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This tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin of spiders

After a long day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a familiar task: preparing a Cambrian arthropod fossil for study. At first glance, the specimen looked typical for its age. But as he carefully removed surrounding material, something unusual appeared….

The Artemis II crew snapped some mesmerizing photos of Earth

On their way around the Moon, the Artemis II crew had time to snap some terrific pictures of our blue planet. NASA has begun sharing the images, including the one above, which shows a striking view of Earth through the…

Mercedes adds steer-by-wire — and a dang steering yoke — to the EQS

Steer-by-wire, in which a car can be steered electronically rather than through a physical connection between the steering wheel and steering rack, is coming to Mercedes-Benz. The German automaker says it will use the steering technology in its forthcoming refreshed…

The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era

When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix Facebook’s content moderation problem with…

The Best Samsung Galaxy S26 Cases (2026): S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra

Other Cases to Consider Photograph: Louryn Strampe Spigen Tough Armor and Nano Pop MagFit Cases: These affordable cases both look and perform well for the price. The Nano Pop case was just a little too slippery for me, and the…

Multipurpose anti-viral pill may treat colds, norovirus, flu and covid

Viral RNA relies on an enzyme to replicate, which offers up a target to protect against a range of pathogens Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Alamy A single drug has been found to inhibit a range of common viruses in lab studies,…

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box. Amid a long overdue archive cataloguing project…

SpaceX Starship could slash travel time to Uranus in half

The ice giants are among the most fascinating targets in our solar system, and Uranus has recently moved to the top of the list. The 2022 Decadal Survey from the National Academies identified it as the highest priority destination for…

Shadow Lord’ season 2 confirmed

Ahead of its premiere, Dave Filoni has revealed that the Star Wars animated series Maul: Shadow Lord will return for a second season. The Lucasfilm co-president revealed that season 2 is already in the works, telling Esquire that “at the…

AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works — the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site — announced the update on Thursday, which comes 17 years after AO3’s launch in 2009. “Since 2009, AO3 has…