Turning people into frogs—and back into princes—is the stuff of fairy tales. But back in January 2026, this fate befell a Heber City, Utah, police officer when AI accidentally cast the spell. Transcription software picked up the dialogue from "The Princess and the Frog" playing at the scene whe...
El Niño has led to a quiet season so far but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year is set to make landfall later on Friday into Saturday across the US Gulf Coast.
But 'noble' blood from the decapitated could work in a pinch. The post Ancient Romans thought drinking gladiator blood could cure epilepsy appeared first on Popular Science .
Simple changes to pub environments can encourage drinkers to choose alcohol-free options without harming profits, according to new research from the University of York. The study, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, evaluated how introducing alcohol-free (AF) beer through three sequential beha...
New MBARI research has revealed that the sea cucumber Pelagothuria natatrix plays an important and unexpected role in the ocean's carbon cycle. In a new article published in the journal Ecology, senior scientist Bruce Robison reports that this unique swimming sea cucumber is a prominent member o...
About 183,000 individual Aldabra giant tortoises are living on the African atoll, after their numbers dwindled to only 1,000. The post Giant tortoises now outnumber people in the Seychelles appeared first on Popular Science .