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centipede robot
Technology

To build a better crawly robot, add legs—lots of legs

By Charlotte Hu

A man wearing a black sweatshirt using a laptop on a DIY wooden laptop stand on a wooden table.
DIY

This DIY laptop stand will help keep your computer cool

By Jean Levasseur

Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked
Technology

Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A woman outside, using the best portable wifi, with a white backpack working on a laptop placed on a folding laptop stand.
Gear

The best portable WiFi of 2024

By Eric Alt

Senior citizen hands typing on laptop keyboard
Technology

The right amount of online scrolling could decrease your risk of dementia

By Andrew Paul

Young panda eating branch while sitting in tree.
Technology

Researchers built a ‘SoftZoo’ to virtually test animal-inspired robots

By Andrew Paul

Laptop with google account screen showing how to set up passkeys
DIY

Ditch your Google password and set up a passkey instead

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Google joins the fight against passwords by enabling passkeys
Technology

Google joins the fight against passwords by enabling passkeys

By Harry Guinness

Tech giants have a plan to fight dangerous AirTag stalking
Technology

Tech giants have a plan to fight dangerous AirTag stalking

By Harry Guinness

Biden speaking at lectern.
Technology

US crypto firms might soon pay taxes for exorbitant energy use

By Andrew Paul

Unarmed missle test launch time lapse at night
Technology

AI should never be able to launch nukes, US legislators say

By Andrew Paul

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
Technology

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs

By Rob Verger, Erik Olsen

Windows computer showing the Nearby Share app from Android.
DIY

You can now use Android’s Nearby Share on PC

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch
Science

Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch

By Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo/MIT Press Reader

Close-up of patient's neck with a wearable ultrasound patch
Technology

A tiny patch can take images of muscles and cells underneath your skin

By Andrew Paul

A rendering of Proteus.
Technology

An ambitious underwater ‘space station’ just got a major research collaborator

By Charlotte Hu

Airplanes at terminals at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport
Technology

Europe’s fourth biggest airport plans to ban private jets

By Andrew Paul

A person using a white MacBook laptop on a white table, maybe figuring out how to remove bloatware.
DIY

Make sure your computer isn’t downloading stuff you don’t want

By David Nield

Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank
Technology

Australia wants a laser weapon powerful enough to stop a tank

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Man prepping person for fMRI scan.
Technology

This AI-powered brain scanner can paraphrase your thoughts

By Andrew Paul

John Deere farm equipment
Technology

How John Deere’s tech evolved from 19th-century plows to AI and autonomy

By Kristin Shaw

An iPhone on a notebook next to a Macbook on a wooden table, showing the Count notification display option on the iPhone's screen.
DIY

3 ways to change how iPhone notifications appear

By John Kennedy

Being loud and fast may make you a more effective Zoom communicator
Technology

Being loud and fast may make you a more effective Zoom communicator

By Andrew Paul

The best FPV drones composited
Gear

The best FPV drones

By Terry Sullivan

Red cherry shaped as butt on orange and purple ombre background
Science

A scientific exploration of big juicy butts

By Rachel Feltman

A person holding an iPhone with a number of apps on its home screen. We hope they asked these security questions before installing them.
DIY

Stop and ask these 5 security questions before installing any app

By David Nield

shock waves from supersonic jet
Technology

How fast is supersonic flight, and why does it create sonic booms?

By Rob Verger

Airplane landing on runway at sunset
Technology

The FAA just made East Coast flight routes shorter

By Andrew Paul

Two seals laying on shore near water.
Technology

Seals provided inspiration for a new waddling robot

By Andrew Paul

Geoffrey Hinton stands in front of array of computer systems
Technology

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google to talk openly about the dangers of the rapidly emerging tech

By Andrew Paul

airplanes at different gates in an airport
Technology

How a quantum computer tackles a surprisingly difficult airport problem

By Charlotte Hu

A woman punching through a laptop screen while shouting.
DIY

How to block toxic comments everywhere

By Whitson Gordon

A person using a laptop computer with Google on the screen.
DIY

4 ways to protect your Google search history

By David Nield

slack on a laptop
Technology

Some of your everyday tech tools lack this important security feature

By Harry Guinness

A robotic hand manipulates a reflective disco ball in dim lighting.
Technology

This agile robotic hand can handle objects just by touch

By Andrew Paul

Side by side of Australian thorny devil lizard and ingestible medical capsule
Technology

A cutting-edge appetite stimulator was inspired by the thorny devil lizard

By Andrew Paul

Berkeley Lab researcher Yan Zeng looks over the starting point at A-Lab.
Technology

Tony Stark would love this new experimental materials lab

By Jamie Dickman

NASA Ingenuity helicopter lost in a Mars crater in a photo taken by Perseverance rover
Science

Name a better duo than NASA’s hard-working Mars rover and helicopter

By Briley Lewis

The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply
Technology

The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Aerial view of Palisades nuclear power plant
Technology

A decommissioned nuclear plant may roar back to life in Michigan

By Andrew Paul

Elon Musk waving while wearing a suit
Technology

Tesla lawyers argued Elon Musk Autopilot statements might be manipulated with deepfake tech

By Andrew Paul

Teddy bear sitting in a corner and hands peeking from the corner with a phone taking pictures of the teddy bear.
DIY

The Opt Out: Read this before sharing another photo of a kid online

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person putting a DVD or Blu-ray disc into a black laptop, potentially to back it up.
DIY

You should back up your Blu-rays and DVDs before they break

By Justin Pot

tsunami warning sign in Israel
Technology

New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save lives

By Jamie Dickman

Tesla’s carbon footprint is much larger than it previously disclosed
Technology

Tesla’s carbon footprint is much larger than it previously disclosed

By Andrew Paul

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic
Technology

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic

By Andrew Paul

The USS Bonhomme Richard fire
Technology

Watchdog sounds alarm on the Navy’s fire preparedness

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Green forest with sun shining through trees
Technology

Tinkering with wood turned an insulator into a tree transistor

By Andrew Paul

a computer chip from Intel
Technology

Cloud computing has its security weaknesses. Intel’s new chips could make it safer.

By Harry Guinness

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket readying for launch at night
Technology

Japan’s ispace lunar lander appears to have crashed into the moon

By Andrew Paul

collage made from old magazine photograph and blueprints
DIY

A 1967 foot-powered tool you could build today—if you wanted to

By Bill Gourgey

A person in a tan sweater sitting at a laptop computer on a wooden table.
DIY

Free up space on your laptop by moving all your files to the cloud

By David Nield, Sandra Gutierrez G.

Best Kids' ATVs sliced header
Gear

The best kids’ ATVs

By Bethaney Phillips

the jeep magneto concept
Technology

Jeep is steering its famous off-roaders towards electrification

By Kristin Shaw

Blue interwoven smart fabric threads
Technology

A new color-changing, shape-shifting fabric responds to heat and electricity

By Andrew Paul

Security guard standing at damaged SpaceX Starship launch site
Technology

SpaceX’s Starship launch caused a ‘mini earthquake’ and left a giant mess

By Andrew Paul

The Little Snitch Mini interface showing a list of Mac apps that are connecting to the internet, and a map of Earth showing where those internet locations physically are.
DIY

How to use Little Snitch Mini to see which Mac apps are connected to the internet

By Justin Pot

Dermatologist checking moles on skin cancer patient's back
Health

5 skin cancer-care tools you should look out for

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

northern lights over the Arctic ocean
Technology

Arctic researchers built a ‘Fish Disco’ to study ocean life in darkness

By Charlotte Hu

A TV with the Stranger Things title screen on it, in a dark room bathed in purple light. Exactly what you might see if you're binge-watching instead of going to sleep.
DIY

How to stream movies and shows without destroying your sleep

By David Nield

Earth Day Essentials
Gear

The best Earth Day essentials

By Brandt Ranj

Robot trash cans have survived a New York City field test
Technology

Robot trash cans have survived a New York City field test

By Sara Kiley Watson

Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings
Technology

Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings

By Sara Kiley Watson

An empty Gmail inbox.
DIY

6 Gmail sorting tips for a more efficient and less chaotic inbox

By David Nield

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