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Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Close-up of glowing jellyfish swimming gracefully in deep green ocean waters.

A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

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A Japanese man named Jiroemon Kimura, who lived to 116, was born in 1897 when Queen Victoria still ruled and died in 2013, meaning a single human life personally overlapped with the invention of the airplane, the atomic bomb, the internet, and Instagram

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The Hollywood sign originally read HOLLYWOODLAND when it was built in 1923 as a real estate advertisement for a housing development, and it was only meant to stand for 18 months, but nobody ever got around to taking it down and the city eventually adopted it as a landmark

Almost all of the world’s internet traffic does not travel by satellite but through fibre-optic cables lying on the ocean floor, a hidden web of wires crossing the deepest parts of the sea to connect the continents.

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WinX DVD Ripper: Quickly Rip and Digitize DVDs

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I Just Replaced Adobe Illustrator With This Browser Based Alternative

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Use Pake to Turn Websites Into Desktop Apps — No Bloat, No Browser Dependency

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VideoProc Converter AI: Easy 1-Stop AI Video, Image, Audio Tool

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Stop Using Capcut! This Secret Open-Source Browser App Is a Video-Editing Beast

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How to Use WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop in 2026

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Discord Botched Age Verification – Here’s How They’re Fixing It

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How to Download Videos from X (Formerly Twitter)

How To Fix Snapchat’s Most Annoying Audio Glitches

Snapchat Audio Driving You Crazy? Here’s the Rapid Fix

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How to Hide Telegram Chats Without Permanently Deleting Them

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In the early 1980s, a Dutch radio broadcaster figured out how to transmit video games over standard commercial radio broadcasts — and teenagers across Europe would sit with blank cassette tapes waiting for the local station to broadcast a series of high-pitched squeaks and buzzes that they could record and load into their home computers

Sony’s PlayStation 2 was so computationally advanced when it launched in 2000 that the government of Iraq reportedly imported over 4,000 of the gaming consoles — sparking an intense military investigation over fears that the systems would be chained together to build a crude, low-cost supercomputer capable of guiding long-range missiles

The legendary video game Pac-Man doesn’t actually have an ending—instead, a single 8-bit integer overflow bug causes the game’s internal counter to glitch out at Level 256, violently corrupting the right half of the screen into a chaotic mess of random symbols and rendering the final stage completely unplayable.

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How to Play The Legend of Zelda on PC

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What Is NVIDIA DLSS? Upscaling and DLSS Alternatives Explained

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Apple has quietly become the largest watchmaker in the world by unit sales, shipping more than twice as many watches as the entire Swiss industry combined — but the Swiss industry, which dismissed the Apple Watch in 2015, has discovered something more interesting: they’ve held onto the high end, and Rolex alone is now closing in on Apple Watch by revenue

Why You Need A Travel Router For Public Wi Fi (and How To Set It Up)

Why a Travel Router is the Best Investment for Your Next Trip

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9 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Tablets and Put Them to Good Use

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11 Ways to Repurpose Old Phones

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I Finally Moved Away From My Synology NAS, and I Don’t Miss It

Share Encrypted Files for Free with Mozilla’s Firefox Send

Mozilla solve the problem of not being able to share larger files by launching Firefox Send, a free, encrypted file-transfer service that allows you to share large files via a browser.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 15, 2019

How to Add Text to a Video in Final Cut Pro

By using titles, you can easily add text to your Final Cut video projects. This could be the title of a video, the location of a scene, or a source for archive footage.

By Alexander Fox – Mar 14, 2019

What is Sarahah? A Guide to the Controversial Social Network

How has an app originally made for the Saudi Arabian population become a global phenomenon? Here we explain everything you need to know about Sarahah.

By Robert Zak – Mar 14, 2019

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How to Play H.265 Videos with Your Favorite Media Player

While H.265 is the world’s fastest video encoder, only a few media players have support for this format. With a few tweaks, you can run H.265 videos without any trouble.

By Sayak Boral – Mar 9, 2019

Countries that Run Their Own National Intranets

Motivated by the desire to control information and increase national security, some countries have constructed national intranets. Here are some of the more prominent countries on the list.

By Andrew Braun – Mar 8, 2019

FreeNAS vs. Unraid: Which Is Best for Your Storage Needs?

FreeNAS and Unraid are two popular options for creating a Network Attached Storage. There are a few factors that make it easier to choose which one to use.

By Kris Wouk – Mar 8, 2019

Received a Bitcoin Blackmail Email? Here’s What to Do

There’s been a wave of spam emails that threaten to release your data if you don’t pay them. Here’s how you can deal with such bitcoin blackmail emails.

By Simon Batt – Mar 7, 2019

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5 of the Best Alternatives for Google+ Users

With the end of Google+ coming very soon, users of the platform need to locate a new social home. Here are a few Google+ alternatives worth checking out.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Mar 6, 2019

Are Third-Party Social Logins Secure and Private?

People love to use social logins for various sites because it frees them from having to remember multiple passwords. But is this secure and private? Let’s find out.

By Andrew Braun – Mar 6, 2019

How to Create the Perfect GIF in Photoshop

There are lots of quick-and-dirty ways to create a GIF on your PC. Here we show how you can create the perfect GIF using Photoshop.

By Robert Zak – Mar 2, 2019

5 of the Best Email Service Providers for Sending Transactional Emails

Sending transactional emails is an important part of any online business. Here are some of the best email service providers you can use to send transactional emails.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 28, 2019

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How to Edit Your Videos with Microsoft Photos App

Unknown to many, the Microsoft Photos app can also be used to edit videos. Learn how you can use Microsoft Photos as a video editor.

By Sayak Boral – Feb 27, 2019

Countries Where You’ll Need a VPN to Bypass Censorship

The number of countries implementing content filtering and censorship is growing. Here are some of the countries that need a VPN to connect to the outside world.

By Andrew Braun – Feb 26, 2019

How to Block Microsoft Edge from Running in the Background

Microsoft Edge is preinstalled in Windows 10, and now it can start up on its own. Here is how you can block Microsoft Edge from running in the background.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 26, 2019

The Ultimate Superuser’s Guide to uBlock Origin

While uBlock Origin is the most powerful and versatile ad blocker available, its design is also a little obscure. Here we’ll show you how to get the most out of uBlock Origin.

By Alexander Fox – Feb 25, 2019

The Psychological Tricks Websites Use to Keep You Scrolling

The attention economy relies on keeping human eyes staring at the same site for as long as possible. Here are some psychological tricks websites are using.

By Andrew Braun – Feb 25, 2019

Chrome Apps, Plugins, Extensions: What’s the Difference?

What is the difference between Chrome Apps, extensions and plugins? Here we explain the differences between them so you always know what you’re looking for.

By Robert Zak – Feb 20, 2019

7 Free Proxy Servers You Can Use to Hide Your Identity Online

As you evaluate which free proxy server to use, check its reputation, service quality, support for your browser, OS, nation of origin and speeds.

By Elsie Biage – Feb 19, 2019

How to Delete Saved Searches on Twitter [Quick Tips]

Are you trying to figure out how to delete saved searches on Twitter? Look no further. Read this tutorial to find out how.

By Mike Tee – Feb 17, 2019

4 of the Best Internet History Tracking Apps You Can Use

If you are looking to have a bird’s eye view of the websites you surf, here are some of the best Internet history tracking apps you can use.

By Sayak Boral – Feb 13, 2019

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Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

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Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

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