There are less than 10,000 of these furry tree-climbers left in the wild. September 20, 2025 is International Red Panda Day. These medium-sized mammals are not pandas at all and are more closely related to weasels and raccoons. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. These endangered mammals are found in the treetops of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma), and China and are most closely related to raccoons .

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Science Physics Particle Physics Einstein's handwritten encyclopedia entry could fetch $200,000 The six-page draft attempted to lay out the Theory of Relativity for a general audience. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The draft of an encyclopedia article written by Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity is up for auction . Although, you'll need to brush up on your German to read the original copy. The unsigned, six-page document entitled "The Essence of the Theory of Relativity" is an early version of an entry later translated into English and included in volume XVI of 1948 edition of .

Environment Animals Wildlife Birds First known wild'grue jay' hybrid spotted in Texas Green and blue jays are crossing paths as temperatures rise. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. If you happen to find yourself in south Texas and spot a strikingly colored bird, be sure to snap a photo. According to biologists at the University of Texas at Austin, it may be a mix between a green jay () and a blue jay (). Unofficially dubbed a "grue jay," the bird likely marks one of the first confirmed examples of a vertebrate animal that hybridized partially due to climate change .

Keep fake spider webs close to your house, and ditch the real pumpkins if you live near wildlife. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. With spooky season just on the horizon, Halloween decorations are beginning to pop up everywhere--tombstones, pumpkins, and of course, tons and tons of fake spiderwebs . Amidst all the autumnal celebrations, it's easy to forget those who not only can't join in on the celebration, but might even be threatened by the decorations: wildlife. While Jennifer Bloodgood, a Cornell University wildlife veterinarian, hasn't personally witnessed it before, she tells that she agrees with the dangers of some Halloween decorations. "Birds would definitely be the major concern," she says, referring specifically to fake spider webs.

On its 20th anniversary, YouTube is venturing into an era of AI-generated video, and may never be the same. Google figured out early on that video would be a great addition to its search business, so in 2005 it launched Google Video. Focused on making deals with the entertainment industry for second-rate content, and overly cautious on what users could upload, it flopped . In 2006, Google snapped up that year-old company, figuring it would sort out the IP stuff later. Though the $1.65 billion purchase price for YouTube was about a billion dollars more than its valuation, it was one of the greatest bargains ever.

SoftBank's Vision Fund mulls 20% job cuts after Son's pivot to AI SoftBank Group's Vision Fund is considering cutting as much as 20% of its staff. SoftBank Group's Vision Fund is considering cutting as much as 20% of its staff, a person familiar with the matter said, underscoring a shift in CEO Masayoshi Son's focus to ambitious bets on artificial intelligence. The unit, which employed about 282 people as of the end of March, may shed more than 50 roles, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing private deliberations. The reduction extends years of cutbacks as the Vision Fund unit shrank in importance next to Son's growing appetite for big AI bets. Those include a plan to invest about $30 billion in OpenAI and a $6.5 billion deal to acquire chip designer Ampere Computing, which faces regulatory scrutiny.

Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple. In the business district of Tokyo's Nihonbashi, groups of tourists are on guided tours of the area. But rather than being accompanied by a person, they're being shown around by a shoulder-mounted robot. If all goes well, these bilingual human-controlled robots, conversant in English and Japanese, could become a common sight in the capital. Created by robotics company OryLab, OriHime is a white robot with green eyes, weighing 4 kilograms.

Robert Cherone, 45, was killed at Palermo's Pizza West Milwaukee facility after being crushed by a robotic machine, prompting an OSHA investigation.