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Librarians can’t keep up with bad AI
12 December 2025 @ 8:33 pm
From false sources to hallucinations, it’s become a major problem.
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Tesla made a $350 pickleball paddle
12 December 2025 @ 7:58 pm
The paddle follows a long line of oddball products, from $450 mezcal to questionably legal flamethrowers.
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A ‘spectacular’ dinosaur dome heads for the Smithsonian
12 December 2025 @ 6:35 pm
The famously thick-headed Pachycephalosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous.
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REI last-minute holiday deals: Score clearance prices on backpacks, travel bags, and hiking packs
12 December 2025 @ 5:09 pm
Grab a limited year-end deal from Osprey, REI, Patagonia, The North Face, and more of the best outdoor brands.
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This 3D-printed cello puts a carbon fiber spin on a classic
12 December 2025 @ 4:45 pm
It's also much cheaper than many of its wooden counterparts.
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Pills, powders, and opioids stress out oyster babies
12 December 2025 @ 4:00 pm
Fentanyl, ketamine, and a cocaine byproduct slow down oyster larvae.
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A professor kept a pet worm for 20 years. It just set a record.
12 December 2025 @ 3:11 pm
Baseodiscus the Eldest lives a chill life in Virginia.
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Why some animals eat their babies
12 December 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Animal filial cannibalism has been documented in fish, insects, even domestic pets.
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Mosasaurs may have terrorized rivers as well as oceans
12 December 2025 @ 1:00 am
The Late Cretaceous apex predator easily grew to the size of a great white shark.
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If offered, rats will use cannabis to deal with stress
11 December 2025 @ 7:50 pm
Corticosterone is to rodents as cortisol is to humans.
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