I learned I was holding my iPhone wrong with Apple's screen distance feature

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Glasses and computer screen
Apple's screen distance feature in iOS 17 aims to promote healthier screen use.

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Space photos show Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 2 football fields

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two satellite images show a town on a coast with a protruding peninsula and dock before and after new land rises out of the sea
A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared.

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Japan takes earthquake safety seriously. Here's how its culture of preparedness keeps so many people alive.

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A collapsed, tilted building in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan with two trucks in front
A 2024 earthquake collapsed a building in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan.

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If you thought the planet Neptune was a deep blue color, turns out you're wrong

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A side by side graphic showing, left, an early, deep blue color enhanced image of Neptune from the 1986 NASA Voyager 6 approach, with a superimposed 'x' on it; and right, the same image adjusted by University of Oxford scientists to a pale blue.

Jeff Bezos says he and Elon Musk are 'very like-minded' despite not knowing each other

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Left: Jeff Bezos laughing wearing a white cowboy had and blue space jacket. Right: Elon Musk wearing a black suit standing in front of a photo of a SpaceX rocket.
Jeff Bezos said he's not opposed to befriending Elon Musk.

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What the unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents say — and don't say — about Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking and Jeffrey Epstein.

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Satellite photos of earthquakes in Japan in 2024 and 2011 show the destruction each left in its aftermath

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Workers stand on a road where a car is stuck on a broken road after an earthquake in Japan
The earthquakes killed dozens, left thousands without power, and destroyed roads and buildings.

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The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024. Here's where to look and the best time to see it.

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Dozens of shooting stars fall to Earth against a dark, starry night sky.
The Quadrantids can produce over 100 meteors an hour.

Nazarii Neshcherenskyi

Brazil's Amazon region has faced devastating flooding and drought. Dramatic photos show life in towns weathering the extremes of climate change.

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Left: Anama, Brazil, flooded. Right: Manaus, Brazil, dried up
Brazil's Amazon region has faced both devastating flooding and extreme drought.

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An 8,000-year-old fort defies expectations, showing that Stone Age societies built protective structures far earlier than we thought

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Circular depressions indicate the presence of an 8,000-year-old fortified settlement near the Amnya River in western Siberia
The fortified settlement was close to the Amnya River, which likely provided ample fishing for the inhabitants.

Nikita Golovanov

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