A vintage 1970s television set that has been gutted and repurposed into a cozy, cushioned bed for a small cat.

Throwing away your old TV could be a mistake: they are now being reused to upgrade computers, decorate desks, and bring life to boring spaces

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM

That heavy old TV in the attic might be a lot more valuable than it looks. Around the world, people are turning tube televisions…..

Elon Musk presenting the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot at a shareholder meeting in Austin.

Elon Musk drops a bombshell at Tesla: he promises robots that will replace surgeons and will earn a billion dollars if he achieves this goal

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM

When shareholders of Tesla signed off on a performance award that could hand CEO Elon Musk up to $1 trillion in stock, they did…..

A woman looking out the window of a compact, 26 square meter tiny home, reflecting on the lack of social space.
A Tesla Cybertruck loaded with environmental testing equipment parked near gasoline pumps at a fuel station.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier underway in the Arabian Sea as part of a US military buildup near Iran.
A close-up shot of a dirty oven door being cleaned with a dampened dishwasher tablet, revealing a sparkling surface underneath.
A tilted rooftop solar panel array with a light dusting of snow, illustrating winter energy production and the albedo effect.
A microscopic view of star-shaped astrocyte cells in the brain interacting with amyloid plaques.
A smartphone screen shows repeated marketing text messages after a user tried to opt out.
A historical view of the Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest professional brewing school in the Americas.
Microscope image of a marine dinoflagellate host linked to the ultra-minimal archaeon Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile.

News

A TSA agent checking traveler documents at an airport security checkpoint next to a Real ID informational sign.

Starting February 1, the TSA will charge a $45 fee for security screenings

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Starting February 1, 2026, travelers in the United States who show up at an airport…..

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier underway in the Arabian Sea as part of a US military buildup near Iran.

Trump issues a nuclear ultimatum to Iran and threatens a “swift and violent” response if no agreement is reached

Kevin Montien
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February 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM

US President Donald Trump has drawn a stark line with Iran. Either Tehran accepts new…..

A historical view of the Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest professional brewing school in the Americas.

The legendary school that taught America how to brew beer is leaving the country for the first time since 1872

Kevin Montien
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February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM

After more than a century and a half in Chicago, the Siebel Institute of Technology…..

An aerial view of the Canford Cliffs area in Poole Bay, showing the steep, sandy coastal slopes where illegal excavation took place.

What began as a project “to protect lizards” ended in a national scandal: a British millionaire was fined £20,000 for destroying a protected cliff in Poole Bay

Kevin Montien
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January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A millionaire property developer in southern England has been ordered to pay £20,000 after cutting…..

A large U.S. Navy warship under construction in a crowded shipyard with industrial cranes.

The U.S. Navy is attempting to rebuild its fleet by 2026 and is discovering that its shipyards have become a major problem

Kevin Montien
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January 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

The U.S. Navy is trying to rebuild its fleet in the middle of a deep…..

Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?

Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?

Adrian Villellas
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM

An unexpected email from Amazon promising money usually feels like the start of a scam……

Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200

Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200

Adrian Villellas
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM

If your fall weekends revolve around chasing leaves with a noisy blower, Arlington, Massachusetts is…..

Economy

Elon Musk presenting the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot at a shareholder meeting in Austin.

Elon Musk drops a bombshell at Tesla: he promises robots that will replace surgeons and will earn a billion dollars if he achieves this goal

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM

When shareholders of Tesla signed off on a performance award that could hand CEO Elon Musk up…..

A woman looking out the window of a compact, 26 square meter tiny home, reflecting on the lack of social space.

A young woman who lived for five years in a tiny 26 m² house to save money, but her confession will make you think twice: “There isn’t even room for three people, and it’s already affecting me”

Kevin Montien
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February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Tiny homes promise cozy minimalism, tiny utility bills, and the satisfaction of owning your space outright. For…..

Lifestyle

A microscopic view of human adipose tissue cells and metabolic markers associated with insulin resistance.

A prominent scientist reveals that this rare disease could be the key to understanding obesity and preventing diabetes

Adrian Villellas
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February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM

If you have ever hit that heavy afternoon slump and dreamed of a quick nap, you are…..

A close-up shot of a dirty oven door being cleaned with a dampened dishwasher tablet, revealing a sparkling surface underneath.

The homemade trick with a simple dishwasher tablet that leaves your oven looking like new (and without toxic chemicals)

Kevin Montien
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February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM

If you dread scrubbing a baked-on lasagna spill off the oven walls, you are not alone. A…..

Science

A biological survey team on a boat pulling a large net full of invasive silver and bighead carp from the Kansas River.

A fish that jumps toward your face when it hears an engine: The most dangerous invasive species in the U.S. is being eliminated at record speed, and here’s how they’re doing itnew

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Over the past four years, crews on the Kansas River have hauled an estimated 109,000…..

A microscopic view of an Asgard archaeon, the single-celled marine microbe identified as the ancestor of eukaryotes.

Forget Adam and Eve: a group of marine microbes discovered in 2023 could be the true “parents” of all complex life on Earth… and the most surprising thing is that scientists named them after Viking gods

Adrian Villellas
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February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM

From humans and houseplants to mushrooms on pizza and the yeast that helps the dough…..

Microscope image of a marine dinoflagellate host linked to the ultra-minimal archaeon Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile.

A microscopic creature has been discovered in Japan that defies ALL the laws of biology: it is not a virus, it is not a cell, it has no metabolism, and its genome has only 238,000 base pairs… but it is still alive

Adrian Villellas
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February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A tiny ocean microbe is forcing scientists to rethink what “being alive” really means. The…..

A microscopic view of Cladosporium sphaerospermum, the melanin-rich black fungus found thriving inside the Chernobyl reactor 4 sarcophagus.

Forty years after the nuclear explosion, scientists discover a fungus that not only survives… but thrives on radiation

Kevin Montien
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February 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Deep inside the ruined reactor 4 at Chernobyl, where radiation is still strong enough to…..

A comparison chart showing the diversity of modern dog breeds alongside the medium-sized, tan-colored "village dog" phenotype that would likely survive human extinction.

Scientists discover that if humanity disappeared tomorrow, in just five years, all dog breeds would disappear from the planet and be reduced to a single, wild “superdog”

Adrian Villellas
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February 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Imagine waking up to a world where every pampered pug, fluffy Pomeranian and giant Great…..

A close-up of a purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) on a Mediterranean rock, showing its spines and tube feet.
Fossilized vertebrae of a prehistoric anaconda found in Venezuela compared to a modern green anaconda bone.

Scientists analyze the DNA of the largest snakes on the planet and discover that the anaconda was already a titan 12.4 million years ago and never needed to grow any larger

Kevin Montien
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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM

When people imagine the Amazon, they often picture a huge green anaconda sliding through dark…..

A close-up of a ripe orange cloudberry in a Norwegian bog, illustrating the species used for the Earth BioGenome Project.

The fruit eaten by the Vikings and brought to the Arctic by Nansen hides a genetic secret: Norwegian researchers have discovered that the “molte” has eight chromosomes and is a mixture of extinct ancestral species

Kevin Montien
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February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM

What really hides inside that spoonful of golden cloudberry sauce on a Christmas dessert? According…..