Murphy, the Beloved Bald Eagle ‘Foster Dad’ Who Went Viral for Incubating a Rock, Has Died Following Storms in Missouri
The 33-year-old raptor had parented two orphaned chicks since gaining international attention for sitting on a rock in 2023
Bats Hitch a Ride on Storm Fronts When Migrating, Saving Energy by ‘Surfing’ Through the Sky, Study Finds
Researchers tracking female bats in central Europe found they migrated much farther in a single night than previously thought. The findings could help protect bats from wind turbine collisions
The Way We Listen to Music Changed Forever When Apple Launched iTunes in 2001
The digital jukebox enjoyed a two-decade reign as the dominant program for storing audio files
A Virginia Zoo Now Has Its Own Moo Deng—See the ‘Adorable’ Baby Pygmy Hippo Born in December
The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice between Poppy and Hammie Mae
The Speed of Human Thought Is Far Slower Than the Average Wi-Fi, Study Suggests
But the rate that we gather sensory data is 100 million times faster than our thought processes, making our brains champions at filtering information from our chaotic surroundings
‘Brain Rot,’ the Scourge of the Chronically Online, Becomes Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year
The term refers to “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state” that’s linked to spending extensive stretches of time scrolling through low-quality content
‘Demure’ Is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year for 2024
The term’s popularity skyrocketed after content creator Jools Lebron used it in a now-viral TikTok video, in which she described being “very demure, very mindful”
Watch a Starlink Satellite Plummet Through the Atmosphere in Videos Captured Last Weekend
The fireball—one of many decommissioned satellites from SpaceX’s internet service—was spotted by dozens of people across at least four states, and many mistook it for a meteor
See New Images of Pesto, Australia’s Enormous Baby Penguin, in His ‘Awkward Phase,’ Molting His Downy Feathers
The viral king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is beginning to lose his youthful down, a process that will give him his distinctive and waterproof adult plumage
Meet Haggis, the Latest Baby Pygmy Hippo to Win Over the Internet
Born October 30 to parents Gloria and Otto at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the hippo is already gaining popularity, following in the footsteps of viral sensation Moo Deng
‘Highly Defensive’ Mother Bear Grazer Defeats Male That Killed Her Cub to Win Fat Bear Week
For the second year in a row, Grazer bested the massive male named Chunk to take the crown in the single elimination online popularity contest at Katmai National Park and Preserve
You Can Now See Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s Works in a New Online Archive
The Picasso Museum in Paris has released a digital portal featuring the Spanish painter and sculptor’s art
A.I. ‘Completes’ Keith Haring’s Intentionally Unfinished Painting
Critics say the image is disrespectful of the original work, which the artist made as a commentary on the AIDS epidemic
Viral Lists Reveal Artists Whose Work May Have Trained an A.I. Art Generator
Thousands of painters, cartoonists, sculptors and other creatives are featured in the documents, which reinvigorated debates around copyright infringement and consent
NASA Streams Video of a Cat Chasing a Laser From Deep Space
In a first, the agency beamed the playful clip to Earth from a distance 80 times farther than the moon
‘Hallucinate’ Is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year for 2023
In the context of artificial intelligence, the word means “to produce false information” and “present it as if true”
‘Rizz’ Is Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year
The word means “style, charm or attractiveness” or “the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner”
Merriam-Webster’s 2023 Word of the Year Is ‘Authentic’
As technology’s ability to manipulate reality improves, we’re all searching for the truth
The History of the Internet, From MP3s to MySpace Tom
A new online museum explores the digital artifacts that defined the internet’s early days
‘New Yorker’ Cartoon About a Dog on the Internet Breaks Auction Records
The iconic 1993 image by Peter Steiner just became the most valuable single-panel comic ever sold
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