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Sea shanties actually help people work together better

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Centuries-old work songs still possess real psychological benefits today. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Work songs composed to keep rhythm during labor can be found around the world. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A few years' back, a viral trend overtook social media that nobody saw coming: ShantyTok .


NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever

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A landslide dumped 64 million cubic meters of rock into the popular Tracy Arm fjord. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The shores of Tracy Arm, a fjord in southeast Alaska, are stripped of vegetation following a landslide and tsunami that occurred on August 10, 2025. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. New satellite images are helping scientists understand a major tsunami that changed the landscape of a popular tourist destination in Alaska forever.


The explosive history of spontaneous combustion

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In Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, nearly a dozen cases of supposed spontaneous combustion were reported. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In December 2010, Michael Faherty died in his home in Galway, Ireland. His body was burned and the fireplace was lit, but there was no other source of flames or fuel.


This guy crammed a laptop into an Altoids tin

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Yes, it works--if you have small fingers. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Fitting everything inside resembles a game of'Tetris.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Leftover Altoid tins are staple components in all types of handy, DIY projects . Once you eat the mints, the aluminum containers routinely house basic first aid kits, miniature speakers, sewing accessories, and even watercolor paints.


Why coffee tastes bitter, according to molecular biology

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More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. There are 26 different bitter receptors in the human body. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Regular coffee drinkers know there is a big difference between a brew's aroma and its taste. A cup may smell warm and full-bodied only to leave you with a lingering bitterness behind the first sip.


Game teaches kids programming basics without screens

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Texico's analog brain games use playing cards, toy train tracks, and scrap paper. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The Japanese company's games can help users learn the principles of coding with less screentime. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Parents around the world are responding to growing research showing that excessive screen time, especially for young children, may have negative cognitive effects .


Mayflies have crazy, acrobatic sex

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Researchers froze mayfly couples in the middle of mating--for science. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The female is on top, the male below. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Researchers studying copulation in mayflies pulled off a stunt worthy of the naughtiest ancient Greek myths.


'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name

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Science Space Solar System'Mars' is 2025's most popular planet baby name Thankfully, no one named their kid Uranus. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In 2025, 65 babies were named'Moon' and 101 got the name'Star.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. "Mars, can you please clean up your Legos?" "Jupiter, finish your peas." "Don't pull the cat's tail, Mercury!"


The first playgrounds were for adults, not kids

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Early playgrounds were more about fitness than fun--and children didn't enter the equation for decades. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Playgrounds have never been just fun and games. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. You can learn a lot about a society from the way they raise children.


Vet constructs ingenious contraption to help a tortoise hit by a car

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The African spurred tortoise's recovery deserves a shell-ebration. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. After getting hit by a car twice, the tortoise's shell needed to be wired back together. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Complex problems require creative solutions, and wildlife veterinarian Nielsen Donato is no stranger to what might seem like out-of-the-box problem solving.