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Goats participating in the 2025 Great Goat Graze-Off.
Agriculture

Mallomar wins the 2026 Great Goat Graze-Off

The hungry guy defended his title in the world’s only professional eating competition for goats.

woman with outstretched arms dancing in sunlight
Mental Health

3 ways to feel happier, according to science

Try talking to a stranger.

Vintage photograph of several partially ruptured shipping containers floating in the sea.
Ocean

How shipping container disasters became a scientific goldmine

Oceanographers have quietly used lost cargo to build the most precise maps of ocean currents ever created.

Low-angle photo of good-looking mature woman with blond braided hair wearing sundress standing with arms raised in sunlight with blue sky in background.
Sun

Does summer actually make your hair grow faster?

Probably not, but it might affect beard growth.

cropped shot of man holding beach cooler while friends resting on sand behind
Life Skills

How to pack a cooler (because you’re probably doing it wrong)

You may not be using your summertime companion to the best of its abilities.

Vibrant Blue-Throated Bird Perched on a Branch with Open Beak.
Birds

The lucrative bird-singing contests that are pushing species to the brink

Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it's fueling a crisis.

a small, spiky mammal with a long nose burrowing in dirt
Wildlife

Echidna ‘puggles’ weigh less than a mini marshmallow

The rare twin echidnas were recently born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

three people with fart clouds
Health

There are 3 types of farters. Which one are you? 

Believe it or not, how you pass gas and the type of gas you pass can say a lot about your inner workings, so pay attention. 

Skullcandy and Bose reunite for the new Crusher 1080 ANC, a headphone full of firsts
Headphones

Skullcandy and Bose reunite for the new Crusher 1080 ANC, a headphone full of firsts

When you want to take your bass from subtle to sensory, the new Crusher 1080 ANC with Sound by Bose makes it easier to dial in more thud, less mud.

This artist’s concept depicts a near-Earth asteroid with an elongated orbit. A few objects such as these can exhibit significant perturbations in their motion around the Sun and, like the asteroid 1998 SH2, could turn out to be regular comets with a weak tail and coma (the gas and dust around a comet’s nucleus). NASA/JPL-Caltech
Space Telescope

Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all

1998 SH2's story is a 30-year-long cosmic identity crisis.

Brooks Josh Kerr world record attempt shoes
Fitness Gear

Josh Kerr wants to run the fastest mile ever. This is the shoe Brooks built to help him do it.

We spoke with Danny Orr, senior director of product development at Brooks, to find out what it takes to build a track spike that can handle running a mile at more than 16 mph.

a white plane with a yellow stripe on the side on display inside
Aviation

Walt Disney’s private airplane restored after 15 years of baking in the Florida sun

While ‘The Mouse’ won't take to the skies like Peter Pan, visitors can see it at the Palm Springs Air Museum.

a drone in three separate colors, black, red, and yellow with the text tornyol above them
Drones

Mosquito-killing drone blasts bloodsuckers to bits

Like a bat, the drone uses sonar to detect mosquitoes before chasing them down.

USS Silversides submarine docked at museum
Navy

Legendary WW2 submarine heads to Wisconsin for major facelift

The USS Silversides sank at least 23 ships in the Pacific theater.

a baby skunk with its paws on a white plate
Wildlife

Found a baby skunk? Please don’t feed it.

Feeding skunk kits is a careful art involving 15 cups of fruit and veggies, a dozen eggs, and 15 cups of dog food, and more food in a single day.

Sugar free candies coming out of the bag on white background.
Ask Us Anything

Can you eat too much sugar free candy? Short answer: Yes.

But it'll probably just send you running to the bathroom.

Ornate dagger owned by Princess Ita, who lived during ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom
Archaeology

Chiseled Egyptian princesses knew their way around weapons

Before they were mummies, four royal sisters wielded the daggers, bows, and arrows 4,000 years ago.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING - MAY 20: A black bear crosses a roadway as visitors in vehicles watch on May 20, 2026 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Yellowstone National Park became the nation’s first national park on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a congressional act protecting the land “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” Today, the 2.2-million-acre park thrives as part of one of Earth's last nearly intact large temperate ecosystems, famously preserving over 10,000 hydrothermal features and around 500 geysers—roughly 50 percent of the world’s total. Boasting the largest concentration of mammals in the lower 48 states, Yellowstone stands as the only place in the U.S. where bison have roamed continuously since prehistoric times. Native American communities inhabited and conserved the lands for over 10,000 years, with 27 individual tribes recognized by the National Park Service as carrying modern-day and historic ties to Yellowstone. National Park Week will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with a weeklong celebration in August featuring hundreds of commemorative events at many of America’s 433 national parks under the theme “Celebrate America’s Story”. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Wildlife

July is Yellowstone National Park’s deadliest month

CAUTION: Men over 45 driving through the park in the summer.

A screen filled with hundreds of randomly arranged dots. When animated, an optical illusion can reveal hidden words.
AI

This font uses an optical illusion to hide from AI

For now.

The broken circuit breaker switch that nearly ended Apollo 11 (below) and the pen that saved the crew and the mission.
Space

Pen that saved the Apollo 11 astronauts sells for over $800K at auction

Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.