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Samsung HW-Q990D soundbar close up logo
Speakers

The best Samsung soundbars, as chosen by experts

Samsung makes excellent surround sound systems, especially if you’re already using a Samsung TV.

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.
Biology

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

Figuring out how their neurons work could lead to better treatments for spinal injuries.

Columbian mammoth tusk fossil in creek
Science

Man finds gigantic mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek

The 600-pound, 7-foot-long specimen is the first recovered in the state.

An old ink drawing of Sweden’s Forsa Ring with the runic inscription.
Archaeology

Even Vikings had to pay fines

A new look at the 250 runes etched into the Forsa Ring show a flexible and practical money system.

Red and purple light washing over Club Millennium aka New York's Broadway Theatre during a July 2023 performance of Here Lies Love
Speakers

Love is the message: How cutting-edge sound design brought a 360-degree disco to Broadway

In 2023, the Broadway Theatre staged the David Byrne/Norman Cook musical "Here Lies Love." L-Acoustics loudspeakers and L-ISA immersive audio software ensured the performance wasn't restricted to the stage.

The device, which is about the size of a stick of gum, can be implanted under the skin, where it monitors heart rate, breathing rate, and other vital signs. When it determines that an overdose has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone.
Medicine

First-of-its-kind implant detects and treats opioid overdoses

The ‘robotic first responder’ prototype delivers naloxone in 10 seconds.

stonehenge. these large neolithic standing stones are arranged in a circle
Archaeology

Geologists crack a major Stonehenge mystery

The circle's Altar Stone originated hundreds of miles away.

roach at home
Insects

Roach sprays don’t work

If you want to stop a cockroach infestation, most consumer products offer 'absolutely no benefit.'

Specimen photographed with autofluorescence under confocal microscope at 639 nm; different colors indicate z-depth, with violet to red gradient representing the shallowest to deepest planes, respectively.
Animals

Extremely rare tardigrade fossils seen in unprecedented detail

There are only four known ‘water bear’ fossils in existence.

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.