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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.

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.