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A mother and calf humpback whale swim underwater.
Land

Close to half of migratory species are in serious decline: UN report

Human activity is the primary cause, according to the first report of its kind.

How to get the retro WordArt back in Microsoft Word
Tech Hacks

How to get the retro WordArt back in Microsoft Word

Bring 1990s WordArt back from the dead with these tips.

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts after a play during the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on January 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Psychology

Lessons from sports psychology research

Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.

The US government is about to find out just how much energy bitcoin mining uses
Technology

The US government is about to find out just how much energy bitcoin mining uses

A new federal initiative will shed light on the opaque and rapidly growing cryptocurrency mining industry.

pleurocystitid soft robot
Engineering

A sea creature extinct for half a billion years inspired a new soft robot

Pleurocystitids arrived in the oceans alongside jellyfish. Although long gone, they may help guide the future of 'paleobionics.'

Interior of JET fusion reactor with plasma superimposed
Engineering

Aging reactor sets new fusion energy record in last hurrah

The Joint European Torus (JET) facility retired after four decades of service, but not without achieving one final milestone.

An illustration of an ancient shark called Glikmanius careforum swimming. It was about 10 to 12 feet long and had a powerful bite.
Evolution

Three new ancient shark species discovered in Alabama and Kentucky

One species with ‘needle-like fangs’ once stalked a shallow sea that covered the southern US.

Many seniors at high risk aren’t getting antiviral therapies for covid, and most older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting updated vaccines.
Health

Do we simply not care about old people?

'Covid has pushed us back in whatever progress we were making in addressing the needs of our rapidly aging society. It has further stigmatized aging.'

2,000 new characters from burnt-up ancient Greek scroll deciphered with AI
AI

2,000 new characters from burnt-up ancient Greek scroll deciphered with AI

The Vesuvius Challenge winners were able to digitally reconstruct a philosopher's rant previously lost to volcanic damage.

Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by the gravitational pull of a neighboring galaxy, seen in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. A consequence of this is that newborn clusters of stars form along a stretched-out tidal tail for thousands of light-years, resembling a string of pearls. They form when knots of gas gravitationally collapse to create about one million newborn stars per cluster.
Space Telescope

NASA’s Hubble space telescope reveals a galactic ‘string of pearls’

425 clusters of newborn stars shine along cosmic tails that could hold clues to the universe's past.

Here are a few tips to get you started on your morning.
Life Skills

How to wake up

Doctors and researchers share tips for skipping the snooze button and feeling refreshed.

Hand reaching to press 'accept' on unknown smartphone call
AI

FCC bans AI-generated robocalls

Thanks to a 1991 telecom law, scammers could face over $25,000 in fines per call.

The best e-bike conversion kit on a plain white background.
Outdoor Gear

The best e-bike conversion kits

These electric bike kits will supercharge your regular ride.

Caption: CERT’s four-legged Robodog can manuevuer throguh cramped spaces and use sensors to spot fires, leaks, or other hazards.
Robots

A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider

The robot's quadruped locomotion helps it look for hazards in cramped and cluttered experiment spaces inaccessible to other robots.

Photo illustration of hawkmoth navigating to flower during vehicle exhaust emission.
Pollution

Air pollution messes with moths’ ability to smell flowers

Byproducts of car exhaust disrupt pollination by degrading the floral scents that insects use to track down their favorite plants, according to new research.

A bunch of wet blueberries.
Biology

Why blueberries aren’t technically blue

Blueberries appear blue without a blue pigment. Here's how.

Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
Technology

Cyborg locusts may one day help search-and-rescue missions

Researchers think that injecting nanoparticles into the bugs’ brains will harness their strong olfactory senses.

Molten lava overflows the road leading to the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, a popular tourist destination in western Iceland. Orange lava covers a dark road, as gray smoke rises.
Science

Volcano in Iceland erupts for the third time in two months

The Blue Lagoon spa was evacuated, as lava crossed the main exit road from the popular tourist attraction.

Best studio monitors sliced header
Peripherals

The best studio monitors

These speakers are about delivering the proof in the policy of truth.

Anchovy sex is a force of nature
Ocean

Anchovy sex is a force of nature

It’s not the size of the fish that counts, it’s the motion of the ocean.