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Factory worker overseeing steel forge
Climate Change

Zero-emission ‘electric cement’ is an ‘absolute miracle’

The new process involves arc furnaces and molten steel.

Nike Air Max shoes on spring clearnace on a plain background
Gear

Get Nike running sneakers as low as $34 during this massive summer clearance sale

NIke is blowing out some old stock before summer and that means deep discounts on popular shoes and workout gear.

a pink and red galaxy (left). an illustration of the cylindrical euclid space telescope (right)
Science

See 5 dazzling new images from Euclid, the ‘dark universe detective’

ESA's space telescope shows off colliding galaxies, stellar nurseries, and more in its search to understand dark matter and energy.

screenshot of an AI google search result with a goodbye hand above
Tech Hacks

How to avoid AI in your Google searches

Go old school with your web queries.

Empty plastic water bottles. Close up.
Science

Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?

Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers.

A proboscis monkey in a mangrove conservation forest in Tarakan, North Borneo, Indonesia. It is light brown in color with a very large, round, droopy, and prominent nose.
Animals

These monkeys have giant noses for exactly the reason you think

Male proboscis monkeys use their unique nasal cavities to get noticed.

A top view of the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0
Home

Solo Stove’s Memorial Day sale drops prices on our favorite smokeless firepits

Get a Solo Stove fire pit with some essential accessories for super-low prices this Memorial Day weekend.

The Samsung G9 curved gaming monitor on a plain background.
Televisions

Who needs to spend time outside when you can save $500 on this Samsung gaming monitor?

The summer heat isn't for all of us. Bask in your central air and save the adventuring for your fantasy RPG with this mega deal at Amazon.

mri scan of the brain
AI

A new neural implant can translate brain activity in two languages

New data contradicts the theory that different languages activate separate brain regions.

Fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection (seen in orange/red) in the Pawlowsky glands.
Evolution

Body lice may be pretty good spreading bubonic plague

Rats and fleas might not be the only culprits behind deadly Yersinia pestis pandemics.

How to cram for an exam
Life Skills

How to cram for an exam

It's not the best way to learn, but sometimes you're going to have to do this.

This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies.
Black Holes

Astronomers use wobbly star stuff to measure a supermassive black hole’s spin

For the first time, scientists gauge spin using material left over after a black hole ripped apart a star.

An artist’s impression of ESA’s ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin.
Energy

Europe’s first Mars rover will use nuclear-powered heaters

Rosalind Franklin’s new tech could pave the way for 'radioisotope thermoelectric batteries' in spacecraft.

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel
Space X

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel

'We want to be as sure as possible that everything is perfect.'

closeup of bumblebee
Space

How scientists accidentally found out that some bees can hibernate underwater

Plus other weird things we learned this week.

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along
Animals

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along

These lungs are ‘substantially smaller than your pinky fingernail’ when inflated.

DNA test tube and cotton swab wipe test
Biology

Law enforcement collected over 1.5 million people’s DNA since 2020

'The government’s DNA collection program represents a massive expansion of genetic surveillance.'

A fossilized dinosaur skin specimen under natural light (upper half) and ultraviolet light (lower half) showing the orange-yellow fluorescence of the fossil skin.
Biology

Rare skin fossil sheds new light on dinosaur feathers

Psittacosaurus may have had a ‘zoned’ mix of feathers and scaly skin.

An aerial view of the rust-colored Kutuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. Thawing permafrost is exposing minerals to weathering, increasing the acidity of the water, which releases metals like iron, zinc, and copper.
Global Warming

Why are Alaska’s rivers turning orange?

Minerals are seeping out of the thawing ground in remote parts of the state.

Hand holding Neuralink implant
Medicine

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient

In an interview, Noland Arbaugh says the company wanted to avoid further surgery.