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The best electric bike accessories in 2024 on a plain white background.
Outdoor Gear

The essential e-bike accessories—and the upgrades that make every ride better

From safety basics like helmets and locks to comfort upgrades, here’s the e-bike gear worth your money—and what to look for before you buy. Find your perfect gear and ride smarter today!

Egyptian fruit bat hanging upside down on black background
Bats

People keep trespassing near cave filled with bats infected by Ebola’s cousin

The Marburg virus disease can reach a nearly 90 percent mortality rate.

two bald eagles
Birds

How to tell eagle parents Jackie and Shadow apart

Jackie looks stern, while Shadow looks a bit more surprised.

a baby otter
Endangered Species

Earth’s largest otters have chocolate bar-sized babies

Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of giant otter triplets.

Norwegian lundehund dog one ear up one down in front of handlers legs.
Dogs

The rarest dog breed in the United States is a puffin hunter

Meet the Norwegian lundehund.

A digital 3D illustration shows a modern smartphone tightly wrapped in heavy green chains and secured with a large, golden padlock against a vibrant lime-green background. The phone's screen reflects a soft, multicolored gradient, suggesting it is powered on but physically inaccessible. The image serves as a visual metaphor for digital lockouts, mobile security, or the concept of a "digital detox".
Ask Us Anything

Does deleting social media make you happier or lonelier? Short answer: It depends.

The research isn’t one-size-fits-all.

dog relaxing on the floor. This dog breed is called Danish–Swedish farmdog
Dogs

How to tell if your dog is in pain

And what to do if they are.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. This was the site of the chemical experiment uncovering diverse organic molecules on Mars, in the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe was a site where ancient conditions would have been favorable to supporting life, if it ever was present.
Mars

Curiosity finds molecules needed for ancient life on Mars

Martian clay may have held water billions of years ago.

Anker charging gear on sale at Amazon for Spring
Smart Home

Anker’s Prime 3-in-1 MagSafe charger deserves a spot on your nightstand and it’s $80 off at Amazon

Anker's Amazon sale cuts the Prime 3-in-1 Qi2.2 MagSafe station to $149.99, the 140W MacBook charger to $64.99, and the Prime 100W foldable GaN charger to $39.99.

Math equations covering a chalkboard
Internet

Can you best a math Olympiad? Test your skills with the world’s largest database of problems.

MathNet contains 30,000 free math problems collected over half a century.

Close up of Black woman's face talking on smartphone
Science

Y’all versus yinz: Accents may say more about who we are than where we’re from

There's more to our speech than meets the ear.

Illustration of ancient tubular polyps on the ocean floor
Evolution

450-million year old jellyfish ancestor looks like a flailing carwash tubeman

‘Paleocanna tentaculum’ was more closely related to today’s marine invertebrates than its prehistoric relatives.

a parrot with green feathers and a missing top beak
Birds

Bruce is missing his upper beak, but it has not stopped him from dominance

Inside the bird eat bird world of ‘beak jousting.’

Crimson (left) was rescued shortly after Clover(right).
Wildlife

Two mountain lion cubs rescued from certain death

Crimson and Clover are now on the road to recovery at Oakland Zoo in California.

the earth is setting behind the moon
Moons

New Artemis II astronaut iPhone video reveals new Earthset view

‘Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos.’

white flowering tree in front of apartment building
Agriculture

Why spring smells like semen and rotting fish

Blame the invasive Bradford pear tree.

tiger amongst mangroves
Wildlife

8 cool images from the Mangrove Photography Awards

The 12th annual competition is now open for submissions.

Close up of a man wearing a dark green shirt holding a smiling piglet.
Medicine

Pigs could end the transplant waiting list

Animal-to-human organ transplants promise a future where survival no longer depends on another person’s death.

an illustration of an extinct hedgehog like animal
Animals

New megafauna looked like spiky, 30-pound hamster

It took 120 years to figure out the forgotten fossil belonged to an extinct giant echidna.

Freshly baked homemade brownies on a parchment paper. There's some sprigs of mint and a gold-colored fork resting on the left side.
Ask Us Anything

The best brownie recipe, according to science

Fat is key for fudgy brownies.