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Bastl just raised $700,000 on Kickstarter with a synth disguised as a kalimba — and musicians are obsessed
A Czech synth company's Kickstarter hit $700K by disguising a synthesizer as a thumb piano. The tines are velocity-sensitive triggers,…
Two neon submersibles just dove 6,000 meters into the Pacific—and May could change deep-sea science forever
Cheap deep-sea submersibles are unlocking the ocean floor for science and mining. Here's what that means for discovery—and disruption.
Doctors reveal the three unremarkable factors that let flesh-eating amoebas kill a man alive in 2026
A man's death from rare flesh-eating amoebas reveals an unexpected convergence of three ordinary medical factors. What doctors learned.
Marathon players are quietly buying boss kills on eBay to skip the Compiler fight entirely
Players are bypassing Marathon's brutal final boss by purchasing pre-recorded kills on eBay, revealing an underground economy of video game…