May 2026

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age 146,000 years […]

The main antagonist of Toy Story 5, in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a

Fur seals may look like they’re simply resting after exhausting hunting trips at sea, but their bodies are secretly working

Scientists may have found a smarter, safer way to wipe out termites hiding inside homes. A chemical called bistrifluron prevents

A new study shows that listening to your own favorite workout music can dramatically boost endurance. Cyclists exercising with self-selected

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that got ID’d, caught on camera, internally probed, and

Physicists may have just cracked open a hidden side of the quantum world. For decades, every known particle was thought

You probably already know that AI is a deeply bizarre technology. Nobody really understands how it works on a deep

Plus: Meta officially kills encrypted Instagram DMs, the Trump administration targets “violent left wing extremists,” leaked documents reveal Russia’s school

The company’s UK and Europe boss has become a lightning rod for the British public’s fear of a US tech