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This Viking Longship Crossed the Atlantic Before Starring in Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' as Odysseus' Greek Galley — Hollywood stars including Matt Damon went to rowing camp to learn how to operate the vessel for the new film

Why Are Cells Small? — Two physical constraints — surface area and diffusion — explain why cells are (usually) tiny.

LeBron James to 'recalibrate,' weigh NBA future with family — LeBron James, whose record-setting 23rd season ended with an unceremonious 115-110 loss to the Thunder in a Game 4 second-round sweep of the Lakers, was noncommittal about whether he will continue playing in L.A. -- or

When ChatGPT went full goblin mode — Feedback, prone to fixations, is pleased to learn this is an issue that also applies to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which had to be sternly ordered to stop mentioning gremlins and the like

Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Board of Peace plan for Gaza — Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan, Netanyahu says.

Hanging in the Balance - NASA — The Moon appears half-illuminated in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew on flight day 6. The terminator – the difference between light and darkness –

All-round Curran leads MI London to dominant win — Sam Curran takes two wickets and hits an unbeaten half-century as MI London beat Sunrisers Leeds in the men's Hundred opener.

Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? | Quanta Magazine — Astronomer David Kipping discusses why claims of extraterrestrial life keep dissolving under scrutiny, why we need a more statistically grounded approach to searching for life beyond Earth, and why it’s rational to…

The Crystal That Could Destroy All Medicine — The crystals that wiped out an HIV medication, almost overnight. Thanks to SoFi for sponsoring the video! Click here to sign-up for SoFi Checking and Savings: https://sofi.com/ve If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try

Incredible Photo Collection Featuring Works by Nan Goldin and Diane Arbus Goes on Tour — An extraordinary picture collection spanning 100 works by photographers including Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, and Edward

Kenya Plans Corn Imports After Crop Failure Due to Bad Weather — Kenya plans to import one million 90-kilogram bags of corn to replenish national reserves after a failed crop, according to Agriculture Secretary Mutahi Kagwe.

Kimi Antonelli wins Belgian Grand Prix to extend F1 championship lead — Mercedes driver won his sixth GP of 2026 as championship rival and teammate George Russell crashes out on first lap.

See the Most Detailed Photo of the Milky Way's Heart Ever Taken in Visible Light, Which Will Help Astronomers Hunt for Exoplanets — The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope was built to study dark matter and dark energy, but for one day last year, it captured the densely…

New York Knicks produce 18-point surge in win over Cleveland Cavaliers — The New York Knicks score 18 unanswered points on the way to a 109-93 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers as they take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference final.

File into the Future Stadium — <p>With stadium construction intensifying and the World Cup drawing to a close, our Future Stadium series looks at the future of one of the world's most impactful buildings. We live in an age of entertainment, and it is no surprise that some of…

Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon — An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble traces of microbial activity

Playing the Moon Game  - NASA Science — Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Reddit Shares Surge on S&P 500 Inclusion Later This Month — Reddit Inc. will join the S&amp;P 500 next week as part of an off-cycle change, S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices said Thursday, sending the social networking platform’s shares surging more than 10% after the bell.

Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything — A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists’ biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time

Special relativity can warp chemical bonds – now we&#039;ve seen it happen — An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity reshape the standard understanding of chemical bonds

Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors — IBM&#039;s latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of silicon circuitry

4 ways to watch a solar eclipse without burning your eyes — Even during a solar eclipse, it isn’t safe to look directly at the sun, but with a proper solar filter or a simple pinhole projector, you can still watch it disappear behind the moon

okay so i watched a crow spend 20 minutes teaching its kid how to open a peanut — and the baby just kept failing and the parent kept going back — anyway it hit different when you realize they're literally just like us 🐦😭

okay so i watched a crow spend 20 minutes teaching its kid how to open a peanut — and the baby just kept failing and the parent kept going back — anyway it hit different when you realize they're literally just like us 🐦😭

Asphalt Is the Canvas for This Year's World Street Painting Festival in Joplin, Missouri, Which Honors 100 Years of Route 66 — Immersive paintings, which function as massive optical illusions, pay tribute to the "Mother Road" and its influence on American culture

Scientists Say They've Discovered 'Little Lab Zombies'—Seemingly Immortal Tissue Taken From Sea Cucumbers — Chunks removed from the marine creatures more than three years ago haven't degraded and show signs of biological activity, raising questions about what it means to be alive

This New App Created in Collaboration With the Rainy Lake Ojibwe Community Aims to Preserve Indigenous Language and Knowledge — Users can browse traditional stories, learn more about notable landmarks and discover family connections

2026 NBA mock draft: Projecting all 60 picks in Rounds 1 and 2 — We have an updated 2026 mock draft, predicting all 60 picks as trade talks heat up a week out from draft night.

When Germany Built a Flying Train 125 Years Ago, a City Coalesced Beneath It. It Has Moved Royalty, Commuters and Tourists—and One Elephant—Ever Since — When there was no room on the ground, towns in the Wupper Valley looked to the skies and built a suspension railway that…

Tonga's Enormous Volcanic Eruption Cleaned Up Part of Its Own Methane Emissions in 2022, Hinting at a Way to Fight Climate Change — Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could infor

Arsenal finally lift Premier League trophy after 22-year wait — Arsenal finally got to party with the Premier League trophy after going to Crystal Palace and notching one final victory.

Everyone Wanted Alexander Graham Bell to Debut the Telephone at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. He Almost Avoided it Entirely — The inventor had to be persuaded to make the trip from Boston, then balked at the thought of a delay in debuting his device. But history…

Space Industry — “This feedback provides an invaluable dataset," said Angela Krenn, acting chief architect for NASA Technology. "As our process matures, each round of input

Astronomers Noticed a Mysterious Spot Appearing in Telescope Images. It Turned Out to Be the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth — The gas giant, called Beta Pictoris d, had been hiding in plain sight for more than a decade, until two independent teams verified its…

Packers CEO says financial bump needed to stay competitive — Packers president/CEO Ed Policy says adjustments may be necessary as the NFL's only publicly owned franchise attempts to remain financially competitive in the long term.

Research for Your Most Important Health Purchases — Turn to our experts for everything you need to know about at-home testing and telemedicine. We do the research so you don&#x27;t have to.

Research for Your Most Important Health Purchases — Turn to our experts for everything you need to know about at-home testing and telemedicine. We do the research so you don&#x27;t have to.

A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II - NASA Science — An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way.

Wyndham Clark cards 60, wins CJ Cup Byron Nelson by 3 strokes — Wyndham Clark shot 11-under 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, overtaking Si Woo Kim by three strokes and pulling away from defending champion Scottie Scheffler.

Watch: Hydrogen car breaks land speed record at 406 mph — The new record surpasses the previous official hydrogen combustion title set in 2004 by more than double the speed.

From cool-down spots to chalk on windows - how Europeans are coping with the heat — People across the continent are taking measures to cope with the searing temperatures gripping Europe.

Resuscitated human retinas respond to light 10 hours after death — Perfusing donor human retinas with blood and oxygen meant they continued to respond to light for up to 10 hours after death, marking a significant step towards eye transplants that restore vision

The gold medal-winning Para-swimmer competing in non-disabled race — Faye Rogers turned to Para-swimming after an accident. Now she is back where she started and is quicker than ever.

British driver who broke sound barrier sets new speed record — Andy Green set the fastest time ever recorded in a hydrogen-powered car, reaching 406mph (654km/h).

Sources: CB Rasul Douglas to sign 1-year deal with Commanders — Free agent CB Rasul Douglas is planning to sign a one-year deal with the Washington Commanders worth up to $3.8 million, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake — An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east

Google Wallet's one advantage over Samsung Wallet actually matters every single day — Here is what I immediately noticed after switching to Google Wallet.

The Hydration-Break World Cup - Longreads — "How much can fans conveniently forget in order to enjoy the games? The answer, evidently, is a lot."

Homepage • MBARI — MBARI is a nonprofit oceanographic research center dedicated to advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.

Homepage • MBARI — MBARI is a nonprofit oceanographic research center dedicated to advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.

Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank - NASA — Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main

PhysicsCentral — Learn about public engagement activities from the American Physical Society

Tie random ends: How many loops? — Recent puzzle solutions on Patreon: https://members.3blue1brown.com/posts/158885046?pr=true

New Images Reveal That This Asteroid Is Actually Two Conjoined Space Rocks That Form a Peanut-Shaped Object Called a 'Contact Binary' — A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help…

R&A, USGA, tours plan golf ball rollback amid distance concerns — The proposed golf ball rollback spearheaded by the United States Golf Association and R&A will now take place as a single-date implementation in January 2030.

"A hodgepodge of ideas" says commenter — <p>In this week's comments update, readers are discussing The Linhay, a family house in the Somerset countryside designed by studio Charles Gillespie Architecture. Wrapped by a concrete colonnade, the house draws on the traditional…

Before Cultural and Natural Wonders Earn UNESCO World Heritage Status, They Are Put on a 'Tentative' List. Here Are Five Nominees Worth Visiting Now — Featuring more than 1,800 sites from 181 countries and territories, UNESCO’s tentative list is a treasure trove of lesser-known…

Can you guess the origin of 7 tiny species on a fictional archipelago? — Feedback has been spending far too much time reading the latest output of entirely made-up research studies from the Journal of Imaginary Research

Nasa has named the Artemis III crew - what is their mission? — Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis IV Moon landing in 2028.

The Organisms That Make Earth’s Harshest Places Home | Quanta Magazine — Extremophiles that thrive in the most unforgiving environments aren’t just biological curiosities. Understanding their resilience has many implications for us.

How to unlock unlimited geothermal energy, anywhere we want — Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to exploit it. Now we may have a way to tap this vast clean energy source almost anywhere

New 'Ted Lasso' season features NWSL's Kansas City Current as plot point — The new season of "Ted Lasso" was filmed in the U.S. at a real-life NWSL club for a cameo that serves as a key plot point of the show.

Predatory Sharks Grew to Enormous Sizes in Prehistoric Times. These Five Strategies Helped Them Get So Big — By cannibalizing their siblings in the womb or avoiding meat-eating pliosaurs, fearsome carnivores like the megalodon ballooned to proportions that would dwarf any shark…

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