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A vibrant digital collage on a textured blue background featuring several human mouths in various speaking poses. Speech bubbles emerge from the mouths containing text in different languages and scripts, including "ESPAÑOL", "日本語" (Japanese), and "tiếng Việt" (Vietnamese), accented by colorful symbols like a hashtag, exclamation point, and question mark.
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Why are languages spoken at different speeds?

Japanese speakers fire off syllables at lightning speed—what gives?

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Wildlife

15 enchanting images from the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards

'A joyful celebration of Britain’s natural world.'

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Internet

YouTube Premium Lite: Is it worth the $7.99/month?

There's a new option for taking away the adverts on YouTube.

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Fitness Gear

Save on Hoka, On, Brooks, and more running shoes during REI’s end-of-season clearance sale

You should probably replace your sneakers more often than you do. REI's clearance sale is a great opportunity to refresh your kicks across the board.

Shattered clay container with 100s of gold coins scattered around it
Archaeology

A buried jar of imperial gold coins resurfaces in Russia

Who hid the 409 rubles during the Russian Revolution remains a mystery.

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Home

This Purple mattress helped me heal a broken collarbone

The 2025 Purple RejuvenatePremier mattress with DreamLayer offers cool, adaptive support.

An artist's impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun, illuminating one side of the comet. On the side of the comet closer to the sun, the methanol gas is shown in blue, with icy dust grains still present in the gas. On the dark side of the comet, the hydrogen cyanide is shown in orange.
Space Telescope

3I/ATLAS comet is bursting with alcohol, surprising astronomers

The famous interstellar visitor packs some unexpected molecules.

An Ixodes tick (left). An Asian tiger mosquito. (right)
Insects

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

Like many of us, the bugs have been hunkered down waiting for spring to return.

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Engineering

Man builds functional typewriter out of Lego bricks

The inkless device works a bit like a printing press.

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Birds

These birds listen to their parents to avoid being eaten

Jackdaw chicks learn not to sweat the small stuff.

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Earbuds

The SHOKZ OpenDots ONE clip-on earbuds are a high-energy reset in red

Snag SHOKZ OpenDots ONE earbuds at an exclusive 20% off through March 24 and let the world leak in so you stay safe while you get back outside.

A close-up photograph of a baby sitting in a pink high chair, wearing a pink silicone bib. The baby has a distressed facial expression with eyes squinted and mouth tightly shut, appearing to refuse a spoonful of food being held out by an adult's hand. A small pink bowl sits on the tray in the foreground.
Food Safety

Picky eating starts in the womb—a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate

Bitter vegetables can be an acquired taste.

a dolphin (left) and a more rounded porpoise (right)
Ocean

Florida can’t decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise

They are not the same animal.

Gemini said Two budgerigars, one blue and white and one green and yellow, perched on a wooden branch while appearing to "whisper" or interact closely.
Birds

From chirps to ‘hellos’: Why some birds talk like people

Brains, bonds, and a strange voice box help some birds mimic our speech.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) hovers delicately at a feeder in a backyard, its iridescent feathers glinting in the sunlight. These tiny birds are famous for their incredible long-distance migration, with some traveling up to 2,000 miles between North America and Central America each year. Providing sugar-water feeders in backyards is a common way for bird lovers to help fuel the hummingbirds' energy-intensive journey. During migration, their diet consists of nectar from flowers and feeders, supplemented with small insects for protein. Backyard feeders like this one offer a critical source of food, especially as natural nectar sources become scarce in colder months.
Birds

How to attract hummingbirds to your yard 

Start with habitat, not just a feeder.

A photograph of an orange apartment building balcony featuring two large white banners attached to the railing. The front-facing banner displays the text "IS COMING SOON..." in a grey stencil-style font, flanked on the left by a grey graphic of a gas mask with liquid dripping from its eye lenses. A second, identical gas mask graphic is visible on the side banner.
Agriculture

Prepping for a disaster? You’ll probably want to pack a little treat.

It’s not just sardines and dried beans. Self-identified preppers are also stashing luxuries like coffee and chocolate.

a bobcat on a colorful blanket
Wildlife

Wild bobcat making remarkable recovery after getting hit by car

Two orthopedic surgeons and one four hour surgery later, the young feline is on the mend.

An Afghan Hound striking the fake rabbit.
Wildlife

28 powerful Sony World Photography Awards 2026 honorees

From the beaches of Galápagos to the forests of Cameroon.

A wide-angle photograph of an old, shaded graveyard with several weathered stone headstones of varying shapes and sizes. The cemetery is lush with green grass and is dominated by large, leafy deciduous trees whose branches cast dappled sunlight over the monuments. In the background, more headstones are scattered across a sunlit grassy area.
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The most eco-friendly burial option isn’t cremation or human composting

With more options than ever, we break down which one's best for the planet.

Two photos next to each other. One is a man laying on grass next to longest snake in the world for scale reference. The other is a with portion of the world's longest snake draped over his shoulder in the jungle
Endangered Species

Longest snake ever measured is over 23.5 feet long

Nicknamed the ‘Baroness,' this python is longer than two great white sharks.