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This drone company plans to make deliveries by lowering a small droid into your yard
Drones

This drone company plans to make deliveries by lowering a small droid into your yard

It might be the droid you're looking for, and it will be carrying your salad.

WR 145 star in pre-supernova state with white bright core and red and purple dust and matter clouding around it. Taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope captures the beauty of a rare, violent phenomena

Why does the universe have a 'dust surplus'? A pre-supernova star holds a clue.

This dinosaur’s record-breaking neck defies the laws of nature
Evolution

This dinosaur’s record-breaking neck defies the laws of nature

Clocking in at around 50 feet long, this sauropod may hold the title of longest neck ever discovered.

The US might finally regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Pollution

The US might finally regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

The Biden administration has proposed a limit for PFAS pollution, which threatens human health and the environment.

a taxidermy stork with a spear through its neck
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

A stork impaled by a 30-inch spear flew thousands of miles to make it home

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

Paleo and keto diets aren’t great for you or the planet, study says
Agriculture

Paleo and keto diets aren’t great for you or the planet, study says

The trendy regimens are are high in carbon footprint and low in nutrients.

Screenshot of an image showing a cat opened on macOS with overlayed and selected text.
Tech Hacks

How to copy text from an image on any device

Some of your devices can read text on an image.

Four male common fruit flies in a chain trying to mate with each other after being exposed to ozone air pollution
Biology

Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution

Ozone makes male fruit flies less attractive to females, but more attractive to each other.

Colon cancer shown in abdominal X-ray in red, blue, and green
Cancer

Colon cancer cases in younger generations are rising. When should you get screened?

Virtual colonoscopies and at-home tests are making check-ups a little more comfortable.

MQ-9 Reaper in flight
Air Force

What to know about the MQ-9 Reaper, the drone the US just lost over the Black Sea

It was "intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft," according to an Air Force general. These are the basics of the incident—and the Reaper.

A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better
Vaccines

A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better

Get those zzz’s for immunity.

Hands typing on laptop keyboard with screen displaying ChatGPT homepage
AI

The next version of ChatGPT is live—here’s what’s new

The release comes as Microsoft also revealed that users are already interacting with the new AI via Bing.

google apps on iphone screen
AI

Your next Gmail or Google Doc could be written with help from AI

Here are the new features the company is planning launch across its key products and services.

Microsoft logo outside office headquarters
AI

Microsoft lays off entire AI ethics team while going all out on ChatGPT

A new report indicates Microsoft will expand AI products, but axe the people who make them ethical.

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast
Wildlife

Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast

Humans aren't the only animals that want to get tipsy.

Pile of plastic materials for recycling
AI

Sorting and recycling plastic is notoriously hard—but this AI could help

Barely 5 percent of all plastic intended for recycling facilities ends up in a new product.

A person using the Apple Notes app on an iPhone.
Tech Hacks

Write these down: the best note-taking apps for your phone

Turn your smartphone into a digital notepad.

Poop emoji covered in soap bubbles on a light blue background
Agriculture

Your poop is useful. Meet the father-son team creating ‘humanure.’

Why does Americans' poop rot in landfills when it could be fertilizing farms and parks?

Hera asteroid space probe radio antenna in ESA lab
Deep Space

DART left an asteroid crime scene. This mission is on deck to investigate it.

Hera will retrace history's first asteroid-deflection test and piece together the crash from every angle.

Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design
Pollution

Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design

The moon's phases will determine how much light the building should actually use.