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A daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat II, Princess Ita likely wielded an ornate dagger among other weapons. Credit: Sameh Abdel Mohsen Ancient Egyptians famously buried their royalty in ornate funerary complexes alongside prized jewelry, clothing, food, and even pets near the deceased, so that they could take these items with them into the afterlife. Weapons are also commonly discovered in these tombs, but not only next to royal men.

The vehicles are far more dangerous than the bears at Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Mario Tama via Getty Images Over four million people from all over the world visit Yellowstone National Park every year to admire its grandeur and beauty. Unfortunately, not every visit ends with gorgeous photos to show off to friends. All those visitors statistically ensure that some trips will occasionally go awry—or turn deadly. But should you fear for life while trekking through Yellowstone?

Ghost Font is only legible as a video, not in individual images. Credit: Ghost Font Despite increasing pushback from the public and some lawmakers, there still isn’t much preventing tech companies from training their generative artificial intelligence programs on internet content without the author’s consent. So until meaningful legislation and oversight is introduced, people are largely on their own when it comes to guarding original their online material.

Sandy and Luna are spending their days eating fish and tree hopping. Image: Friends of Big Bear Valley Eaglets Sandy and Luna could fully fledge any day now. They both hatched in the first week of April, putting them right on the upper end of the 10 to 14 week average for fledging. This means they could leave the nest for good any day now.

A group of meerkats standing together in the face of an outside threat. Image: Andy Radford, University of Bristol In the animal kingdom, life can sometimes look more like Game of Thrones than Charlotte’s Web. Bloody conflicts over territory, mates, and more are common in social animals, and several species have their own anticipatory behaviors to prepare when a fight looks imminent.

Keith Thomas, who has lived with paralysis since a diving accident in 2020, is now able to grasp, lift and drink from a cup on his own. After joining a clinical trial at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research that uses brain implants and artificial intelligence to bypass his injury and reconnect his brain with healthy parts of his spinal cord, Thomas has continuously improved, restoring lasting movement and feeling in his arm and hand.

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Massive lightning bolts streak across the sky at sunset in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Image: Abstract Aerial Art / Getty Images Recently I found myself in the middle of an intense lightning storm. While I was safely inside of a friend’s house, the booming sounds of thunder were unlike anything I had ever heard. Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.

Stack Commerce We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › TL;DR: The MagTag is a credit-card-sized tracker that works just like an AirTag, and it’s on sale now for $23.99. AirTags work fine on a keyring, but they’re thick round discs, so a wallet holds one about as gracefully as it holds a poker chip. Anyone who wants their wallet tracked ends up choosing between a bulging back pocket and no tracking at all.