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May 8, 2026
DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition
Three served on the HMS Erebus; the fourth was Petty Officer Harry Peglar of the HMS Terror.
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May 7, 2026
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
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May 5, 2026
Charlize Theron is a bewitching Circe in Odyssey trailer
"You're a man who needs to control his fate. But you cannot control this."
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May 4, 2026
MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process.
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May 2, 2026
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
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April 30, 2026
Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser
Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons, director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.
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April 28, 2026
Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee
University of Oregon scientists repurposed battery-testing tool to better measure coffee's flavor profile
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April 27, 2026
Study: Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings
Low-frequency infrasound (below 20 Hz) can raise cortisol levels in saliva and increase irritability.
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April 26, 2026
Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone
"I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate where wiser men would have left well enough alone."
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April 26, 2026
Prime Video drops full trailer for Spider-Noir
It's "a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.”—EP Chris Miller
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April 23, 2026
We still don't have a more precise value for "Big G"
Such experiments bring "order to the universe, whether or not the number agrees with the expected value.”
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April 22, 2026
Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting released—with a killer trailer
What was Warner Bros. even thinking, shelving this film for so many years?
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April 22, 2026
Physicists think they've solved the muon mystery
Results dash hopes for a fifth force but provide very precise proof of Standard Model and QFT.
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April 21, 2026
Silo S3 teaser turns back the clock to a greener past
"Before we can know how it will all end, we need to understand how it all began."
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April 20, 2026
Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot
Kea parrot missing his upper beak "has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species."
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April 17, 2026
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer
"The world that was, doesn't exist. It's just us, trying to hold onto what was."
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April 16, 2026
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon
"The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old."
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April 16, 2026
Meet the Quantum Kid
Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives.
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April 15, 2026
New teaser gives us first look at Godzilla Minus Zero
Director Takashi Yamazaki told Cinemacon attendees that sequel is first Japanese film shot for IMAX.
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April 15, 2026
Good Omens S3 trailer sets up a blessed conclusion
Prime Video's supernatural comedy will end with a special 90-minute final episode.
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April 15, 2026
New 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery
Latest data must still be analyzed but could help determine if dark energy is constant or varies over time.
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April 14, 2026
Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
"We believe this is the final nail in the coffin of the proton radius puzzle."
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April 13, 2026
Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell
"You have no idea what's in store for you. Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory."
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April 10, 2026
"Oobleck" still holds some surprises
Dense drops of oobleck with high shear rates spread out like a liquid before stiffening into a solid.
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April 9, 2026
Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals
Rare event suggests relational dynamics may play a role in collective violence, along with cultural markers.
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April 8, 2026
How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk
Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
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April 6, 2026
What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later
Director Christopher Nolan's breakout film explores themes of the nature of memory and personal identity.
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April 3, 2026
Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
Ice Age hunter-gatherer "were intentionally relying on random outcomes in repeatable, rule-based ways."
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April 1, 2026
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
Sperm gets lost in space; raccoons solve puzzles; the physics of folding a crepe; and more.
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March 31, 2026
He-Man gets an origin story in Masters of the Universe trailer
"Skeletor took my family and he destroyed our world."
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