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In Scandinavia, early people adorned rocks with thousands of images of boats.
Archaeology

Scandinavia’s missing Bronze-Age boatyards

Archaeologists argue that ancient Scandinavian boat-building infrastructure has been hiding in plain sight.

The best ultrawide gaming monitors
Console Gaming

The best ultrawide gaming monitors

For when 16:9 just isn't cutting it anymore.

Closeup of a young woman sticking out her tongue.
AI

AI tongue scanner can diagnose illnesses with 96 percent accuracy

The new machine learning system builds on 2,000-year-old traditional Chinese medicine techniques.

Odyssey’s THEMIS view the horizon of Mars.
Mars

Ultrasonic tools could one day track wind speeds on Mars

3D readings of its turbulent atmosphere have been elusive.

a spotted cat walks through a mountain region at night
Animals

Rare, endangered ocelot caught on camera

Fewer than 100 of these spotted cats exist in the wild in the US.

The Darvaza Gas Crater is actually man-made: in the 1970s, Soviet engineers were doing gas explorations in the area, and made a whole mass of land sink in to reveal Darvaza. They subsequently set the sinkhole on fire - it has been burning to this day and remains a major tourist attraction.
Environment

Earth is covered in ‘Gates of Hell’

The fiery, barren, and stinky geological features that people keep naming after Hell.

Using rodenticides is projected to increase and may be contributing to declines in many carnivore species around the world.
Wildlife

Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world

In many cases the animal will die.

Ontocetus posti has post-canine teeth, a larger lower canine, and a fused and short mandibular symphysis.
Animals

New species of extinct walrus discovered

Only one walrus species remains on Earth.

Starship test launch in 2021
Space X

SpaceX accused of dumping polluted Starship wastewater in Texas for years

The bombshell allegations may violate the EPA's Clean Water Act.

NASA's InSight Mars lander acquired this image of the area in front of the lander using its lander-mounted, Instrument Context Camera (ICC).
Mars

NASA data suggests there’s liquid water deep beneath Mars’ surface

'At these depths, water would be liquid, not ice.'

Illustration of Enalioetes head
Dinosaurs

This ancient crocodile looked kind of like a dolphin

Enalioetes schroederi’s ‘radically different’ body was scaleless, speedy, and lost to researchers for decades.

A Starlight MacBook Air M3 in a diagonal pattern on a plain white background.
Computers

Apple’s latest MacBook Air is an excellent laptop for students—and $250 off on Amazon right now

The powerful portable computer will get them through their undergrad and beyond at an excellent price.

children's hands typing on a laptop
Tech Hacks

How to block websites on your home network

Your home and your rules.

Ancient star, but not one of the first: One of the oldest known stars ever observed is a subgiant star in the Milky Way, just 190 light-years from Earth. The star, known as HD 140283 or the Methuselah star, appears to be almost as old as the universe. However, we know it is not one of the first stars because of it contains metals that must have formed in the core or during the explosion of even earlier stars.
Space Telescope

The hunt for the first stars in the universe

'They died long ago.'

'The field is evolving in a lot of ways.'
Vehicles

New forms of steel for stronger, lighter cars

Automakers are tweaking production processes to create a slew of new steels with just the right properties, allowing them to build cars that are both safer and more fuel-efficient.

Modern laptop flat lay yellow background.
Tech Hacks

7 tips to make the most of using a VPN

You've got a VPN installed—now what?

Still from The Mind Reader (1933).
Psychology

How ‘psychics’ use psychology to create the illusion of telepathy

A phenomenon referred to as 'population stereotypes' helps explain how predictable human responses create this impression.

Closeup of broken eyeglasses with damaged colored lens surrounded by different lenses on table in optical shop. Replacement of glasses lens. Glasses service and repair concept
Projects

Don’t throw away your old sunglasses

What to do with those broken or outdated sunnies instead.

screenshot of proton docs
Tech Hacks

Proton Docs vs Google Docs: Should you switch?

Proton Drive now has its own Google Docs competitor.

Saturn’s moon Mimas, floating above the planet’s rings, might conceal a liquid ocean beneath its surface.
Solar System

Saturn’s moon Mimas may hide a surprisingly young ocean

The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form—and hope for another spot to search for life.