An iceberg the size of Rhode Island is in motion. Dubbed "A23," the world's largest and oldest iceberg calved from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 but remained grounded until… Read the rest of the article: A "Game of Thrones style" wall of ice is on the move

The brilliant Apple TV+ sci-fi series Severance has returned for a second season, and our intrepid macrodata refiners are back at their jobs. Of course, no one knows what microdata… Read the rest of the article: Take a crack at Severance's macrodata refinement

Where the Catatumbo River meets Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, lightning strikes up to 300 times a year for as many as 9 hours a night. "Catatumbo Lightning," also known as… Read the rest of the article: The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning

Airtags or Tile tracking devices can track your luggage, wallet, or dog. Apple does not recommend the latter because dogs habitually eat things that aren't food, and the batteries in… Read the rest of the article: Arvada, Colorado police department gives out free Airtags

A study of Marvel and DC comic book characters found no correlation between adverse childhood experiences and heroism or villainy. While the subject may seem unserious on its face, the… Read the rest of the article: Bad childhoods don't create comic book villians

When Colombia hosted COP16, the United Nations summit on biodiversity, the summit's sponsors wanted to create something special to celebrate the event. "We said, if [biodiversity] is the protagonist, it… Read the rest of the article: Colombia's National Anthem as sung by its wildlife

The Houston Police Department's drug evidence has been disappearing, but it's not corrupt cops who are stealing. It's rats. The mayor of Houston revealed in a press conference that rats… Read the rest of the article: Drug-addicted rats infest Houston PD's evidence room

Anyone who has played a sport or musical instrument has experienced the dreaded plateau, or "ceiling effect," when they cannot progress further. A study published in Science Robotics has found… Read the rest of the article: Can this robotic exoskeleton help pianists break their training ceiling?

Putting two grapes, or a single grape almost cut in half, in a microwave creates a spectacular show. The electromagnetic field in the middle makes a burst of fiery plasma.… Read the rest of the article: Microwaving grapes not just a party trick

Amid the torrent of products announced earlier in January at the Consumer Electronics Show, like giant televisions and absurdly expensive GPUs, it's easy to miss less fun but potentially life-changing… Read the rest of the article: Flies may hold the key to smart glasses that correct macular degeneration

In 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum published a journal article detailing ELIZA, "a program … which makes certain types of natural language conversation between man and computer possible." He had created the… Read the rest of the article: Code for ELIZA, the OG chatbot, found

If you need some good news today for… reasons, Information is Beautiful has you covered. The primary Information is Beautiful site is packed with infographics that concisely illustrate facts and… Read the rest of the article: Where to find some good news today

I had to check the date when reading this press release from General Mills to ensure that it wasn't April 1st. It is not April Fools Day, and Progresso Soup… Read the rest of the article: Chicken noodle soup now available as hard candy

There is no punch in the gut like seeing familiar objects, not just from your childhood but from your 30s, in a museum, like something from King Tut's tomb. The… Read the rest of the article: Japan's Extinct Media Museum makes me feel ancient

SpaceX's Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle took off from the company's Starbase in Texas for a test flight. Space.com reports the liftoff and separation were completed as planned, and the… Read the rest of the article: SpaceX Starship explodes over Turks and Caicos

The Perseverance rover has been driving around the surface of Mars, drilling and collecting core rock samples. The samples were supposed to be returned to Earth for analysis, but the… Read the rest of the article: NASA leaves Mars samples in limbo

YouTuber Zac Alsop entered a robot dog in a real dog competition. The robot dog is named Roobot, punningly named after Alsop's real dog, Roo. Roo is not a fan… Read the rest of the article: Robot dog entered in dog competition

As Dr. Grant describes a velociraptor in the 1993 classic Jurassic Park, a snot-nosed kid says, "That doesn't look very scary. More like a six-foot turkey." Grant proceeds to describe… Read the rest of the article: Jurassic Park velociraptors updated with feathers

The Yangwang U9, by Chinese automaker BYD, is an all-electric supercar. With a top speed of 244 miles per hour, it is the fastest production vehicle made in China. It… Read the rest of the article: Self-driving supercar jumps over obstacles with ease

Scientists have found a way to use toxic masculinity for good. Australian researchers have successfully genetically engineered insect semen to be poisonous, reducing the number of female insects able to… Read the rest of the article: "Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects