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Art supplies on sale at Michael's
Gear

Michael’s is blowing out art supplies for up to 60% off during this end-of-season clearance sale

Grab paint, pencils, markers, canvases, and just about everything else you could need to express your artistic talent on deep discount.

The Meze Audio ASTRU IEM sitting in front of its hardcase on a sunlit chair
Earbuds

Meze Audio ASTRU IEM review: A polished step up for listeners who value warmth and control

The ASTRU is a refined in-ear monitor that favors coherence over brute-force flash and makes a strong case for stepping up the Meze ladder.

A digital illustration of two Spinosaurus dinosaurs wading through a body of shallow water during a rainstorm. The central dinosaur is shown in profile with its mouth open, revealing sharp teeth, and a large, red-spotted sail on its back. A bolt of lightning strikes in the dark, cloudy background.
Dinosaurs

Paleontologists uncover a new ‘Spinosaurus’ species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert

The long hunt for a missing fossil finally pays off.

a row of collared t-shirts in rainbow order. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
Engineering

Walmart and H&M are trying to turn carbon dioxide into clothes

A startup is transforming polluted air into apparel.

a postage stamp with a bison on it
Wildlife

New stamp honors Yellowstone’s iconic bison

Photographer Tom Murphy has documented the park's wildlife for decades. Now, one of his photos will be on a Forever Stamp.

a baby lion runs into its mother's butt
Wildlife

14 silly, never-before-seen images from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Nature, you're hilarious.

Repeating image of skulls with increasing doubling, blurring, ghosting, pixelation, and horizontal glitching
Social Media

‘Dune’ tried to warn us against AI

‘Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.’

An artist's impression of a theoretical planet orbiting a redder star, which could cause microbes and plants on the planet's surface to reflect very different colours from Earth’s green forests. Gillis Lowry
Exoplanets

The 45 planets most likely to host alien life, according to astronomers

'Project Hail Mary' may be fiction, but this list could still come in handy.

two mating frogs with the male grasping on to the female
Wildlife

Even humans love a good mating call

Volunteers listened to animal mating calls and played a computer game—for science.

A black chess player about to win against a light-skinned cleric. Chess problem 88 in the Libro de axedrez, dados e tablas (Seville, 1283). Credit: Patrimonio Nacional. Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial
Archaeology

Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it

Black, white, Muslim, or Christian: Players found common ground across the board.

a coyote pup with brown fur tilts its head
Wildlife

Coyote pupping season is here. You can help keep them safe.

Coyote dens are hiding in plain sight, even in urban areas.

man stands at register in video game
Internet

Relive the ’90s by working in a virtual video store

‘Retro Rewind’ can make it a Blockbuster night.

The new SUPER73 A-Series M1D electric bike parked in front of a stack of chopped firewood
Outdoor Gear

SUPER73 gives its California coastal cruiser an edit

The new A-Series keeps the brand's familiar stance and style, but tunes the package for tighter streets, daily use, and even smaller riders who want more utility without losing attitude.

A colorized historical photograph of prolific inventor Beulah Louise Henry, known as "Lady Edison," seated at a desk. She is dressed in a formal purple satin dress and pearls, operating a complex, specialized typewriter of her own design. She is looking down at a sheet of paper she is feeding into the machine.
Engineering

Inventor Beulah Louise Henry’s unstoppable rise to becoming ‘Lady Edison’

With 49 patents and over 100 inventions, Henry built an empire catering to women and children.

Cute labradoodle puppy dog laying down looking sad or thoughtful
Dogs

Cockapoos, doodles, and other crossbreeds have behavioral problems, too

Trendy designer dogs often have the same issues as pure breeds.

a large aqua colored mineralHeritage Auctions.
Science

7 glittery minerals up for auction

Over 200 minerals from a private collection decades in the making are up for bid.

Two men standing next to boiler setup in pump station
Engineering

Volunteers spend 30 years restoring a Victorian sewer pump station

Reviving the Claymills Pumping Station in Staffordshire, England has been a labor of love.

The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the viscous tar can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic.
Medicine

Neanderthals used antibiotics, new experiment suggests

Gooey birch tar helped our distant cousins make weapons and possibly treat wounds.

Timeline of dress fahsions by decade from 1960 to 2010
Science

Clothes really do come back in style every 20 years

The math checks out, so hang on to those jeans.

A wide-angle, underwater photograph of a young sea lion with large, dark eyes and long whiskers looking directly into the camera lens. Sunlight beams down through the clear blue water, illuminating the sea lion's head and other sea lions swimming in the background. The foreground shows a rocky seabed covered in marine life, including several dark, spiny sea urchins.
Ocean

How marine mammals stay hydrated in a salty sea

From chomping down on water-rich prey to very salty pee.