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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.

Wolfbox products on sale for spring
Gear

The Wolfbox Trail Season sale drops prices on dash cams, jump starters, and more by up to 50%

Prepare your car for an emergency or just make it a cleaner, more enjoyable ride with these discounted WOLFBOX products.

This is a photo of the Yosemite Valley taken from Tunnel View.
Environment

The 10 most popular US National Parks in 2025

Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon all make the list, but aren't number one.

Golf ball sized hail resting in palm of a hand
Climate Change

NASA wants your hail photos

After grapefruit-sized hail hit Missouri, more images may help improve severe storm forecasting.

A meteor over Pittsburgh recorded on March 17, 2026
Deep Space

A meteor exploded over Ohio and Pennsylvania

A very loud bang accompanied the disintegrating space rock.

Close up of bronze bull head sculpture held in palm
Archaeology

Hiker finds 3,000-year-old bull sculpture in Spain

The Late Bronze Age relic is only the fourth tauriform discovered on the island.

Best induction cookware
Home

The best induction cookware for 2026

This top-notch cookware will keep pumping out perfect food for years to come.

a satellite image of ireland's west coast showing gray rocks surrounded by green
NASA

Ireland’s 250-million-year-old gray spot

A reminder that Ireland isn’t just 50 shades of green—there’s some very old gray, too.

A conceptual graphic featuring a young child with an afro standing alone against a textured purple and orange gradient background. A large, empty white thought bubble floats significantly above their head.
Mental Health

Not everyone has an internal monologue

Your inner monologue may be less constant than you think—more like a fridge light that turns on when you look.

A Marshall Bromley 450 portable Bluetooth speaker sitting in front of a Bromley 750 transportable Bluetooth speaker in the flatbed of a pickup truck
Speakers

The Bromley 450 party speaker brings Marshall’s iconic aesthetic and Stereophonic sound to a tighter footprint

This more real-world-friendly take on Marshall's Bromley 750 keeps many of its best features and the distinctly non-anonymous enclosure.

A Denon DP-500BT turntable sitting on a table between a Denon Home amp and Bowers & Wilkins Px8 headphones
Audio

The Denon DP-500BT turntable with Bluetooth is built for vinyl fans who value flexibility

Borrowing key cues from the flagship DP-3000NE, Denon's new deck keeps analog enthusiasts happy while fitting neatly into a modern wireless system.

Adult bull shark ‘Chunky’ (foreground) parallel swimming with subadult female ‘Lady Lazarus’ (background).
Ocean

Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males

The ocean’s bad boys don’t just cruise alone—they have preferred swimming partners.

Human brain made fo paper on a yellow round background
Health

My mind keeps on going blank. How worried should I be?

Plus, when is it time to see your doctor?

An adult male blue crab attempts to cannibalize a smaller blue crab on a tether.
Wildlife

Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem

But growing up can help these famed Chesapeake crustaceans.

Hisense TVs are on sale at Amazon
Televisions

Amazon is clearing out last season’s Hisense TVs for up to 40% off

Get an upgraded 55-inch TV for less than $300 right now and enjoy the upcoming World Cup the way it deserves to be watched.

an illustration showing bronze age women weaaving
Archaeology

3,500-year-old loom tells a revolutionary tale

The remains of a Bronze Age loom highlights a turning point in human history.

Teenage high school student studying alone in the school library
Tech Hacks

This new RSS reader is the smartest way to keep up online

Bringing rivers and waterlines to website reading.

two pages of an ancient book. one has text while the other has an illustration of a saint
Archaeology

Long-lost page from Greek manuscript discovered in French art museum

This section from Archimedes Palimpsest has a mixture of ancient geometry and Byzantine prayers.