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The World’s First Laptop Weighed 24 Pounds and Had a Five Inch Screen, But It Changed Computers Forever

From obscurity to fame to fortune and back again, Adam Osborne changed the computer landscape.

Solar Trees Could Save Forests From Deforestation While Generating the Same Power as Solar Farms

New research shows tree-shaped solar arrays beat flat panels in energy and ecology.

Researchers Say This Wash Cycle Makes Clothes Look New Longer While Slashing Dye Transfer And Pollution

Washing in cooler, shorter cycles saves clothes, energy, and oceans.

Scientists Say Dogs, Rats and Even Birds Dream About Their Daily Lives and We Finally Know What They See in Their Sleep

Turns out, animals dream a lot like us: about everyday life.

Do You Think in Words or Pictures? Your Inner Voice Is Actually Stranger Than You Thought

It's a mix of both and much more.

Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Roman ‘Drug Stash’ Hidden Inside a Bone

Archaeologists have finally proven that Romans used black henbane. But how did they use it?

Scotland's "Herring Lassies" Who Defied Gender Rules and Built an Industry

The Herring Lassies of Scotland worked, travelled and left a unique mark on the history of working women.

What Is Stagflation and Is the US Heading For It?

The U.S. economy is flashing a troubling mix of signals.

AI Can Hear Cancer in the Voice Before Doctors Can Detect It

It's the kind of stuff AI can be really useful at.

The forgotten history of the black locust tree: From vital to invasive to important once more

This tree practically built early America. It could help once more.

The tragic story of the warrah wolf, a species too friendly to survive

They didn’t run away from us. It killed them in the end.

Brazil’s ‘Big Zero’ Stadium on the Equator Lets Teams Change Hemispheres at Half Time

Each team is defending one hemisphere!

The 400-Year-Old, Million-Dollar Map That Put China at the Center of the World

In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big task for his scholars: a map that would depict the entire world. The results was a monumental map that would forever change China’s understanding of its place in the world. Known as the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖), or A Map of the Myriad […]

Inside the World’s Oldest Medical Text Where Science and Sorcery Were One

The Babylonians had quite a knack for organizing things.

How Netscape lit the web on fire—and then watched the house burn down

Navigator, We Hardly Knew Ye.

The Book That All Americans Should Be Reading Now

It's not The Handmaid's Tale, though that could also come in handy.

Selfies are wrong; and also not right

Your left cheek could be the secret to getting more likes on social media.

AI-Powered Surgical Robot Performed a Full Operation With Zero Help From Humans

An AI robot performed gallbladder surgery without human help, and it worked every time.

Neanderthals Turned Cave Lion Bone into a 130,000-Year-Old 'Swiss Army Knife'

130,000-year-old discovery reveals a new side to our ancient cousins.

Forget the honeybee. These unusual pollinators show just how crazy plant sex can really be

A pollinator story featuring sex, deceit, and tequila.

Ancient Roman Pompeii had way more erotic art than you'd think

Unfortunately, there are few images we can respectably share here.

This Shark Expert Has Spent Decades Studying Attacks and Says We’ve Been Afraid for the Wrong Reasons

The cold truth about shark attacks and why you’re safer than you think.

Your browser lets websites track you even without cookies

Most users don't even know this type of surveillance exists.

What's Seasonal Body Image Dissatisfaction and How Not to Fall into Its Trap

This season doesn’t have to be about comparison or self-criticism.

Your new phobia, unlocked: a rogue hole in the ocean

From a sailing myth to proven fact, rogue waves and the lesser known rogue holes are rare but real.

What do Fungi, Chameleons, and Humans All Have in Common? We're all Heterotrophs

From chameleons to ghostly plants, Earth’s life forms have evolved ingenious ways to eat.

9 Nuts and Seeds That Boost Brain Power

You can't go wrong including these nuts and seeds into your diet for a healthier brain.

Artificial selection — when humans take what they want genetically

As soon as we recognised inheritance, we began selectively breeding to see what we could get.

Why Japan’s Birth Rate Collapsed in 1966 — And May Collapse Again in 2026

The culprit was an ancient superstition about "cursed" baby girls.

How Dandelions Break Through Concrete With Nothing but Willpower (and Physics)

Whether you think of it as a weed or a bit of nature in the city, a dandelion has impressive survival skills.

We Need to Talk About Composting Toilets. Can They Actually Work?

Composting toilets could make a difference in our water-limited world. But are we ready to consider them?

The Matthew Effect Explains Why the 'Rich' in Science Get Richer

Win a Nobel, and you’ll never be ignored again — whether you like it or not.

7 Extraordinary Jellyfish That Prove You Don't Need a Spine to Be Awesome

Let's zoom in on one of the strangest, oldest and most mesmerizing creatures in the sea.

Once Nearly Gone, Europe’s Wild Mammals Are Roaring Back

The broader takeaway is clear: with space and time, life can — and will — rebound.

From Farms to Lost Cities, Drones Are Quietly Revolutionizing Modern Science

On a frozen landscape in Svalbard, Norway, where the glaciers bleed into the Arctic Ocean, a small buzzing drone lifted into the air. Its mission was not surveillance, nor delivery. It was science. Armed with thermal cameras and spectral sensors, these flying robots can map melting ice, spot hidden algae blooms, and beam back data […]

How One Man and a Legendary Canoe Rescued the Dying Art of Polynesian Navigation

Through the efforts of one remarkable man, an old tradition of Polynesian navigation was revived.

Why Some People Never Get Lost — and Others Always Do

It’s not really in your genes that much. It’s how you live, explore, and pay attention.

The Worm That Outsourced Locomotion to Its (Many) Butts

Ramisyllis multicaudata challenges the very idea of a body.

The unusual world of Roman Collegia — or how to start a company in Ancient Rome

Grassroots social and economic engines that brought even slaves into civic life.

For over 500 years, Oxford graduates pledged to hate Henry Symeonis. So, who is he?

It's one of the weirdest pledges you'll ever come across.

These companies want to make hand bags out of T-rex leather. But scientists aren't buying it

A lab-grown leather inspired by dinosaur skin sparks excitement—and scientific skepticism

9 Environmental Stories That Don't Get as Much Coverage as They Should

From whales to soil microbes, our planet’s living systems are fraying in silence.

The Haast's Eagle: The Largest Known Eagle Hunted Prey Fifteen Times Its Size

The extinct bird was so powerful it could kill a 400-pound animal with its talons.

Neanderthals Crafted Bone Spears 30,000 Years Before Modern Humans Came In

An 80,000-year-old spear point rewrites what we thought we knew about Neanderthals.

Climbing gyms are as polluted as busy city streets -- and shoes are to blame

Rubber particles from climbing shoes may expose gymgoers to levels of pollution found on city streets

Nature Built a Nuclear Reactor 2 Billion Years Ago — Here’s How It Worked

Billions of years ago, this uranium went a bit crazy.

We Know Sugar Is Bad for Your Teeth. What About Artificial Sweeteners?

You’ve heard it a thousand times: sugar is terrible for your teeth. It really is. But are artificial sweeteners actually any better? The short answer? Yes—artificial sweeteners don’t feed the bacteria that cause cavities. But here’s the twist: many of the sugar-free products they’re used in can still damage your teeth in a different way—through […]

The surprising reason why the UK has power surges because of TV programs

It's all because of tea.

How a suitcase-sized NASA device could map shrinking aquifers from space

Next‑gen gravity maps could help track groundwater, ice loss, and magma.

But they're not really dire wolves, are they?

and this isn't a conservation story

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