brain implant is smaller than a grain of rice

The wireless neural transmitter safely delivers brain signals like a microchip.

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Outdoor Gear

REI is blowing out winter gloves from The North Face, OR, Smartwool, Fox and more for clearance prices

Whether you want a pair of hardcore mountain climbing gloves or just something to keep your hands warm when walking the dog, REI has them all on clearance.

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Archaeology

Medieval duke’s remains recount his grisly murder

In 1272, Hungary's Béla of Macsó received over 23 sword gashes–and more.

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Ask Us Anything

How squirrels actually find all their buried nuts

Every fall, squirrels hide thousands of acorns—and use smell, memory, and even theft to get them back.

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Agriculture

The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years

The 2026 edition will be its last.

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Birds

Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players

‘They take the pecking that we see all birds doing and take it to the extreme.’

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Endangered Species

These toads don’t start as tadpoles

They're born as tiny 'toadlets.'

Artist illustration of two ESCAPADE satellites orbiting Mars
Mars

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

The ESCAPADE mission will help predict space weather for future crewed missions to the Red Planet.

Fragment of a Roman milestone erected along the road Via Nova in Jordan. Credit: Adam Pažout, Itiner-e.
Archaeology

Travel ancient Rome’s 186,000 miles of roads in new online atlas

Itiner-e suggests the empire’s routes were almost double previous estimates.

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025 Bret Saalwaechter Tracy United States Title: I Just Can't Wait To Be King Description: While photographing a pride of lions in the Serengeti, I watched as a group of cubs channeled their innter toddler tantrum, relentlessly demanding milk and attention from their mother, much to the exasperation of the adult lions. Life in the dry season is no picnic—lions are anxiously waiting for the Great Migration and the feast it promises—but it makes for some incredible wildlife behavior and these cubs were the stars of the show. For over an hour, they followed their mother around a famous Serengeti kopje—those iconic rocky outcrops that dot the landscape—alternating between trying to suckle and play. Each time the mother, already in a foul mood from the sweltering heat, would give a quick roar of disapproval and escape the circus. But the cubs, like any persistent little ones, would chase her down, nipping at her and yelping for more attention. This back-and-forth drama played out again and again, until I captured the perfect moment: the entire pride, in perfect unison, seemed to say, “Not this again!” Animal: Lion Location of shot: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Wildlife

14 hilarious finalists from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Funny frogs, cheeky gibbons, and annoyed lions.

A close-up view of the back of a person's head, showing a receding hairline and a circular patch of thinning hair or male pattern baldness on the crown, surrounded by short, gray and brown hair. The background is pure white.
Health

3 hair loss myths you probably believe

Baldness does not only come from your mother’s side—and other myths debunked.