After multiple technical and weather-related delays, the milestone Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:23 AM EST from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday.

Some roughly 120-million-year-old seeds are telling a new story about what the Earths first birds ate.

Weve all been there: Sitting in class, writing up a report, or logged on to the virtual meeting and struggling to stay engaged.

While krill may be small to look at, these shrimp-like crustaceans play an outsized role in the global food web.

Like clockwork, Apple introduced its latest smartphones and wearables at an event held at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

Ford has a far-off vision of one day using holographic technology popularized in sci-fi to create digital representations of cops and guard dogs to deter would-be criminals.

The worlds largest animals often get most of the spotlightbut some biologists argue the tiniest ones deserve just as much, if not even more, study.

Researchers are always looking for new ways to improve the agility, performance, and efficiency of walking robots .

Google continues to add new features and functionality to its Gemini AI chatbot on a regular basis, and one of the latest upgrades involves custom bots called Gems: These are like spin-offs of the main chatbot, which can have their own individual personality and purpose.

*Drum roll please* This is the best MacBook deal weve ever offered.

Douglas Adams originally devoted just half a page to eulogizing Starship Titanic in the tenth chapter of Life, The Universe, and Everything .

Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a fishs next meal.

Feel every punch in Mortal Kombat .

Picture Netflix, but instead of scrolling through corny romcoms, youre browsing easy ways to finally learn how to crochet, pick up a second language, or code your first app.

Weve never seen a wholesale club offer like this.

People have been pickling for more than 4,000 years , making it one of the oldest methods of food preservation.

Space and the open ocean : On the surface, it seems like two more wildly contrasting places couldnt possibly exist.

Gaming online can get pricey, but the rewards are totally worth it.

Google Tasks can easily be overlooked in Googles long list of apps and services.

Ive always wanted to be an engineer, but I wasnt cut out for that level of college coursework.

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Three new ancient species of Tasmanian tigers have been discovered in Australia.

NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) in orbit.

Small, degraded microplastics have already been found in placentas , breast milk , semen , and potentially even our brains .

The current Holy Grail for EVs is to exceed 500 miles of range.

Face it: Those freebie earbuds you got with your phone are pathetic.

Samsung TVs represent an enormous chunk of the modern market, and for good reason.

Every time you nod along to your favorite tune or chit chat with a friend, an intricate system is at work making it possible.

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Among the many hot debates in paleontology is just how winged pterosaurs could fly .

X-Ray specs and invisibility cloaks are the stuff of sci-fi and fantasy, but sometimes science is just stranger than fiction.

Today its dusty, crater-ridden and largely inert, but our moon has a fascinating geological history.

Sinister, brain-controlling mushrooms are a staple in sci-fi shows and literature.

Musicians have long criticized streaming services for their abysmal revenue sharing programs.

Your grandparents wedding dance, your parents horrible fashion choices, and those awkward family vacations are just sitting in a box of old film reels in your attic.

Our bodies absolutely need carbohydrates for energy.

Handheld gaming has been steadfastly popular since the original GameBoy was released in 1989, but a smartphone will better serve casual players than a single-use piece of hardware in 2024.

Atomic clocks have served as the worlds most precise means of measuring time for over 70 years, but their reign may be finally coming to an end.

Hands up if going back to school this week was brutal.

At the South Pole, theres a science experiment that makes the Burj Khalifathe worlds tallest buildinglook small.

Tech companies champing at the bit to create the latest, greatest generative AI models face an uncomfortable dilemma.

Fall sports season is here, which means ... a lot of sitting on cold metal bleachers.

While studying how light affects baitfish in Berkley Canyon off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada, an international team of scientists was in for a big surprise.

Ceratopsians are most famous for the triceratops , but the beaked family of herbivorous dinosaurs also included numerous other relatives throughout the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous Periods.

Although originally from Yangtze, China, the peach blossom jellyfish can now be found on every continent in the world except for Antarctica.

Allergens are everywhere, but our physiological responses to them are anything but simple.

Its trivia night at your favorite bar.

If you're interested in increasing your daily hydration without making frequent trips to the kitchen, your best bet is an insulated tumbler.

They were noises even a veteran astronaut admitted he wouldnt ever want to hear in space.

Pet owners know keeping fur from collecting in corners, couch crevices, and our clothes is a Sisyphean task, but a robot vacuum for pet hair can help.