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Why is thunder so dang loud?

It’s the atmosphere trying to get back into place.

By Laura Kiniry

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Birds

How much longer will eaglets Sandy and Luna stay on the nest?

Young eagles typically fledge after 10 to 14 weeks.

By Laura Baisas

A group of meerkats standing together in the face of an outside threat.
Wildlife

How wild animals prepare for violence just like humans

Social animals have anticipatory tactics ahead of conflict—including killing their rivals’ young.

By Laura Baisas

Keith Thomas, who has lived with paralysis since a diving accident in 2020, is now able to grasp, lift and drink from a cup on his own. After joining a clinical trial at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research that uses brain implants and artificial intelligence to bypass his injury and reconnect his brain with healthy parts of his spinal cord, Thomas has continuously improved, restoring lasting movement and feeling in his arm and hand.
AI

After revolutionary brain-computer implant, man with paralysis can feed himself

‘We’re not just bypassing the injury, we’re actually rewiring the nervous system.’

By Andrew Paul

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NASA

A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024. Inside it were life’s building blocks.

The rare space rock shows that asteroids may have helped jumpstart life on Earth.

By Andrew Paul

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Dinosaurs

A T. rex bit a duck-billed dino and we can still see the teeth marks

The herbivore likely didn’t stand a chance.

By Laura Baisas

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Sharks

Massive whale shark just spotted in Florida

The gentle giants are the world’s largest fish—and love the tropics.

By Laura Baisas

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

We don’t actually know who pulled the greatest con in mushroom history 

Plus dogs hunting spotted lanternflies and other weird things we learned this week.

By Popular Science Team

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Robots

Korea’s robot umpires reduce favorable calls for star players

After two seasons, the Automated Ball-Strike system appears to be working.

By Andrew Paul

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Engineering

How to track ‘Big Boy,’ the world’s biggest steam locomotive

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour.

By Laura Baisas

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