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Researchers capture sperm whales headbutting on camera, validating what sailors have said for centuries

“It’s exciting to think about what as-yet unseen behaviours we may soon uncover”

Mark Wales – 3/27/2026

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Study reveals startling truth: Intelligence lowers our empathy toward other people

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Tech company helps dementia patients live independently with memory-prompting smart glasses

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Scientists ‘bottle the sun’ with a liquid battery that stores sunlight for use at night

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British engineer uses 500 disposable vape batteries to power up electric car

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Scottish children are helping penguins find mating partners with these tiny, painted stones

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy

“This could be the new space of our civilization.”

Erik Barnes – 08/29/25

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy — Lei Zhang believes our future lies in a desolate desert.

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Scientists have created a leather clothing alternative made entirely from mushrooms that looks and feels like the real thing

Mark Wales – 3/2/2026

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Scientists create environmentally friendly plastic replacement from shrimp shells

Erik Barnes – 2/24/2026

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Scientists invent ‘smart’ underwear that tracks gut bacteria health through your farts

Erik Barnes – 2/15/2026

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3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories

Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo – 2/14/2026

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New Arctic fossils could be the ancestor of all creatures that have jaws

Erik Barnes – 2/12/2026

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Catherine O’Hara’s tear-jerking eulogy for John Candy was a master class in honoring a friend

Ryan Reed – 9/26/2025

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New species of chicken-sized dinosaur in Spain is changing the history of evolution

Erik Barnes – 2/12/2026

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Canadian scientists create magnetic robots that can dissolve kidney stones in days

Mark Wales – 2/12/2026

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Reading to young kids improves their social skills and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions

Erin Clabough – 2/12/2026