Lego's 2026 Marvel Advent Calendar Makes the Perfect Stocking Stuffer, But It's Selling Out Quickly

Lego’s 2026 Marvel Advent calendar has been flying off the shelves. It’s already sold out on Lego’s site, but you can still ...

Reality Might Be ‘Leaking’ Into a Fifth Dimension—And Dark Energy Could Be the Smoking Gun, Scientists Say

If we find that gravity starts acting weird at the scale of a micron, it could trigger a process of discovery that could ...

Extraterrestrial Fusion Reactors Could Unlock Limitless Energy—and Birth Human Space Civilizations, Physicist Claims

These futuristic reactors may offer advantages that are “entirely infeasible” for their terrestrial counterparts.

Archaeologists Found a Lost Roman Fort That May Solve a 1,700-Year-Old Mystery

The Roman emperor Magnus Maximus ruled territory stretching from Spain to Britain in the late fourth century C.E. Medieval ...

Scientists Are Rewinding the Biological Clock Inside Human Eyes—and Patients Say They Can See Again

For example, scientists worldwide are racing to use stem cells to replace—or even rejuvenate—cells damaged by macular ...

Living With a Rare Lung Disease Changed My Life in Ways I Never Expected

An idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) diagnosis upended one man’s retirement plans—but it also fueled his sense of purpose.
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Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. He covers stadiums, sneakers, gear, infrastructure, and more for a variety of publications, including Popular Mechanics. His favorite ...