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4 myths about backyard birds, debunked
Don't worry, rice doesn't make birds explode. Rice won't make birds explode, but that doesn't mean you should throw it. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Spring is on the way in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning the birds in our backyards will soon make a lot more noise than before. I, for one, am excited.
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Green insect turns a puzzling shade of hot pink
But this leaf-masquerading katydid hasn't been changed for good. An international team of scientists spotted the color-changing insect on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In the pitch black hours nearing midnight last March on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a team of scientists came across a startling discovery: a hot pink leaf-masquerading katydid (), striking a pose in the glow of a research station light. Leaf-masquerading katydids are camouflage insects that usually resemble green leaves to ward off predators.
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Is it better to be a morning person or a night owl? What the science says.
Is it better to be a morning person or a night owl? Your ideal sleep schedule depends less on discipline and more on biology. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Years ago I read an article asking, "Are you a night owl or a morning lark?" The piece explored the notion that some of us do our best thinking beyond midnight, while others prefer to rise and shine early and take in the day.
Earth's 'Gateway to Hell' keeps getting bigger
Earth's'Gateway to Hell' keeps getting bigger Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In a remote area of the Siberian tundra, there's a place that locals call "The Gateway to Hell." In the summer, its peaceful waterfall sounds are interrupted by the booms and crashes of falling earth. The indigenous Yakut people are rightfully wary of the massive, slowly collapsing crater. Crater is an unsettling mark of our changing world.
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Hello Helvetica! Vets name rescued sea turtles named after fonts
Roughly 500 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued in New England this winter. Helvetica is a loggerhead sea turtle. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. They're also a few of the new names bestowed upon sea turtles that a team from the New England Aquarium's turtle hospital rehabilitated this year. This winter, almost 500 live turtles washed up along the shores of Cape Cod Bay, with many suffering from hypothermia following the annual cold stunning season .
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The biggest medieval march in English history never actually happened
A famous detail in the Battle of Hastings is based on a major misunderstanding. The Battle of Hastings is famously recounted across the Bayeux Tapestry. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. One of history's most famous military marches has been misunderstood for centuries. According to the prevailing English accounts, King Harold made a momentous, 200-mile march over land to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE after dismissing his naval fleet.
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7 hamstring stretches recommended by a physical therapist
The best ways to maximize mobility and even prevent back pain. Walk, work and wake better with these hamstring stretches. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. We have some news you're gonna want to sit down for--but you probably shouldn't: Your hamstrings are, in all likelihood, an anatomical disaster for a number of possible reasons, not least of which being excessive time spent seated on them. "The hamstrings are three muscles located on the back of your thigh, and they're responsible for bending your knee and extending your hip," says Marissa Cummo, PT, DPT, assistant director of physical therapy at NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue .
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Walmart and H&M are trying to turn carbon dioxide into clothes
A startup is transforming polluted air into apparel. At least 15 major brands, including H&M and Walmart, are testing new technology for carbon neutral clothing. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It might not seem like it when you nonchalantly click a Buy Now button while online shopping, but that new t-shirt is part of a complex global web of commerce taking a toll on the environment . Consulting giant McKinsey estimates that the fashion industry alone accounts for as much as 4 percent of total global climate emissions.
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New stamp honors Yellowstone's iconic bison
Photographer Tom Murphy has documented the park's wildlife for decades. Now, one of his photos will be on a Forever Stamp. The new stamp features one of Yellowstone's signature bison and will be out later in 2026. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It's a warm July day in Yellowstone National Park's grassy Hayden Valley and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy is tracking herds of chocolate-colored bison gathered for the annual breeding season.
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'Dune' tried to warn us against AI
Technology Internet Social Media'Dune' tried to warn us against AI'Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.' AI is illegal in the'Dune' universe, but not for the reasons you may think. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Even the biggest fans of know that Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi epic quickly veers into the fantastical. Giant subterranean sandworms measuring 1,500 feet long; a narcotic that fuels interstellar travel and bends a user's perception of space-time; a mystical cabal of eugenicist witches--the list goes on.
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