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AI

Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what does this mean for schools?

orca chomps on a seal while breeching the water
Sharks

16 breathtaking images from the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest

Zippy penguins, synchronized humpback whales, and a Komodo dragon trying to cool off.

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Home

Amazon has the Breo Scalp3 scalp massager for 22% off—your stressed-out scalp will thank you

Upgrade your self-care game with this sale on Breo’s scalp massager and, yes, it feels amazing.

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Tech Hacks

How to use Google Drive as a backup for everything

Drive is for more than just documents and spreadsheets.

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Vehicles

How a three-ton Land Rover was engineered to catch air

Built with an enhanced chassis, high-performance brakes, and innovative suspension, the Octa was created to be the most powerful Defender in the lineup. 

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Insects

Ants are better at teamwork than humans

Humans in teams contribute less, the bigger the team—but not weaver ants.

A black EUHOMY countertop transportable ice maker on a white background
Home

Keep drinks cold at a cool price with the EUHOMY Countertop Ice Maker, only $72 at Amazon

Your freezer’s ice maker called. It’s jealous of this gadget and its limited-time discount.

An office worker uses the first Osborne computer.
Tech Hacks

3 outdated computer myths

It’s not the 1990s. It’s time to shelve these urban legends.

Asian small-clawed otter swimming in water
Wildlife

Splash the otter is training for underwater search-and-rescue

Law & Otter has debuted in Florida.

Humanoid robots compete in the 5v5 soccer during the day one of 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games at National Speed Skating Oval on August 15, 2025 in Beijing, China.
Robots

The world’s first robot games were a clumsy mess

Over 500 robots competed in soccer, boxing, and running. In many cases, gravity was the real winner.

Six stone tool artifacts
Environment

Stone Age humans traveled for miles to find the perfect rocks

New analysis of a famed Oldowan toolkit pushes back the timeline by 600,000 years.

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Smart Home

Make birdwatching easy and save $50 with this Onlyfly smart bird feeder camera from Amazon

These discounted bird feeders turn your backyard into an HD nature channel.

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International Space Station

Earth welcomes baby mice from space

Frozen mice stem cells that were aboard the ISS for six months can produce healthy offspring.

A nestling bald eagle in Arizona.
Birds

Bald eagles stun scientists with bizarre migration pattern

One adventurous young bird crossed 10 states and four Canadian provinces before settling down.

A blue paper cutout of a person’s head in profile, filled with a sky-and-cloud pattern, surrounded by pink and green paper butterflies on a bright yellow background.
Mental Health

Does ashwagandha actually help with anxiety and sleep?

The ancient Ayuvedic herb is trending—but the science is more nuanced.

two saigas spar on dirt
Endangered Species

10 award-winning images documenting wildlife’s will to survive

From a humpback whale in Norway to a camouflaged frog in India.

Spilled salt shaker on table
Mental Health

Man develops psychosis following ChatGPT’s salt-free diet

Doctors say the patient swapped out sodium chloride for sodium bromide.

A study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has captured the explosive interaction between a black hole and a nearby massive star (blue), as depicted in this artist's conception. As the separation between the star and the black hole decreased, the black hole's intense gravity pulled gas and dust off of the star into a disk. Before the star was able to swallow the black hole, gravitational stress from the black hole triggered the star's explosion. Collisions between the stellar explosion and shells of material from earlier interactions located above and below the disk powered a dramatic re-brightening event. This artist’s graphic shows the massive star and black hole before the supernova explosion, when the star’s shape is stretched by gravitational forces from the black hole. Credit: Melissa Weiss/CfA
Black Holes

A black hole ripped apart a supernova

Space gets violent when two massive cosmic objects collide.

Sailing stone in Death Valley with movement trail behind hit
Physics

Ice moves by itself on experimental metal surface

Researchers found a way to make ice travel across metal—no wind, slope, or human help required.

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Home

Ninja CREAMi is $169 at Walmart—$30 less than Amazon

If you’ve been waiting to buy the TikTok-famous ice-cream machine, this is the time to grab it—at a price that undercuts Amazon.