The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect
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The Internet is Divided Over a Smell Some Can’t Detect

Can you smell it? The odor splitting the internet.

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Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test
Science & Technology
Meghan Yani

Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test

The simple skin swab test can diagnose Parkinson’s disease in just three minutes.

How Did Bluetooth Get Its Name?
Science & Technology
Noelle Talmon

How Did Bluetooth Get Its Name?

The curious backstory of our essential tech.

Astronomers Plan to Go Magnet Fishing for Meteorite
Science & Technology
Meghan Yani

Astronomers Plan to Go Magnet Fishing for Meteorite

If successful, retrieving the space stone would mark the first human contact with a material larger than dust from beyond our star system.

Dead Spiders Transformed Into Reanimated Necrobots
Animals
Engrid Barnett

Dead Spiders Transformed Into Reanimated Necrobots

Move over, Frankenstein! Scientists use puffs of air to turn dead spiders into creepy claw machines.

Chess Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent's Finger
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Meghan Yani

Chess Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent's Finger

Robots apparently take the rules of chess very seriously.

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Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.

Endurance Shipwreck Found 106 Years After Antarctic Sinking

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The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.

The Uncanny Case of the Jim Twins, Two Estranged Twins Who Led Identical Lives

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The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.

The Medical Mystery of Tarrare, a Cannibalistic French Spy

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Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

May 8, 2026

Cartoon of the Day

The town of Kyle in Saskatchewan, Canada, faced a hiccup in the run-up to its November 2024 municipal election: no one ran for mayor.

Ripley's Cartoon of the Day

Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.

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