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Peripherals

This editor-approved desk chair is 30% off during Amazon’s back-to-school flash sale

Get more cushion for your spine and your budget with this deal on one of our value picks for best office chair.

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Diseases

Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness

The FDA approved the first-of-its-kind prescription treatment to release later this year.

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Archaeology

After Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii’s ruins housed survivors, wanderers, and treasure hunters

Romans didn't completely abandon the ruins—but it didn’t sound pleasant.

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Archaeology

‘Wartime cannibalism’ unearthed in prehistoric Spanish cave

These people weren’t starving—the 5,700-year-old bones tell a darker story of control.

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Black Holes

Oldest black hole ever seen is 300 million times bigger than our sun

Don't let the 'Little Red Dot' fool you.

Close up view of a woman wearing colorful striped socks while relaxing on a sofa at home.
Health

The dirty truth about what’s in your socks

Bacteria, fungi and whatever lives between your toes.

Cropped shot of an unrecognisable man walking through the city in the morning
Fitness & Exercise

No, you don’t need 10,000 steps a day

The 10,000 steps goal originated as a 1960s marketing strategy.

The best office chairs for 2025, tested and reviewed
Peripherals

The best office chairs for 2025, tested and reviewed

Whether working on-site, at home, or at school, these premium perches allow you to do so with the utmost comfort and style.

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Mental Health

Illinois’ ban on AI therapy won’t stop people from asking chatbots for help

Americans are turning to AI for mental health support; sometimes with dangerous consequences.

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Sun

Cosmic bumper stars forge rare, hefty white dwarf

WD 0525+526 is about 130 light-years away from Earth.

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Fish

A googly-eyed fish could upend evolutionary history

The cartoonish-looking Norselaspis had the ‘heart of a shark under the skin of a lamprey.’

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Dogs

Your Frenchie’s squishy face might shape their personality

French bulldogs, pugs, and other short-nosed breeds may be innately calm—but will only stay so if they’re properly trained.

A person with a beard and reddish hair sits in bed, illuminated by the glow of a laptop on their lap. They are looking at the screen and hold a slice of pizza in their right hand, about to take a bite. The room is dimly lit, suggesting it's nighttime.
Nutrition

Does eating late at night really cause weight gain? A nutritionist explains.

The answer depends on what—and when—you’re eating.

Grilled sirloin steak
Diseases

A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading

The lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about.

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Evolution

Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs

Even without this genetic superpower, human eyes and genes are very similar.

Robot fiddler crab waving claw at actual male fiddler crab on beach
Wildlife

‘Wavy Dave’ is a beefy-armed robot crab on a mating mission

‘The females realized he was a bit odd, and some of the males tried to fight him.’

Australian major skink
Wildlife

Australian lizard mutated to resist snake venom

Skinks and honey badgers 'hit the same molecular bullseye.' Toxicologists are taking note.

waves crash by a giant lighthouse
Physics

Enormous rogue waves don’t come out of nowhere

We finally know the forces behind an 80-foot-tall wall of water that rocked the North Sea in 1995.

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Home

Clean your air and derrière with Coway purifiers and bidets up to 27% off at Amazon

Time to stop marinating in murk and time to start breathing better. For less.

Bow of the USS Preston shipwreck sunk in WWII
Navy

13 World War II shipwrecks captured in stunning detail

From the towering 440-foot-long Japanese destroyer Teruzuki to the shattered bow of the USS New Orleans.