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AirPods and Apple logo on MacBook are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)
Tech Hacks

How to customize controls and gestures on Apple AirPods

You can tailor your AirPods to suit your own preferences.

Woman gardening, planting a poppy, close-up.
Agriculture

Embrace the fun of growing culinary plants in unexpected places

Edible plants are breaking out of the bed—and thriving in wild new places.

Portrait of pug standing on field
Dogs

Why do dogs eat poo? A canine scientist explains.

Roughly half of all dogs try eating poo at some point.

Blue jay on city sidewalk.
Birds

What to do if you find a baby bird out of its nest

It's a myth that parents will reject a lost chick because of a human scent.

Fossil fragments on black background
Evolution

These human ancestors weren’t as lonely as experts thought

Researchers uncovered Homo erectus skull fragments within 176.5 million cubic feet of sand.

Robotic hand holding handset with a human profile made of audiiowave. Faking voice, robocall problem, scam concept. Vector illustration.
AI

That weird call or text from a senator is probably an AI scam

Increasingly sophisticated deepfake tools are making scammers even more dangerous. 

Greenworks yard tools on a plain background
Home

Greenworks battery-powered yard tools are up to half-off during Amazon’s early Memorial Day sale

Pick up a mower, blower, polesaw, string trimmer, or pretty much any other electric yard tool you may need for a deeply discounted price.

a black and white snake with two heads
Wildlife

Rare two-headed snake is surprisingly thriving

The second head breathes, flicks its tongue, and allegedly can get mad when provoked.

Close up of hand slicing onion with knife on cutting board
Physics

How to avoid crying while cutting onions, according to physics

A tiny guillotine put slicing techniques to the test.

thousands of birds take to the sky
Birds

Weather radar picks up over 1 million migrating birds

The green splotches weren't rain showers, but migratory birds on their annual journey.

a mine opening with tracks running in
Space

How an abandoned mine became Korea’s moon lab

KIGAM is turning Taebaek’s former coal mine into a testbed for harvesting lunar resources.

Asian female nurse communication to patient in the MRI-scanner room.
Diseases

Do people really want to know their risk of getting Alzheimer’s?

Unlike breast cancer, there are no comparable preventative measures that can be taken.

nails sticking out from wood
Archaeology

8-year-old kid with a metal detector stumbles upon a 19th century shipwreck 

Archeologists believe the boy may have found the remains of the St. Anthony, a schooner that crashed in 1856.

Back of US gold coin depicting NASA space shuttle launch
NASA

US Mint releases Space Shuttle $1 gold coin

The iconic NASA transport represents Florida in the ongoing American Innovation Series.

an illustration of a human brain with a lightbulb over it, simulating an idea
Psychology

Your ‘Eureka!’ moments can be seen in brain scans

These bursts of insight are important for memory and learning.

Sony WH-1000XM6 Bluetooth ANC headphones in Black sitting on a retromodern coffee table
Headphones

Sony’s new Bluetooth headphones fix the last generation’s biggest flaw, and sound better doing it

The Sony WH-1000XM6 wireless active noise cancellation headphones offer everything good about the previous models, made better.

Man comparing digitized Magna Carta on laptop to notes in book
Archaeology

Harvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.

Even at $451 in today’s dollars, that’s still a steal.

four puffins with white and black plumage and bright orange bills stand on a rock overlooking the north sea
Birds

Puffin-counting season begins with two new livestreams

Baby pufflings could be spotted in their burrows later in the summer.

A view from the scene where a mother and two children died with one children in critical condition after being struck by an Audi operated by a 32-year-old woman with a suspended license in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, United States on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Saturday afternoon at 1:04 PM a Toyota Camry with TLC plates and attempted to turn on Ocean Parkway and it was struck near the bumper by an Audi A3 Sedan and the impact caused the Audi to strike a mother and her children as they were walking in the street. The mother and two of her children are dead and her third child is in critical condition. As of this time no arrests are made however the mother is being tested by breathalyzer. Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch visited the scene and held a news conference.
Vehicles

Super Speeders are deadly. This technology can slow them down.

'We're saying you need technology in your vehicle to stop you before you kill somebody.'

The Chicago Archaeopteryx, under UV light to expose soft tissues.
Evolution

Feathered fossil shows famed dinosaur could fly (like a chicken)

The Chicago Archaeopteryx offers new details about a pivotal moment in evolution.