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Moss helped nab notorious grave-robbers
5 March 2026 @ 2:00 am
Botanists say the plant ‘is a little bit freaky.’
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Rice cheese may be the next big thing
4 March 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Early test batches contained 12 percent protein.
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Weed that smells like paint thinner takes over Arizona
4 March 2026 @ 4:48 pm
Stinknet is an invasive weed that can disperse thousands of seeds at a time.
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Artemis II astronauts will eat a lot of tortillas on their trip to the moon
4 March 2026 @ 4:06 pm
NASA offers a look at the menu for this historic 10-day mission.
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Windshield wipers’ overlooked female inventor
4 March 2026 @ 2:01 pm
Mary Anderson patented the device in 1903—only to be told her idea had no commercial value
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Our love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years
4 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Experiments with chimpanzees show a shared love of shiny things.
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Bizarro salamander ancestor was an evolutionary oddball
4 March 2026 @ 12:05 am
Paleontologists say 'Tanyka amnicola' had a jawbone that's a real head-scratcher.
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10 things to know about Apple’s new M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros
3 March 2026 @ 9:34 pm
The latest versions of Apple's MacBook Pro laptops include M5 chips with revamped architecture to bring performance upgrades across the board.
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Watch a classified FM radio training video from WW2
3 March 2026 @ 7:33 pm
That crisp signal was once a really big deal.
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2,500-year-old settlement found during fire station construction
3 March 2026 @ 5:46 pm
The Iron Age settlement pre-dates the Roman invasion of Germany.
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