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They Literally Struck Gold! A Jackhammer, a Sewer Pipe, and a $10 Million Mystery
Aug 21, 20268 min
Tomato Golden Hour
Aug 20, 20266 min
Two Planes. One Flight Number. One VERY Alert Air Traffic Controller.
Aug 19, 20267 min
Starlink Gets a Science Upgrade
Aug 18, 20268 min
The Creek That Supercharged Young Salmon
Aug 17, 20267 min
The Space Vest That Could Protect Astronauts From Solar Storms
Aug 14, 20268 min
The Manatee Rescue That Took a Village
Aug 13, 20269 min
Superintelligence for Everyone? Zuckerberg’s Big AI Bet
Aug 12, 20268 min
Full-Fat Dairy Strikes Back
Aug 11, 20267 min
The Booze Battle Just Got More Complicated
Aug 10, 20267 min
The Secret Traffic Cops of the Forest? Meet the Pumas
Aug 7, 20266 min
Mars Just Revealed One of Its Strangest Landscapes Yet
Aug 6, 20266 min
Scratched? No Problem! The Self-Healing Contact Lenses of the Future
Aug 5, 20266 min
Your Brain Has Two Habit Switches—And Scientists Just Found Them
Aug 4, 20267 min
The Cat Who's 31 Years Old—and May Be the World's Oldest
Aug 3, 20267 min
Webb Unlocks the Hidden Heart of a Galaxy
Jul 31, 20266 min
How One Dad's Library Trips Sparked a Movement Called "Library Dads"
Jul 30, 20266 min
Your Brain Is Secretly Directing Movies Every Night
Jul 29, 20266 min
Your Credit Card Machine May Soon Catch Criminals All by Itself
Jul 28, 20268 min
One Tiny Puffling, One Giant Reason for Hope
Jul 27, 20267 min
Bone Detectives: The Underwater Caves Helping Solve Ancient Mysteries
Jul 24, 20266 min
Coffee, Caffeine & Your Heart: Scientists Just Brewed Up Some Good News
Jul 23, 20268 min
Three Kids Trapped Under a Capsized Boat...Until an Off-Duty Firefighter Dove In
Jul 22, 20266 min
Now You See It… Now You Almost Don't: The Phantom Twist Drone
Jul 21, 20266 min
Winter Mode: Scientists Discover the Hidden Genetic Switch That Reprograms Animals for Winter
Jul 20, 20266 min
The Ghost Stars Next Door: Hubble Finds Four Hidden Stellar Corpses
Jul 17, 20267 min
The Personality Secret of People Who Live to 100
Jul 16, 20266 min
From Junk Drawer to Data Center: Google’s Brilliant Plan for Old Smartphones
Jul 15, 20265 min
The School Bus That Can Power Your Neighborhood
Jul 14, 20266 min
Catnip vs. Mosquitoes: The Plant That Could Replace DEET?
Jul 13, 20267 min
Did AI Just Reopen the Hunt for Dark Matter? A Milky Way Mystery Takes a Surprising Turn
Jul 10, 20266 min
The One-Plant Invasion: How a Single Seed Can Conquer an Ecosystem
Jul 9, 20265 min
One Woman. One Boat. Forty-Three Days. One Incredible Pacific Record.
Jul 8, 20266 min
AI Can Spot Cyber Threats... But Should It Be Making Security Decisions?
Jul 7, 20267 min
July's Biggest Sky Show: The Buck Moon, Two Meteor Showers, and Nature's Own Fireworks
Jul 6, 20266 min
Why Your Dominant Hand Isn't Actually Better—It's Just Had More Practice
Jul 3, 20266 min
Bugging the Numbers: Scientists Say We've Barely Met Earth's Insects
Jul 2, 20267 min
The Internet Can Now "Hear" Silent Whales
Jul 1, 20267 min
Check-In? Check. Bellhop? Bot. The World's First Fully Robot-Staffed Hotel
Jun 30, 20266 min
The Surprising Truth About Getting Older: What If Your Best Years Aren't Behind You?
Jun 29, 20265 min
When a Tiny Bird Stops a Big Build: The Killdeer That Hit the Pause Button on Construction
Jun 19, 20266 min
Walk This Way to Better Sleep
Jun 18, 20265 min
The Dutch Invention Stopping Tons of L.A. Trash Before It Reaches the Pacific
Jun 17, 20266 min
Building Silicon Skyscrapers: The 3D Chip Breakthrough That Could Keep Moore’s Law Alive
Jun 16, 20267 min
The Great Coffee Mystery: Why Your Coffee Doesn’t Taste Like Caffeine
Jun 15, 20266 min
Wasp Wars: When the Queen Vanishes, Chaos Takes Over
Jun 12, 20267 min
Why Bad Sleep Might Be Aging You Overnight
Jun 11, 20266 min
Forget Robot Vacuums—The Future Might Be Robot Pets
Jun 10, 20266 min
When Mosquitoes Start Liking Bug Spray: The Strange New DEET Discovery
Jun 9, 20266 min
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean Just Surfaced From the Deep
Jun 8, 20266 min