Two Literal Crypto Bros Built a Real Estate Empire. In 2019, two Canadian brothers blew into Detroit with an irresistible pitch: For $50, almost anyone could become a property owner. When houses decayed and the city intervened, the blame games began. A fire broke out at 10410 Cadieux in March 2025, burning a hole in the roof. The smell hit me first: damp brick, stagnant water, mold, and bleach. I was partway down a flight of wooden stairs that led to the basement of a 1920s duplex in east Detroit, Michigan. Leading the way was Cornell Dorris, a tenant in the building for nearly a decade. Dorris is in his early forties, has two daughters who visit on weekends, and makes a living smoking meat and cooking for events. As my eyes adjusted, I made out rodent droppings and a black puddle that spread across the basement floor. "Anytime it rains, the water comes down," Dorris said. The air was unnaturally heavy, and I felt a nagging urge to leave. Dorris doesn't have a typical landlord. Almost four years ago, his building was acquired by a startup called RealToken, or RealT.

New photography book takes readers on a journey down the world's longest river. Magnificent frigate birds (Fregata magnificens) make long foraging trips far over the Atlantic Ocean. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The vital Amazon River is a lifeline for flora and fauna alike. The mighty river is celebrated in a new book, .

It came earlier than expected. More than a year before his recent standoff with the Pentagon, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, published a 15,000-word manifesto describing a glorious AI future. Its title, "Machines of Loving Grace," is borrowed from a Richard Brautigan poem, but as Amodei acknowledged, with some embarrassment, its utopian vision bears some resemblance to science fiction. According to Amodei, we will soon create the first polymath AIs with abilities that surpass those of Nobel Prize winners in "most relevant fields," and we'll have millions of them, a "country of geniuses," all packed into the glowing server racks of a data center, working together. With access to tools that operate directly on our physical world, these AIs would be able to get up to a great deal of dangerous mischief, but according to Amodei, if they're developed--or "grown," as staffers at Anthropic are fond of saying--in the correct way, they will decide to greatly improve our lives. Amodei does not explain precisely how the AIs will accomplish this.

Environment Conservation Ocean Florida can't decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise They are not the same animal. Dolphins (right) are more common in Florida, while porpoises (left) are spotted much less frequently. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. States have a surprising number of official symbols . While most people would expect them to have an official motto, seal, and flag, there can also be a state beverage, muffin, soil, fossil, and poem, to name a few.

Environment Animals Wildlife Endangered Species Longest snake ever measured is over 23.5 feet long Nicknamed the'Baroness,' this python is longer than two great white sharks. The Baroness may be as much as 10 percent longer than initially measured. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest serpent ever spotted in the wild. Nicknamed "Ibu Baron" (the Baroness), the giant female reticulated python () discovered in late 2025 measures 23-feet-and-8-inches from head to tail--about the same length as a regulation soccer goal.

The civilization made the most of its technology, but everything has its limits. Mayan society often relied on cinnabar, a deep red pigment that got its hue from mercury sulfide. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A trio of ancient reservoirs in present-day Guatemala is revealing both the strength--and limitations--of Mayan water science. While the civilization's purification techniques resulted in comparatively clean drinking sources, archaeologists say the unknowable consequences of a commonly used, deep-red pigment consistently subjected the Indigenous population to toxic mercury poisoning .

The colorful explosion of flowers could last through June. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The driest place on Earth could soon be awash in wildflowers. Death Valley National Park in California is expected to have the best bloom year since 2016. According to the National Park Service, many of their sprouts have not even flowered yet, so the fleeting beauty is just beginning.

Environment Animals Wildlife Humans' love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years Experiments with chimpanzees show a shared love of shiny things. Crystals have been found along human remains in several archeological dig sites. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years ago.

The tree cover marks the course of the source stream, which formed the basis for the construction of the former farmstead. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While a recent Iron Age discovery in northern Germany is proving itself an archaeological goldmine, local firefighters might be a bit annoyed by the find. According to the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL), construction on a new fire station in the town of Hüllhorst roughly 45 miles west of Hanover was delayed after the surveyors identified evidence of a settlement dating back over 2,500 years. As only the third such find in the region, the site offers an exceptional opportunity to learn more about ancient life in Germany prior to the Roman Empire's arrival in 1st century BCE.

Environment Conservation World's largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020 Echinus Geyser in Yellowstone National Park is in one of the park's hottest and most dynamic regions. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The world's largest acidic geyser is erupting for the first time in six years. Yellowstone National Park's Echinus Geyser is part of the very active Norris Geyser Basin in Wyoming. In early February, the geyser began spewing out acid and water up to 30 feet into the air.