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44 Photos That Will Take You Back To The Early Years Of Computers

Technology has advanced exponentially since the release of the first personal computer in 1974, but these vintage photos capture the time before handheld devices and social media.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 25, 2025

44 Photos That Will Take You Back To The Early Years Of Computers

Technology has advanced exponentially since the release of the first personal computer in 1974, but these vintage photos capture the time before handheld devices and social media.

By Austin Harvey • September 25, 2025

Biologists In Texas Just Identified The ‘Grue Jay,’ The First Known Hybrid Of A Blue Jay And A Green Jay

Unofficially dubbed the "grue jay," this new bird may be an early example of how the impact of climate change on animals' habitats could lead to other hybrids in the future.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 25, 2025

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Biologists In Texas Just Identified The ‘Grue Jay,’ The First Known Hybrid Of A Blue Jay And A Green Jay

Unofficially dubbed the "grue jay," this new bird may be an early example of how the impact of climate change on animals' habitats could lead to other hybrids in the future.

By Austin Harvey • September 25, 2025

Astronomers Have Discovered A ‘Quasi-Moon’ That’s Following Earth’s Orbit Around The Sun

The asteroid, 2025 PN7, has seemingly been orbiting the Sun alongside Earth since the 1950s, and it will likely stay on its track for another 60 years before it travels back out into space.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 23, 2025

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Astronomers Have Discovered A ‘Quasi-Moon’ That’s Following Earth’s Orbit Around The Sun

The asteroid, 2025 PN7, has seemingly been orbiting the Sun alongside Earth since the 1950s, and it will likely stay on its track for another 60 years before it travels back out into space.

By Austin Harvey • September 23, 2025

Researchers In China Just Directly Dated Dinosaur Eggs For The First Time Ever — And They Could Reveal New Insights About The Cretaceous Period

The dinosaur eggs, mainly classified as Placoolithus tumiaolingensis, are about 85 million years old, meaning they were laid around a time when the global climate was changing.

By Ainsley Brown • Sep 17, 2025

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Researchers In China Just Directly Dated Dinosaur Eggs For The First Time Ever — And They Could Reveal New Insights About The Cretaceous Period

The dinosaur eggs, mainly classified as Placoolithus tumiaolingensis, are about 85 million years old, meaning they were laid around a time when the global climate was changing.

By Ainsley Brown • September 17, 2025

Smoke-Dried Human Remains Uncovered In Southeast Asia May Be The World’s Oldest Known Mummies

Dating back as far as 14,000 years, these bodies were placed atop enormous fires that slowly smoke-dried them, leaving them deeply blackened yet frozen in time.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 16, 2025

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Smoke-Dried Human Remains Uncovered In Southeast Asia May Be The World’s Oldest Known Mummies

Dating back as far as 14,000 years, these bodies were placed atop enormous fires that slowly smoke-dried them, leaving them deeply blackened yet frozen in time.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 16, 2025

Iberian Harvester Ant Queens Can Give Birth To A Different Ant Species — To Breed Hybrid Ants That They Use As Workers

One researcher compared the phenomenon to "a human having chimp babies," and then using those babies as "a source of sperm for giving birth to human-chimp hybrids that would do all their tasks."

By Ainsley Brown • Sep 16, 2025

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Iberian Harvester Ant Queens Can Give Birth To A Different Ant Species — To Breed Hybrid Ants That They Use As Workers

One researcher compared the phenomenon to "a human having chimp babies," and then using those babies as "a source of sperm for giving birth to human-chimp hybrids that would do all their tasks."

By Ainsley Brown • September 16, 2025

Humongous Fungus, The 2,500-Year-Old Michigan Mushroom That’s As Heavy As Three Blue Whales

First documented in the 1980s, the Armillaria gallica mushroom in Crystal Falls, Michigan, was dubbed the "humongous fungus" because it spans 91 acres and weighs 440 tons.

By Caroline Redmond • Sep 14, 2025

Humongous Fungus, The 2,500-Year-Old Michigan Mushroom That’s As Heavy As Three Blue Whales

First documented in the 1980s, the Armillaria gallica mushroom in Crystal Falls, Michigan, was dubbed the "humongous fungus" because it spans 91 acres and weighs 440 tons.

By Caroline Redmond • September 14, 2025

Lasers Reveal More Than 61,000 Maya Structures Hidden Beneath The Jungle In Northern Guatemala

The survey revealed that the Mayans modified way more of their landscape than researchers ever thought.

By Caroline Redmond • Sep 12, 2025

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Lasers Reveal More Than 61,000 Maya Structures Hidden Beneath The Jungle In Northern Guatemala

The survey revealed that the Mayans modified way more of their landscape than researchers ever thought.

By Caroline Redmond • September 12, 2025

Researchers Have Recreated A Mysterious Blue Ink From Medieval Manuscripts

The ink contains a newly discovered type of blue pigment that researchers say is "in a class of its own."

By Natasha Ishak • Sep 10, 2025

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Researchers Have Recreated A Mysterious Blue Ink From Medieval Manuscripts

The ink contains a newly discovered type of blue pigment that researchers say is "in a class of its own."

By Natasha Ishak • September 10, 2025

Remains Of 17th-Century House Belonging To Isaac Newton’s Mother Found Near Site Of His Famed Apple Tree

Archaeologists found a number of artifacts at the site, including tableware and thimbles, that may have been used by Isaac Newton's mother, Hannah Ayscough.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 8, 2025

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Remains Of 17th-Century House Belonging To Isaac Newton’s Mother Found Near Site Of His Famed Apple Tree

Archaeologists found a number of artifacts at the site, including tableware and thimbles, that may have been used by Isaac Newton's mother, Hannah Ayscough.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 8, 2025