4 Unexpected Uses For Your Old Nintendo Wii Remotes

Those old Wii Remotes you have collecting dust still have life left in them. With a little creativity, you can use them in ...

Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons are making Kiss a rock ’n’ roll dynasty – just don't mistake their music for their fathers'

Bands formed by rock stars’ kids rarely work out – but this one does. Say hello to Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons, whose dads ...

AI develops easily understandable solutions for unusual experiments in quantum physics

Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary ‘Tea Parties’ With Kanzi the Bonobo

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.
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Bricks for the Blind: Newton MA man adapts Legos for visually impaired

Enter Bricks for the Blind, which was founded in 2023 by Matthew Shifrin, 28, of Newton. The nonprofit makes it possible for blind people to build LEGO sets by providing text-based instructions. “We ...