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Dogs

Robots can’t replace guide dogs

Man’s best friend shares an ‘invisible care world’ with humans that AI can’t beat—yet.

CT scan of mummy foot, viewed from the side
Archaeology

It’s a bird! It’s a head! No, it’s a mummified foot.

CT scans help a museum examine mummified remains that were sitting in its collections for half a century.

a lobster in a pot of boiling water
Wildlife

Yes, your lobster dinner probably died an excruciating death

Pain killers seem to work on lobsters, so being boiled alive may be just as gruesome as it sounds.

This image provided by NASA, astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)
Space

Artemis II crew used modern photography to tell the visual story of their lunar journey

…and update some classic Apollo images.

Portrait of William Shakespeare
Archaeology

Shakespeare’s long-lost London home is finally found

In the past 100 years, the spot has been an architecture firm, carpet wholesaler, and more.

Virtual tour screenshot of Captain's Chair room inside USS Cassin Young
Navy

Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa

The USS Cassin Young is one of the last of the war’s Fletcher-class destroyers.

a naked mole rat. it is a small, pinkish colored and hairless rodent with large front teeth
Wildlife

Not all naked mole-rat queens go out in a blaze of bloody violence

Surprising study reveals peaceful succession is possible.

Boxes of seized dried shark fins on table next to US FWS logo
Sharks

50,000 illegal shark fins found inside fake car part boxes

The poached ingredients worth $1.3 million were seized in a nationwide hunt.

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Sharks

Megalodon set to become Maryland’s state shark

The Bay State is now home to the first state shark in the country.

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