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Teachers taught spoken Spanish and failed. On the school bus, 400 deaf kids were building their own grammar.

The prehistoric Coso artifact turned out to be a 1920s spark plug in a concretion. Most OOPArts end that way.

Camels rejected early robot riders, so engineers added mannequin faces, sunglasses, silks, and the perfume of human jockeys.

A 148-meter tower in Jiangsu stores 100 MWh by hoisting 35-ton concrete blocks with surplus wind power.

Pudu Robotics plans a Shenzhen hotel where a different robot handles luggage, cleaning, coffee, and snacks.

AI license plate readers log 20 billion scans a month from 100,000+ cameras, most of them sold by Flock.

Pulsing one hemisphere to mimic deep-sleep rhythm let sleep-deprived mice match well-rested ones on memory.

A security researcher says Apple's Hide My Email tool has exposed users' real addresses for more than a year.

Plex's lifetime Plex Pass jumped to $750 in July. A new five-year plan costs $250, the old lifetime price.

This video shared by Ballooning Noord on Instagram shows a hot air balloon shaped like a giant human head, drifting over a small farmhouse. The head's stoic expression makes the sight both peaceful and eerie as it crosses the sky and settles into a ...