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If This Comet Is What We Think It Is, It’s Unlike Any Object Humanity Has Ever Seen
Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...
Archaeologists Dug Under an Ice Cream Parlor—and Found a Medieval Knight’s Skeleton
About a foot under the tombstone, crews discovered the remains of a coffin holding a full skeleton. Aleksandra Pudlo from the ...
Massive Underground Blobs May Tell Us Where the Next Mass Extinction Could Start
By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...
The 5 Best Telescopes for Beginners to Kickstart Your Stargazing Journey
Compound, or catadioptric, telescopes combine lenses and mirrors for a compact option, suitable for both planetary and deep-sky observing. For beginners, simplicity is key. A small, grab-and-go ...
The Microcar Is Making a Quiet Comeback—Just Not In America
It’s clear from the off that Microlino’s Spiaggina—an open-air version of the company’s standard electric bubble car—was ...
This 20-Million-Year-Old Rhino May Have Had the Most Important Tooth Ever, Scientists Say
Well, the the important part is what scientists found in the teeth:the oldest surviving proteins every discovered.
A Legendary Ship Vanished With $138 Million in Treasure. Two Explorers Say They Found It.
When famed pirates overtook a Portuguese ship in 1721 once laden with treasure (now valued over $138 million), the battle ...
Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be
A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...
The Apple AirPods Pro 2 Are Still On Sale, And We’re Just as Surprised As You Are
Even after Prime Day, the latest version of the AirPods Pro is still almost $100 off on Amazon. The Apple AirPods Pro 2 were ...
I'm a Lawn Mower Purist. The John Deere Z370R Electric ZTrak Zero-Turn Mower Has Me Thinking About Going Electric
The zero-turn lawn mower is one of the best lawn care upgrades you can make. The larger the lawn, the more these ...
A Quantum Battery Has Outperformed a Classical One for the First Time Ever
Over the last few decades, it seems that every classical piece of technology has gotten a quantum counterpart. Of course, ...
Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed Record to Absolute Bits
In a new study, detailed earlier this year at a convention in San Francisco, scientists led by NICT showed off a 19-core ...