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The Golden State is home to over 60,000 insect species.

Clever features like an extra power reserve and a reduced standing draw make these beefy power stations more likely to have juice when you really need it.

An ultrasonic sensor ensures kibble doesn't dump on the pet's head.

The unnamed bear wins the 2026 Shower Beer Award for a very cool dinner spot.

Plus "spontaneous" human combustion and other weird things we learned this week.

Conservationists estimate that there are fewer than 250 swift foxes left in the Lone Star State.

The USS 'Silversides' received its first dry dock overhaul in 50 years.

The language was already endangered when Black linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner documented its speakers in 1935.

The 'Star Child,' creepy twin dresses, and more from Stanley Kubrick's personal archive are up for auction.

The Alaskan bear wins the 2026 Honey Badger Award for his tenacity.