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Blue solar power car driving up hill
Concept Cars

Man builds solar-powered car from e-bikes that can hit 30 mph

A YouTuber taught himself soldering to built his remarkable ride.

Ryobi yard tools on sale at Home Depot against grass background
Home

The Home Depot is blowing out Ryobi 40V electric yard tools during this limited spring sale

The Home Depot is running 160+ Ryobi 40V deals on mowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaws, hedge trimmers, and batteries this spring.

Pile of medieval stone cannonballs
Archaeology

Medieval cannonballs and WWI bomb discovered under construction site

The weaponry highlights a coastal Belgian city's longtime strategic location.

a chicken with brown and white stripes and large orange sacks on the sides of its head
Land

A rare prairie chicken shakes his butt all day to attract ladies

However, this dance is an older male’s game.

A retro, red-colored teardrop-shaped car on a yellow newspaper or magazine background.
Concept Cars

In 1934, Chrysler bet big on teardrop-shaped cars

The streamline shape is still more aerodynamic than most cars today.

CHICAGO - AUGUST 16: A walkway is visible along a side of the city of Chicago City Hall's rooftop garden August 16, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. The garden sits on the top of the 11-story city hall building and was first planted in 2000. The city says the rooftop garden/green roof consists of upwards of 100 species of growth in almost 20,000 plants. Two trees, shrubs and vines can also be found there. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
Energy

The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities

To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding.

Rough thicktail scorpion (Parabuthus raudus). Paratuthus scorpions' venom is quick-acting, so they do not need to rely as much on their pincers to capture prey.
Wildlife

Metal-reinforced scorpions evolved to kill

Deadly pincers and tails make them nature's answer to cyborgs.

bird with grass on its face
Wildlife

18 silly finalists from the Comedy Wildlife People’s Choice Awards

And your prestigious winner is...*drumroll please*...a bird with grass on its face.

Screenshot of cat sitting in front of YouTube home page next to timer countdown
Social Media

A chunky digital cat is here to help you stop doomscrolling

Cat Gatekeeper plops an adorable, orange tabby on your screen when it's time to go touch grass.

a yellow glider in the ocean
Whales

The ‘Waymo of the sea’ tracks sperm whale conversations

The first AI-enabled underwater glider could track the whales for months at a time without bothering them

Rise zero gravity indicator plushie
NASA

The adorable Artemis II ‘Rise’ plushies finally land in NASA’s online shop

A 9-year-old Californian designed the team's official original zero-gravity indicator.

sea lion on pier
Wildlife

How to watch Chonkers, the 2,000-pound sea lion live from San Francisco

Stellar sea lions like Chonkers are about 10 times bigger than the California sea lions usually seen at Pier 39.

Close up photo of white woman wearing jean overalls showing a scar on her upper left chest several inches long.
Ask Us Anything

Why scars never disappear

Scar tissue is built to protect, not vanish.

Angry Seagull flying
Birds

Why drawing eyes on food packaging could stop seagulls stealing your chips

Save your snacks from hungry birds.

Close up of lunar surface photographed by Artemis II crew
Moons

NASA needs your help spotting meteors hitting the moon

Don’t let the Artemis II astronauts have all the fun.

Chonkers the Steller sea lion sleeping along side other, much smaller California sea lions
Ocean

Chonkers the 2,000-pound sea lion is making waves in San Francisco Bay

The Stellar sea lion reportedly sounds like a falling tree when he belly flops onto floats.

an illustration of a woolly mammoth with brown fur and two large tusks and a trunk walking around a snow landscape
Endangered Species

We’re still recovering from losing the woolly mammoth

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

an eagle feeding two chicks
Birds

Jackie and Shadow’s chicks getting new feathers

Pin feathers, tucking, and more signs that these bald eagles babies won't be chicks forever.

a spider web on grass
Spiders

How to avoid the horror of walking through a spiderweb, according to the National Park Service

Hiking sticks, hats, and other simple tricks can keep your hike web-free.

Black and white photo of person standing in sheet ghost costume in backyard
Biology

That ghostly presence may just be bad plumbing

Haunted, spooky feelings may come from odd sound frequencies.