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The Brooks summer sale drops prices on some of our favorite running shoes and the workout clothes to go with them
17 June 2026 @ 4:15 pm
Brooks knocked 15 to 35 percent off more than 100 running shoes, jackets, and apparel pieces. Here are the deals worth grabbing.
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Scientists used melted mummy juice to make sourdough bread
17 June 2026 @ 4:03 pm
Plus 1950s personality tests and other weird things we learned this week.
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Oldest traces of plague discovered in prehistoric teens buried in Russia
17 June 2026 @ 3:00 pm
The remains of 42 hunter-gatherers show that the Black Death was already lethal 5,500 years ago.
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Don’t flush ticks down the toilet
17 June 2026 @ 2:03 pm
Water does not kill them—and they could come back.
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Why road trips are good for you, according to science
17 June 2026 @ 1:03 pm
Driving into the sunset can actually form new neural pathways.
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Big speakers and bigger budgets: Here are some serious sound systems and smarter headphones
17 June 2026 @ 9:00 am
From flagship excess to commuter friendly, these are new, exciting audio products, in pictures.
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‘Fireworks’ spotted in stellar explosion 15 million light-years away
16 June 2026 @ 6:51 pm
Galaxy M83 is home to some unexpected pyrotechnics from the aftermath of a supernova.
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Got World Cup Fever? Send scientists your smartwatch data.
16 June 2026 @ 5:00 pm
For fans, stress levels can skyrocket even 14 hours before kickoff.
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Hallo Brötchen! Berlin Zoo welcomes baby pygmy hippo
16 June 2026 @ 3:58 pm
Brötchen (aka bread roll) is already everyone's favorite carb.
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Young humpback whale freed from fishing line near Cape Cod
16 June 2026 @ 2:55 pm
The whale sustained some injuries during the ordeal, but should recover.
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