Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar

The woman who sold time – and the man who tried to stop her

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Inside San Pedro, Bolivia’s Notorious Prison Run by Inmates

Soldiers Put an Ancient Greek Suit of Armor to the Test, and It Passed

Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station

Don’t Let a Bird’s Feathers Fool You

What is dopamine? The science behind whether “increasing dopamine” works or not, explained.

Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each night

Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild – in secret location

One Big Chart: how does the cost of nuclear power compare to renewables?

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There Is Too Much Trash in Space

Rescue Horse Learns to Paint Colorful Masterpieces Thanks to a Carrot on a Brush

Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same

An unbreakable connection

Russia Has Been Transmitting a Mysterious Radio Signal for 40 Years—And No One Knows Why

The inaccessible and abandoned islands of New York – in pictures

How the 18th-century ‘probability revolution’ fueled the casino gambling craze

Luanda, Angola: The Paradox of Plenty

Sikorsky flight tests rotor blown wing VTOL tail-sitter for DARPA

Why technology has not transformed building

Psilocybin Induces Brain Hyperconnectivity, Enhancing Mystical Experiences

Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world

2024 Could Be Among Most Active Hurricane Seasons Ever

Birdsong and human voice built from same genetic blueprint

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Is omega-3 oil good or bad for us – and does it matter where it is from?

James Webb captures first direct images of galaxies born at Cosmic Dawn

A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years

Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear

First pictures from Euclid satellite reveal billions of orphan stars

Lost photos suggest Mars’ mysterious moon Phobos may be a trapped comet in disguise

Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why

Medieval Icelanders Likely Hunted Blue Whales

‘Experience: ‘I woke up with a Welsh accent’’

The drought that forced a Himalayan village in Nepal to relocate

NASA’s Psyche mission fires up its futuristic electric engines

What Should You Do with Your Stuff before You Die?

How Soviet communist philosophy shaped postwar quantum theory

Cleaning Crew Discovers One of the World’s Oldest Surviving Desktop Computers

Bizarre bacteria defy textbooks by writing new genes

Churning spacetime and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin

MIT scientists learn how to control muscles with light

US sues Ticketmaster and owner Live Nation, seeks breakup of monopoly

Potentially habitable ‘exo-Venus’ with Earth-like temperature discovered

NASA report identifies cost-effective approaches to dealing with orbital debris

Left Turns Are Dangerous on City Streets, A Case to Restrict Them

One of the most unusual heists in America seems to be unfolding at Taco Bell

‘The issue is when to pull the trigger’: how prepared are we for human bird flu?

US Air Force Drops Photos of B-21 Raider, Its Newest Stealth Bomber

Ridiculously simple idea cuts cargo ship emissions by 17.3% in first trials

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Some Wind Turbines in Iowa Crumpled by Tornadoes

The truth about Asian hornets: how terrified should humans and honeybees actually be?

50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses

Designed to Crash: The bizarre story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demise

Mind-Blowing Head Transplant System with Robotic Surgeons and AI Precision

Scientists Determine Properties of Extremely Rare Element: Promethium

Study finds widespread ‘cell cannibalism’ and related phenomena across tree of life