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Two nuggets made from lab-grown chicken meat served on a bao with a dark sauce. This close up photograph shows a white person's hand holding the bao.
Nutrition

Is ‘lab-grown’ meat actually safe?

It isn’t identical to regular meat, but that might be a good thing.

The ThieAudio Hype 4 MKII IEMs sitting inside the headband of a ThieAudio Cypher headphone laid flat on a blond wood surface with a skull planter next to it
Audio

THIEAUDIO Hype 4 MKII IEMs & Cypher headphones review: Happy to meet audiophiles in the middle

THIEAUDIO delivers two likable takes on precision and poise at the approachable $399 price point.

a black machine with a red blob of jello on top.
Physics

Giant Jell-O measures crowd volume in wobbles

This 'jiggle tech' is proprietary.

Skechers walking month shoes on sale
Fitness Gear

Skechers just dropped prices on its best walking shoes for National Walking Month

Skechers is running a Buy One, Get One 50% off sale across its entire site for National Walking Month.

computer
Projects

How to rescue an old laptop by installing Linux on it

Linux offers a lightweight, simple operating system for your aging hardware.

Two red cups under espresso machine as it brews coffee
Physics

Mathematicians figured out the perfect espresso

Coffee requires physics and flawless calculations.

Rendering of a reconstructed polybolos within a virtual environment derived from reality-based documentation of the city walls. Digital survey and 3D model by S.B.; rendering and animation by V.C. with Lumion Pro Student 2024.
Archaeology

Rome unleashed an ancient ‘machine gun’ on Pompeii

The polybolos was centuries, if not millennia, before its time.

The author with a niece and nephew on the Xtracycle Swoop ASM cargo ebike
Outdoor Gear

Xtracycle Swoop ASM review: The family cargo electric bike that adapts to your day

It handles school runs, grocery hauls, and last-minute errands while still feeling surprisingly manageable to ride.

A person drinks Starbucks ice coffee in Krakow, Poland on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto)
Pollution

Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash

A new label promises single-use cups are recyclable. But that doesn't mean they actually get recycled.

a pink orchid with delicate petals
Bees

Beware, bees! This wildflower will trap you in a floral escape room.

Pink lady’s slippers are to bees what Venus fly traps are to flies.

A colorized historical photograph captures a group of railroad workers posing with a large steam locomotive on a wooden trestle bridge. The workers, a diverse group including several men in rough work clothes and hats, are clustered around the front of the black engine, which features a prominent cone-shaped smokestack. The trestle bridge curves through a dense evergreen forest with a rocky hillside in the background, illustrating the challenging terrain of early American railroad construction.
Engineering

7 captivating photos of train travel’s first century

In the 1800s, nowhere did trains like the United States.

LG appliances on sale at Home Depot
Smart Home

LG’s spring sale at Home Depot Cuts up to 43% off stoves, refrigerators, washers, and more

LG's March Madness sale at Home Depot takes up to 43% off more than 200 appliances, including $1,800 off a smart wall oven, $1,500 off a French door refrigerator, and $1,200 off a slide-in range.

Terracotta incense burner with the investigated ash residues. The rim is adorned with three female figures, probably depicting deceased persons who were venerated after their death.
Archaeology

What did Pompeii smell like before it burned?

Ash from Roman incense burners indicate families burned tree resins from thousands of miles away.

Person holding large pile of colorful clothes close-up on white background
Sustainability

What to do with clothes you can’t donate

Worn-out, stained, or outdated clothes don’t have to go to the landfill. Here’s how to reuse, recycle, or responsibly dispose of them.

Black and white family photograph showing six people in a family. One brother's face is scratched out.
Mental Health

The troubling rise of family estrangement

As more adults cut off their parents, a researcher calls for closer scrutiny of causes and effects, and suggests paths to reconciliation.

three blue-green eggs in a nest sitting in a tree
Birds

10 wild photos of bird eggs

From speckles to blue-green shells, there's no need to paint these springtime beauties.

Woman having lunch on an underground station platform, Berlin, Germany. She's wearing a plaid jacket and has dark curly hair.
Health

Is it okay to eat standing up? A doctor weighs in.

That grab-and-go lunch might be the real problem.

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A fiery flare erupts from the rocket sending off plumes of smoke.
NASA

Artemis II’s long countdown–a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon

Political and fiscal support hasn't always come easily.

a person holds a video game controller illuminated by white light with dark buttons
AI

Humans can still beat AI at video games

AI may have teams of engineers on its side, but humans have lived experience and better learning skills.

a close up of a baby chick
Birds

Baby chicks like gentle pets—like really gentle

Your toddler is probably doing it wrong.