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How This Remote Utah Ranch Became a Paranormal Activity Hotspot

Bizarre phenomena have lured real-estate tycoons, scientists, TV producers—and the U.S. government—to Skinwalker Ranch. What are they looking for?

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Could This Laser Weapon Be America’s Ace in the Hole in the Middle East?

The first military success of a precision laser system against drone attacks may usher in a new, Star Wars-esque future of warfare.

By David Hambling

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Clues Emerge About Mysterious Tunnels Below Europe

By Connie Chang

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China Is Secretly Building a Strange, New Sub

By Sébastien Roblin

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Where You Can Look at Every Single UFO Report Ever

By Esther D'Amico

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Ditch Google Maps On Your Next Road Trip

By Matt Crisara

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How to Live Forever, or Die Trying

Can science finally overcome our ultimate biological limitations?

By Courtney Linder and Pavlína Černá

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This Study Backs a Quantum Theory of Consciousness

By Manasee Wagh

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Ancient Bronze Shields Found in Collapsed Castle

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Scientists Hit the “Pause Button” on Human Life

By Jackie Appel

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Students Discover 200-Year-Old Message In a Bottle

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Military & Defense

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China's Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet Sure Looks Like the Air Force's Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet

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Following Pager Explosions, Is Your Device Safe?

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China Could Build the World’s Fastest Submarines

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Next-Gen Tanks May Depend on Tesla-Inspired Tech

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Israel’s New $1 Billion Laser Will Be Unstoppable

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Tech

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The 6 Best Budget Projectors

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Early Prime Day Deals on Apple Tech Are Here

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Prime Day TV Deals 2024: Save Up to 50%

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Warehouse Deals Are Up to 55% Off for Prime Day

Science

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We Can Hear Hot Water Using Secret Physics

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Notre Dame’s ‘The Horseman’ Remains Identified

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50 Viking Skeletons Discovered in Denmark

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This Micronuclear Battery Can Run for Decades

Space

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We Could Be Close to Detecting Dark Matter

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A Wobble in Mars’ Orbit Could Detect Dark Matter

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Earth-Destroying Asteroid Incoming? Just Nuke It.

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Scientists Spot Largest Ever Black Hole Jet

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UFO Hunters Believe This Metal Shard Could Be Alien Technology—So They Sent It to a National Lab

The specimen raised eyebrows because it appeared capable of causing levitation.

By Elizabeth Rayne

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Flight

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Russia Built a Stunning Rival to the Supersonic Concorde—and Then It Fell From the Sky

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What Doomed JFK Jr.'s Final Flight?

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NASA Hoping to Make Air Taxi Rides Comfortable

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Underwater Acoustics Could Help Find Flight MH370

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Plane Flown by 'Ace of Aces' Pilot Finally Found

Badass Military Machines

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Why the F-15EX Is Such a Badass Plane

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Why the Leopard 2 Is Such a Badass Tank

By Kyle Mizokami

B-52 Badass Plane

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Why the B-52 Is Such a Badass Plane

By Alex Hollings

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Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane

By Kyle Mizokami

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Physics

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Wormholes May Be a Portal for Interstellar Travel

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This Laser Could Unlock Interstellar Travel

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How We'll Discern the Origins of the Universe

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Why Everything We Know About Gravity May Be Wrong

Deep Math

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A New Formula for Pi Is Here

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Are We Close to Solving a Notorious Math Problem?

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Mathematicians Are Rethinking the Equal Sign

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Can AI Help Solve Math’s Thorniest Mysteries?

Home & DIY

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The 7 Best Band Saws

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You'll Always Want These Screws In Your Workshop

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The 9 Best Cordless Leaf Blowers for Yard Cleanups

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The Best Mini Chainsaws for Serious Pruning

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Unlocking Consciousness

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Human Consciousness Comes From a Higher Dimension, Scientist Claims

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The Brain Could Be 100 Million Times More Powerful

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Magic Mushrooms May Have Shaped Our Consciousness

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Humans Could Acquire a New Form of Consciousness

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Human Consciousness Is an Illusion, Scientists Say

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Culture

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Genome of 'Last Neanderthal' Has Been Sequenced

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America’s Secret Race to Recover a Spy Satellite

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New Clues Emerge About an Ancient Lost City

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A WWII Vet’s Wild Ride on Top of an Airplane Tail

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Scientists Find Groundbreaking Deep-Sea Battery

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Fourth-Dimensional Aliens Could Be Spying On Us

UFO Sightings are Spiking. This Man Knows Why.

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Are Underwater UFOs an Imminent Threat?

Conspiracy Theories

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Aliens May Be Hiding Underground, Scientists Say

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Japan Is the World’s Top Hotspot for UFO Sightings

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What We Know About Russia’s Mystery Radio Signal

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The Strange Origin of the Hollow Moon Conspiracy

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Our Planet

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Scientists Think a Mega-El Niño Helped Spark the ‘Great Dying’

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Hidden Physics Inside Van Gogh’s Starry Night

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Scientists Find the Goldilocks of Wood Types

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This 650-Foot Megatsunami Is Only the Beginning

the seamount covers an area of about 70 sq km the summit depth is 994m and the base is at 4,103m giving it a prominence of 3,109m over the surrounding seafloor

Ocean Explorers Find Massive Underwater Mountain

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Cars & Trucks

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This Portable Jump Starter Is 26% Off on Amazon

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The Best Labor Day Tire Sales of 2024

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Automotive Touch Up Paint 101

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The 8 Best Portable Jump Starters

Adventure

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The 7 Best EDC Essentials

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The 8 Best Night Vision Goggles

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The 8 Best Solar-Powered Generators

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The 8 Best Hunting Backpacks for Every Situation

Gear & Gadgets

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The 7 Best Handheld Spotlights

Stud Finder Testing

The 9 Best Stud Finders

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The 8 Best Wrench Sets

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The 7 Best Torque Wrenches

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We Could Be Close to Detecting Dark Matter

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Clues Emerge About Mysterious Tunnels Below Europe

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The 7 Best Band Saws

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The 9 Best Cordless Leaf Blowers for Yard Cleanups

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Ditch Google Maps On Your Next Road Trip

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We Can Hear Hot Water Using Secret Physics

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Notre Dame’s ‘The Horseman’ Remains Identified

human skull and bone remains laying on rocks

50 Viking Skeletons Discovered in Denmark

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This Micronuclear Battery Can Run for Decades

an aerial image of a port with a submarine

China Is Secretly Building a Strange, New Sub

Stud Finder Testing

The 9 Best Stud Finders

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Scientists Hit the “Pause Button” on Human Life