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April 2026

Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance
About 25 million years after our ancestors traded theirs for an upright stance, a research team at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design gave…
 • Rob Beschizza
Honey from sealed Egyptian tombs is still edible after 3,000 years
Derma Sciences sells a wound bandage called Medihoney that hospitals use to treat burns and slow-healing sores.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A 1964 art school study predicted who would still be painting in 5 years
In 1964, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago handed 31 of its students an hour, a sheet of paper, and a long table covered in oddities: grapes, a…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Craig Venter, who booted up the first synthetic cell, dies at 79
In 2010, Craig Venter and his colleagues took a bacterial genome they had designed on a computer, assembled it from chemical building blocks…
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Mystery statue in London is a Banksy
A statue appeared mysteriously overnight on a plinth in London’s Waterloo Place, showing a man in a suit, blinded by the large flag he carried, about to…
 • Rob Beschizza
Man hid in Best Buy at closing to get drop on new Pokémon cards
Police responded to the Pasadena Best Buy early Wednesday after an employee reported that cameras showed someone inside the store.
 • Rob Beschizza
Guns discovered in Minneapolis lake reveal unusual move by police in 1927
What looked like a mob-era dumping ground at the bottom of Minneapolis’ Bde Maka Ska turned out to be something stranger: a cluster of rusted pistols…
 • Jason Weisberger
Games media sites catalogued
The game industry remains in a troubled state, and games journalism is under similar pressure, with high-profile shutdowns, layoffs and sales. Polygon…
 • Rob Beschizza
Trump administration appeals ruling as it continues to reject routine vaccine guidance
The Trump administration is escalating its fight over childhood vaccines, appealing a federal court ruling that blocked efforts to scale back routine…
 • Jason Weisberger
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