Northwestern University positron-trap apparatus recessed into a laboratory floor, surrounded by metal tubing, cables and support frames.

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A single positron has survived months in a lab without touching its surroundings. Now physicists can control its quantum jumps.

James Webb infrared panorama of N159 showing blue ionized bubbles, orange clouds, dark molecular filaments and thousands of stars

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Webb’s new N159 panorama reveals ionized bubbles, cold molecular filaments and generations of young stars forming across one neighboring-galaxy nursery.

Sea lions swim among schooling fish above a humpback whale’s back in an underwater camera view.

A Whale-Mounted Camera Caught Sea Lions Chasing Fish Across Its Back

Whale-mounted cameras reveal sea lions pursuing escaped anchovies across a humpback’s back, and new research suggests the crowded hunt may help whales feed faster.

A mustached man in a dark jacket looks to his left outdoors in daylight in A24’s Slayground teaser.

A24’s Slayground Turns a Haunted-House Employee Into a Murder Suspect

Jeremy Saulnier’s new A24 thriller follows a scare actor who wakes beside his dead coworkers, cannot remember the night and faces a statewide manhunt.

Julia Stiles and five 10 Things I Hate About You castmates hold hands during a Heath Ledger tribute on Dancing with the Stars.

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Julia Stiles revisited the song and poem from 10 Things I Hate About You before five former castmates joined her to honor Heath Ledger.

Official Prime Video trailer thumbnail showing armored Sauron with The Rings of Power title and Prime Video branding.

Sauron Takes His Armored Form in the New Rings of Power Season 3 Trailer

Prime Video’s new season-three trailer brings dark armor, fiery battles and the promise of the One Ring’s forging.

Pseudorabdion saravacense, a dwarf reedsnake studied for rolling locomotion. Photo: Yosuke Kojima.

This Snake Rolls Away From Trouble While Its Head Stays Pointed Forward [Video]

Slow-motion footage reveals how dwarf reedsnakes roll rapidly without tumbling head over tail. A new study explains their unusual escape.

Original editorial illustration celebrating a 3,156-pound pumpkin record, not a photograph of Ron Wallace’s actual pumpkin.

This 3,156-Pound Pumpkin Broke a World Record That Was Only a Week Old

Ron Wallace grew the first pumpkin to pass 3,000 pounds. The grower whose record he beat had even encouraged him to try a greenhouse.

Original editorial title card for the Grimothy Halloween story; the actual creation is shown in the article’s creator embeds.

The Oatmeal Built a Giant Evil Raccoon in His Brother’s Yard for Halloween

Matthew Inman turned Jimothy, the famously round Seattle raccoon, into Grimothy: a giant Halloween creature with glowing eyes and an alarming set of teeth.

Original editorial illustration of a downhill skateboarder, not a photograph of Diego Poncelet or his record run.

He Broke the Downhill Skateboard Speed Record, Then Went Back for 94 MPH [Video]

Diego Poncelet had already broken the standing downhill skateboard record that morning. He returned in the afternoon and reached 94.34 mph.

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