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Mental Health

9 fast fixes to help you stop doomscrolling

Kick the phone habit across Android and iOS. Bring back your peace.

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Animals

The bloody palette of the animal kingdom

Red isn’t the only color when it comes to blood—critters produce the vital fluid in a variety of hues.

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Bears

Polar bears are gathering close to this Canadian town—and co-existing with humans

The carnivores are particularly vulnerable to rising sea temperatures.

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Wildlife

Art, philosophy, and science blend in beautiful wildlife photography

A relation between two living beings shaped by a shared evolutionary history.

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Bears

Troublesome black bear Nugget wins the 2026 Annoying Sibling Award

Bears can annoy their brothers and sisters, too.

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Archaeology

Stone‑age hunters in northern Europe may have used poison arrows to hunt big prey

Tiny arrowheads, not actual poison, led researchers to the conclusion.

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Wildlife

Raccoon with an arrow stuck in her face rescued in Massachusetts

It took a full week to catch this feisty trash panda.

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Laptops

How to transcribe audio and video meetings on your laptop

Need some quick meeting notes? Here’s where to turn.

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Solar System

Hera spacecraft photographs asteroid from 37 miles away

The ESA’s spacecraft is en route to study the aftermath of DART’s collision with Diphamos in 2022.

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Bears

First Fat Bear Week winner remembered in short film

Beloved by millions, ‘Love Letters to Otis’ chronicles the life of this very zen brown bear.

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Whales

Baby whale surprises scientists

The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf flew under the water during calving season.

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on February 9, 2026, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA on Monday delayed by one day the journey of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) over weather conditions. The US space agency is now targeting February 12 for the lift-off of Crew-12's mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a window opening at 5:38am local time (1038 GMT). (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
NASA

NASA teases experimental X-70 ‘Fractal’ aircraft

But the only available image is AI-generated.

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