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Model of the Titanic and the Boeing 737 Max at the Museum of Failure.
Engineering

The Museum of Failure challenges how we think about mistakes

It's really an ode to innovation.

turmeric at spice market
Food Safety

For decades, turmeric’s ultra-golden glow had a deadly secret

Traders in Bangladesh used lead chromate to enhance the spice’s appearance. Then scientists and policymakers stepped in.

super glue invention mistake
Air Force

How a shot at making better gunsights became Super Glue instead

Read the sticky story of Eastman Kodak, Harry Coover, and Super Glue.

A car passenger appears to feel nauseous with her hand to her mouth.
Health

What causes motion sickness—and how to avoid it

When our mind's eye meets tech, the result can be cold sweats or queasiness.

Arco del Tiempo (Arch of Time) mockup
Engineering

This art installation will tell time and produce solar energy

Each year, the sculpture should generate 400,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

A saber tooth cat fossil is displayed during a press preview of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History on June 4, 2019.
Wildlife

Paleontologists discover two new sabertooth cat species

The findings indicated that these extinct large felines had a wider distribution in Africa.

High fiber foods, including coconuts, Brussel sprouts, squash, and spinach on a wooden table.
Diseases

Chronic constipation could be a sign of a worsening health condition

Pooping too irregularly (or often) may be linked to cognitive problems

an amazon echo glow smart device
Internet

A new ‘Cyber Trust Mark’ label could help you pick safer devices

It will be like Energy Star, but for devices like connected cameras.

Barbie and Ken in all-pink outfits driving in a pink convertible in the new movie "Barbie"
Science

‘Barbie’ reminds us that pink is a power color for everyone

Once upon a time, men in Western societies embraced pink. Now, the prolific color is making a comeback across genders and generations.

A man wearing a purple sweater in front of a desktop computer with his hand on a computer mouse, looking intensely at the screen.
Tech Hacks

3 ways to generate a table of contents for virtually any website

The table of contents isn't just for books.

Study author shows off the compressed mycelium sheets she created for the project
Engineering

This fungi-based substance might protect homes from ever-worsening wildfires

Scientists use mycelium to test a fire-proof roofing solution.

Small feathered dinosaurs Kongonaphon kely partying with champagne in front of an erupting volcano and fiery asteroid during the Triassic mass extinction. Illustrated in orange, purple, and yellow.
Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs survived one mass extinction, but then their luck ran out

Life was good for the 'terrible lizards' before that fateful asteroid hit.

Cod fish heads
Pollution

No guts left behind: Iceland’s quest to repurpose fish waste

Cod heads, skin, blood. You name it, there’s an initiative to turn it into a high-value product and divert it from the trash.

Laptop screen showing ChatGPT homepage
AI

ChatGPT’s accuracy has gotten worse, study shows

The LLM's ability to generate computer code got worse in a matter of months, according to Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers.

the view from on a container ship
Engineering

The first container ship fueled by food scraps is ready to set sail

The fuel source comes from methane emitted in landfills.

An artistic reconstruction showing how this 300,000 year-old stick would have been thrown on a hunt. Two men stand in a shallow body of water, with one aiming the stick towards three birds.
Evolution

A javelin-like stick shows early humans may have been keen woodworkers

Children as young as 3 or 4 could have wielded the carefully crafted hunting tool.

person holding latest fairphone
Pollution

The most sustainable phone on the market is the one in your pocket

151 million smartphones are thrown away every single year in the US. Only 17 percent of them get recycled.

This image taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) shows the young planetary system PDS 70, located nearly 400 light-years away from Earth. The system features a star at its center, around which the planet PDS 70 b is orbiting. On the same orbit as PDS 70b, astronomers have detected a cloud of debris that could be the building blocks of a new planet or the remnants of one already formed. The ring-like structure that dominates the image is a circumstellar disc of material, out of which planets are forming. There is in fact another planet in this system: PDS 70c, seen to the right of the inner rim of the disc.
Exoplanets

New image reveals a Jupiter-like world that may share its orbit with a ‘twin’

Exoplanet system PDS 70 could be home to the first-found 'exotrojan.'

Orange, fire-like clouds extend from a central star.
Space Telescope

Astronomers spy cosmic dust, with a twist, from the very early universe

This baby powder from outer space is unexpectedly rich in carbon.

fluffy chicken in some grass
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Before humans ate chickens, we treasured them as exotic pets

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.