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Meta and YouTube fined $3 million for harming mental health

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaving a Los Angeles courthouse during a landmark social media addiction trial Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images Social media giants Meta and YouTube have been found liable by a California jury for negligence that caused harm…

How many blue dots do you see? New optical illusion tricks the brain.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A new optical illusion excellently illustrates just how finicky our eyes are when it comes to perceiving colors. Unfortunately, staring at it too long…

24 new deep-sea species found including a rare new branch of life

Scientists have identified 24 previously unknown deep-sea amphipod species — including one entirely new superfamily — in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the central Pacific Ocean. The findings, published March 24 in an open-access ZooKeys special issue, represent a major…

T-Mobile customers have a week to sign up for a free year of MLB.TV

Today marks the start of the 2026 baseball season and in what has sort of become an annual tradition, T-Mobile is once again offering a free subscription to MLB.TV. In order to take advantage of the deal, T-Mobile customers simply…

Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

Disney could still integrate generative AI into its streaming service, and we might end up seeing some version of the company’s metaversal dreams become reality. But yesterday’s news from OpenAI and Epic point to an uncertain future for some of…

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed the social media giant — along with Google — another defeat. In a case arguing that social media platforms played…

Ultrahuman Is Back: Can the Ring Pro Beat Oura in the US Market?

Ultrahuman is back in the United States. The noted Oura Ring competitor has been absent from the American market since October because of a patent dispute but is now cleared by US Customs and Border Protection. As WIRED reported in…

Best science books of all time: Why The Selfish Gene is still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever

‘Richard Dawkins brilliantly made us think from the gene’s-eye view’: rereading The Selfish Gene In 1976, Richard Dawkins published a book titled after an idea he’d come up with while teaching a lecture on animal behaviour for his PhD supervisor….

EcoFlow is having one of its best sales of the year, with portable power stations for up to 55% off

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Sign Up For Goods Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. EcoFlow is running some of its deepest discounts of the year…

Scientists discover why this deadly lung cancer keeps coming back

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is among the most aggressive types of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of just five percent. Although it often responds well to chemotherapy at first, that success is usually short lived. Most patients…