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This Dickies winter clearance sale has pants, jackets, hoodies, flannels, and more up to 70% off
29 January 2026 @ 2:43 am
Dickies makes super durable workwear with classic styles and almost everything is on deep clearance right now.
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Winter storms uncover 19th-century shipwreck on New Jersey beach
28 January 2026 @ 8:32 pm
The ‘Lawrence N. McKenzie’ sank in 1890 loaded with oranges from Puerto Rico.
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Angry yelling can throw a dog off balance
28 January 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Your tone does more than startle your pet.
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Roadkill is a surprising and untapped source for scientists
28 January 2026 @ 6:01 pm
Millions of animals unfortunately die on roads each year, but the casualties hold important data.
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Megalodon could become Maryland’s official state shark
28 January 2026 @ 4:28 pm
The 66,000-pound prehistoric predator once stalked the Bay State's waters.
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Americans planted entire forests of exploding Australian trees
28 January 2026 @ 3:00 pm
Plus beaver skulls and other weird things we learned this week.
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From bones to steel: Why ice skates were a terrible idea that worked
28 January 2026 @ 2:01 pm
The long, strange journey from prehistoric bone skates to the high-tech blades of today.
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The first Lego Star Wars sets to support the SMART Brick start shipping in March, but you can pre-order them right now
27 January 2026 @ 9:48 pm
LEGO's screen-free digital smart blocks are starting off with a Star Wars-sized bang. Finally, the X-Wing will make the "pew pew" noises all on its own.
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Amazon’s 180 internet satellites are already too bright. It wants 3,000 more.
27 January 2026 @ 8:30 pm
A new study determined 92% of Amazon Leo’s satellites may currently impede research.
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Digg is back to take on Reddit, and you can use it now
27 January 2026 @ 7:00 pm
There's some new competition for 'the front page of the internet'.
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