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Black Skullcandy Method ANC earbuds retail product sitting on top of a yellow pelican case on a grey felt background
Earbuds

Skullcandy’s new Method 360 ANC earbuds feel like a steal

Following a heist-themed party in NYC, we wrap our head around the latest Skullcandy release.

the color spectrum
Health

Five people view a never-before-seen color called ‘olo’

But it takes a trip to 'Oz' to see it.

We're Safety Now Haven't We album art featuring animals in photoshopped helmets and on smoke detectors
Social Media

PSA: US government’s dance album about helmets and smoke alarms is a banger

It's the most fun you'll have learning about cell phone-related injuries between 2013 and 2022.

a sea slug in the ocean with whispy purple tendrils
Wildlife

Sea slugs harness the power of the sun to show off their colors

‘Don’t eat me, I’m poisonous.’

George Lucas, Doug Chiang, and John Knoll in a scene from Lucasfilm's LIGHT & MAGIC, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+.
Science Fiction

Q&A: The legendary VFX artist who brought Captain Davy Jones, ‘The Abyss,’ and more to life

The award winning VFX artist discusses the past and future of the field ahead of a new season of ‘Light & Magic’ on Disney+.

a large bird with brown, gray, and white plumage walks in an open grassland
Archaeology

Ancient funerals may have included a ritual feast on a giant bird

Great bustards may have been eaten when humans buried their dead about 15,000 years ago.

Images of Jyvaskylavirus. The virus particle is about twice the size of influenza or coronavirus. Credit: University of Jyväskylä
Biology

Finland finds its first giant virus

Jyvaskylavirus is double the size of influenza and coronavirus, but poses no known threat.

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex.
Biology

Scientists watch how mice learn, one synapse at a time

We’re finally beginning to understand how the brain changes as it picks up a new task.

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity Rover on April 30, 2023 at the Ubajara drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples drilled here contained substantial amounts of siderite (an iron carbonate mineral). The siderite played a role in ancient carbon cycling processes that impacted conditions at the planet’s surface. Rover tracks in the foreground are 40 cm wide. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Mars

Curiosity rover finds key ingredient for past life on Mars

'Habitability is a very fragile thing.'

Lego creative box and Star Wars sets on a space background on sale at Amazon
Gear

Amazon’s sneaky LEGO sale drops prices on some popular sets

This unadvertised Lego sale drops prices 20 percent or more on popular kits including the LEGO Classic box and a number of Star Wars kits.

Red tinged spiral galaxy made with infrared wavelengths
Deep Space

The universe isn’t just expanding—it may be spinning

But at 500 billion years per rotation, don't expect to feel dizzy.

Two young gorillas, habituated to human presence, scratch the soil in search of truffles
Wildlife

A group of gorillas have a surprising knack for hunting truffles, researchers find

Traditional knowledge and daily observations in Congo reveal the goal of their ‘soil scratching.’

Overhead view of water flushing through a white color toilet bowl
Environment

The fix for parched western states: Recycled toilet water

If it’s perfectly safe to drink purified wastewater, why aren’t drought-plagued states drinking more of it?

An illustration of what the aurora might have looked like during a polar reversal about 41,000 years ago. The green glow of an aurora is much further south than we see it today.
Sun

Sunscreen may have kept ancient humans alive during a polar reversal

When solar radiation increased, these techniques may have helped our species spread across Europe and Asia.

This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. The newly discovered planet has a polar orbit, which is perpendicular to the plane in which the two stars are travelling. Polar planets around single stars had been found before, as well as polar discs of gas and dust capable of forming planets around binary stars. But thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) this is the first time we have strong evidence that such a planet actually exists in a polar orbit around two stars. The two brown dwarfs appear as a single source in the sky, but astronomers know there are two of them because they periodically eclipse each other. Using the UVES spectrograph on the VLT they measured their orbital speed, and noticed that their orbits change over time. After carefully ruling out other explanations, they concluded that the gravitational tug of a planet in a polar orbit was the only way to explain the motion of the brown dwarfs.
Exoplanets

Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine

Like something from 'Star Wars,' 2M1510 is in a rare perpendicular orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs.

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Home

The best infrared saunas for 2025

Make your home feel like the spa with ample infrared heat.

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Home

The best home saunas for 2025

Work up a sweat, detoxify, and burn calories without having to leave the house.

Skelleftea, Sweden A moose warning sign on a country road in summer.
Wildlife

It’s time to tune in to the Great Moose Migration livestream

The annual Swedish public television livestream kicked off a week earlier than expected.

a large gold nugget
Archaeology

Huge gold nugget found by metal detector enthusiasts set for auction

The 'Golden Beauty,' a sword made of meteorites, and more go up for sale on April 23.

Multiethnic twins brothers posing - Busto Arsizio, Lombardy, italy - family, brotherhood, complicity concept
Health

Are twins allergic to the same things?