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Health

Skipping showers is the latest trend. But is there any science to ‘pheromone’ maxxing?

Many animals communicate with pheromones, often around sex or marking territory. Humans are a little different.

Line outside the Apple store to buy the first iPhone
Phones

Buying an iPhone is easy now, but people were sleeping on sidewalks for the first model

Getting one of the first iPhones required serious commitment. People were sleeping on sidewalks in 2007 to get in early.

a black and white photo of an otter on a river bank
Wildlife

Help name the Bronx River’s first otter in 100 years

Otter McOtterface is not an option.

garbage truck with suspicious eyes
Vehicles

Garbage trucks analyze thousands of homes with AI-powered cameras

City Detects’s Blight Scores can help catch code violations, but critics aren’t so sure.

Tourists visit the Temple of Parthenon at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, on June 19, 2026. The restoration of the western pediment of the Parthenon and removal of the external scaffolding from the western façade of the temple, has been finished after 220 years. (Photo by Nick Paleologos / SOOC via AFP)
Archaeology

Mathematician debunks the Parthenon’s famous optical illusions

Some of the 2,500-year-old Greek building’s architectural tricks are virtually nonexistent.

a pug stands on its back legs with its paw up on a human's knee. the pug has wide eyes and tongue hanging out since the human is holding a treat
Dogs

Dog brains act surprisingly human when told ‘no’

Self-control is a serious survival skill.

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Space X

In 1963, a plane flew to space. Why couldn’t we go farther?

From the record-breaking X-15 to today’s hypersonic aircraft, the spaceplane dream never really died.

Diver examining underwater UC-30 sub wreck
Pollution

Sunken WWI sub is leaking TNT into the North Sea

Germany’s UC-30 struck a British mine on April 19, 1917.

Tyrannosaurus skull and upper skeleton with a red tinge over the entire image
Evolution

Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded, new study confirms

The King of the Dinosaurs had an internal temperature similar to you.

Front and back images of an 11th century Russian medallion with likely a warrior saint on the front and Medusa on the back
Archaeology

Medieval Russian talisman depicts Christian warrior saint and Medusa

The ‘Zmeeviki’ example highlights 11th century cultural clashes in Russia.

two bald eagles in a nest
Birds

Bald eagles Shadow and Kaydee share sticks and ‘beaky kisses’

It’s still too early to know if the pair’s friendship will blossom into something more.

a bird with a bamboo skewer stick inside of it (left). the same bird reuniting with her baby (right)
Birds

Bamboo skewer safely removed from a bird’s cloaca in New York

The great black-backed gull was eventually reunited with her chicks.

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