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Just like people across the United States all speak English with their own regional quirks, it turns out sperm whales living in different parts of the...
Every generation seems to look younger than the one before it. A 40-year-old today will look like a 40-year-old did at 30 a few decades ago. But that...
For as long as we’ve been sending people to space, there has been the worry of bringing back some kind of as-yet-undiscovered pathogen from beyond...
We all have our own unique laugh patterns. Our own signature laugh sounds. It should be no surprise that our primate cousins—chimpanzees, gorillas,...
Fire is not necessarily one of humanity’s greatest inventions. It was doing a perfectly good job of inventing itself every time lightning hit a dry...
When your favorite sports team wins its first championship in a little over half a century, society should probably give you a little leeway to go...
Never in my life have I ever wondered whether you could contract herpes from food, but a case involving an allegedly vengeful Arby’s manager in...
They say you shouldn’t bring your work home with you. That is, unless you’re allegedly a cannibal with a passion for collecting human body parts...
Look, I get the desire to call a man stupid because he seriously injured himself while using a massage gun on his eyes. I get it, I do. But I also...
If your glasses fall into one of those outdoor toilets that’s really just an elaborate deep hole in the ground filled with human waste, just let...
Even as autonomous robots have encroached on human life, worming their way into our day-to-day routines, taking jobs, and somehow avoiding the level...
If you’re in the market for a new kind of black paint that makes everything you coat it in look like an inky void from the great beyond that has...
At the risk of instilling a fresh new Jaws-like fear of sharks in you, a team of researchers, publishing their findings in the Journal of the Ocean...
There aren’t many plants kids would name as their favorite. It’s probably a pretty short list that includes classics like roses, Christmas trees,...
Psilocybin spent years as a maligned substance, better known for counterculture trips and moral panics. But its image has undergone a makeover in...
GLP-1 drugs help people lose weight. They help manage diabetes. Researchers found evidence that they may reduce the risk of heart disease, kidney...
We’ve been joking about it for decades, but there is actual scientific grounding for the munchies, the seemingly bottomless pit of hunger that can...
As a person whom mosquitoes seem to find absolutely delicious, I’ve always wondered what it is about me that they prefer over everyone else I’m...
We’ve learned so much about Neanderthals in the past year. We have to be living through some kind of Neanderthal knowledge Golden age. Not sure what...
Deep beneath your feet, there is a vast, sprawling, unfathomably huge network of fungi that, when laid end to end, would extend for a mind-boggling 68...
A butterfly living in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America that seems to have figured out how to live way longer than it should....
Yesterday, I wrote all about how Scottish soccer fans seem to be depleting Boston’s beer supply as they’ve swarmed the city to support their...
It’s hot out there. As we approach summer, you’re going to need plenty of water to stay hydrated and maybe the occasional ice cream to cool down...
When soccer (or football, if you don’t want to get yelled at) fans arrive in your town for a World Cup match, you had better have your hotels ready...
While some may fear that the rise of AI and the sudden advancement of robotics are going to propel us toward a future where RoboCop-like law...
When we think of the plague (also known by its equally hardcore name, the Black Death), we think of it wiping out a huge chunk of Europe in the 14th...
Pizza Hut, once the crown jewel of junk food for at least two generations of Americans, is being sold off by parent company Yum Brands in a $2.7...
Have you ever picked up a fast-food order from a drive-through, forgotten to check the bag, and then discovered at home that they completely screwed...
Having trouble getting to sleep? Is stress keeping you awake at night? Have melatonin gummies and magnesium supplements failed you? According to new...
The noise around the vast damage technology causes in schools is growing louder. What once seemed like a revolutionary idea, changing how American...
A new batch of UFO files has been released by the U.S. federal government. As usual, they don’t feel as impactful as they should. Back when the...
Back in April 2025, a team of bioengineers in the UK used collagen harvested from the fossilized remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex to create a lab-grown...
The common wisdom was that if you were stressed out, spending some time with a beloved pet might do you some good. A few belly rubs, head scratches,...
One of the ugliest creatures on the planet has, unfortunately, been filmed in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time. It’s an incredible...
Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway is a sight to behold. It doesn’t make sense. How can the Earth produce something so geometrically...
Roller coasters are having a bit of a viral moment. Just recently, I wrote about a guy who was banned from all Six Flags parks after eating Chicken...
Not to be alarmist or anything, but things are heating up in Antarctica, and I don’t mean things are getting exciting. They’re getting literally...
Californians have been worried about “the Big One” for decades. That one massive, apocalyptic earthquake that will rip the state to shreds. While...
One of my favorite old-school ways to call someone crazy is saying they’re “nuttier than squirrel shit.” It’s crude, whimsical, and feels like...
Finding just one skeleton with a severed head is disconcerting. Finding 77 of them in the same hole, all dating back about 7,000 years, is enough to...
Some mysteries have plagued humanity since we first climbed down from the trees. Questions like: What is the meaning of life? And, perhaps more...
Sleep is great, but you know what’s even better? Not sleeping. Sometimes it feels like a glaring design flaw that we have to power down for six to...
Nearly 20 years ago, researchers found the remains of an Iron Age woman in Scotland. Just recently, scientists using a bevy of new-school technology...
For a thing without a brain, there’s a particular type of slime mold out there that is especially intelligent. According to research detailed by...
Whatever you call the act of moving against the natural flow of a clock’s hands—counterclockwise or anticlockwise—there’s a decent chance you...
Birth rates have been plummeting all around the world for quite some time now, and researchers think they might have an explanation: smartphones. Not...
No matter the company, AI chatbots were raving about the same guy named Elias Thorne. He must be pretty fascinating. And he is, at least on paper....
The velociraptor had a four-winged cousin that, according to the artist rendering released with news of its discovery, looks like a bizarre hybrid...
Buried way underneath Antarctica’s ice, researchers have found an enormous, continent-sized network of basins we never knew were there until now....
We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently learned they were much...