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De’Longhi’s PrimaDonna Aromatic is a super-automatic espresso machine that learns about you and your beans
16 April 2026 @ 3:08 pm
The clever Bean Adapt system built into this $2,500 machine allows it to automatically craft perfect coffee drinks with whatever beans you feed it.
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It’s a bird! It’s a head! No, it’s a mummified foot.
16 April 2026 @ 3:03 pm
CT scans help a museum examine mummified remains that were sitting in its collections for half a century.
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Yes, your lobster dinner probably died an excruciating death
16 April 2026 @ 2:14 pm
Pain killers seem to work on lobsters, so being boiled alive may be just as gruesome as it sounds.
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Fake banknotes mocked a US president. And are now worth thousands.
16 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm
The rare ‘Great Loco Foco Juggernaut’ is basically an 1837 meme bashing Andrew Jackson.
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Dolby Atmos and the (sound) objects of my affection: How Cadillac, AKG, and Maroon 5 helped me enter my spatial-audio era
16 April 2026 @ 11:45 am
Here’s a 360-degree view of 365-plus days that converted me into a true believer in the future of immersive object-based music from vehicles to venues.
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Shakespeare’s long-lost London home is finally found
15 April 2026 @ 11:01 pm
In the past 100 years, the spot has been an architecture firm, carpet wholesaler, and more.
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The Home Depot is blowing out Ryobi power tools and batteries for the lowest prices of the year so far
15 April 2026 @ 10:18 pm
Save on drills, drivers, saws, and pretty much anything else you need to do any DIY project on your list this year. This is a great time to buy into the Ryobi battery platform.
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Help name Jackie and Shadow’s new eaglets
15 April 2026 @ 7:03 pm
Submissions are open until Sunday, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
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Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa
15 April 2026 @ 6:30 pm
The USS Cassin Young is one of the last of the war's Fletcher-class destroyers.
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Not all naked mole-rat queens go out in a blaze of bloody violence
15 April 2026 @ 6:00 pm
Surprising study reveals peaceful succession is possible.
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