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Insects

Fruit fly sperm is enormous

Keeping them untangled is an evolutionary wonder.

A group of dwarf mongooses under threat from a rival group.
Wildlife

Dwarf mongooses don’t just wait for danger

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Technology

Why are buttons and zippers on different sides of men’s and women’s clothes?

It all comes down to traditional female and male clothes.

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Wildlife

Lion undergoes double cataract surgery

‘The surgery itself is almost identical to modern human cataract surgery.’

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Wildlife

6 animal fathers who go the distance

From carrying eggs in their mouths to building hidden nests, these animal dads do it all.

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Psychology

Why only humans sleepwalk

It's a trait evolution forgot to get rid of.

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Science

Humans are changing how nature smells, with risks for wildlife

A growing body of research shows how air pollution, fertilizers, and fungicides are altering the chemical signals that plants and animals use to communicate. Scientists warn that insect reproduction, foraging, navigation, and even the pollination of crops could be affected.

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Insects

You may actually like eating bugs

Volunteers in a new study preferred an insect protein bar over a cereal bar.

A hand uses metal tweezers to hold a tick that was recently removed from a pet. The background features a blurred white Bichon Frise dog resting in a pet bed.
Projects

How to keep ticks off your dog (and out of your home)

Your dog is a tick magnet.

Collage showing a red pizza truck with the words 'Pizza on wheels' with several slices of pizza floating in the background on newspaper prints.
Technology

In 1962 Wisconsin, delivery pizzas were cooked in traffic

Mobile kitchens ensured that pizzas arrived piping hot. Why didn't it last?

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Birds

10 things you might not know about bald eagles Jackie and Shadow

Five of Jackie's chicks have successfully left the nest.

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Tech Hacks

9 Claude tips and tricks to get more out of the AI chatbot

Don't limit yourself to just the basics.

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Technology

Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

The drawer problem.

a humpback whale breaches in the arabian sea with desert hills in the distance
Ocean

For the first time, biologists observe a humpback whale crossing the Arabian Sea

A female Arabian Sea humpback whale called Luban covered about 4,350 miles on her return trip.

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Dogs

Hot pavement can burn your dog’s paws

A new app is on a mission to save puppy paws from scorched concrete.

Illustration showing baby fish-crocodile animals swimming in an ancient sea.
Fish

Baby crocodile-like fossils just blew up a long-held evolution theory

Turns out, the first animals to walk on land weren't amphibians.

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Social Media

Lies about sunscreen do really well on social media

New study shows how posts claiming sunscreen is harmful are more likely to generate likes, comments and shares on TikTok.

an orange car with a crash test dummy shaped like a moose in an indoor test facility
Vehicles

Volvo XC60 crashes into a 793-pound moose dummy

Crash testing with these massive mammals has come a long way from using real cadavers.

an illustration of a small animal with its mouth open next to a dead animals as a volcano erupts
Evolution

Watch an exclusive clip from new PBS series ‘EONS: LIFE AND DEATH ON PANGEA’

The six-episode series brings The Great Dying to life.

A rendering of the new Kaleidescape Strato K movie player, capable of higher-bitrate 8K full chroma 4:4:4 playback
Home Theater

Kaleidescape’s new Strato K flagship movie player sharpens its already convincing case against streaming

The latest Kaleidescape hardware is 8K certified and introduces a higher-bitrate 4K Cinematic format built around full-chroma 4:4:4—perfect for the cinephile ready four more color detail.