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MasterChef inspired an edible medical sensor

By Andrew Paul

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Pandemic shipping took a heavy toll on the climate

By Andrew Paul

The Best Roomba Deals
Gear

Get a new Roomba for as little as $179 on Amazon

By Brandt Ranj

Red strength test with different tiers of password security against a cyan background.
DIY

The Opt Out: Stop choosing bad passwords already

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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US intelligence: Energy weapons or attacks very unlikely to have caused ‘Havana syndrome’

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Dancers and chessmasters can compete to qualify for the 2023 Olympic Esports Series

By Andrew Paul

Cyber security concept, man hand protection network with lock icon and virtual screen on smartphone.
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Why government agencies keep getting hacked

By Harry Guinness

A close-up view of astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, photographed during the extravehicular activity (EVA) on the surface of the moon
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Lunar dust is notoriously hard to clean, but a new spray might do the trick

By Andrew Paul

A person on a laptop playing with Craiyon, one of many free AI tools.
DIY

The best free AI tools you can try right now

By David Nield

A person pressing buttons on a microwave oven.
DIY

How to get more lemon juice, and 8 other genius microwave hacks

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

From Miatas to Lamborghinis, these sports cars are meant for dirt, not asphalt
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From Miatas to Lamborghinis, these sports cars are meant for dirt, not asphalt

By Dan Carney

Outdoor photo of FTC building exterior with sign
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The FTC has its eye on AI scammers

By Andrew Paul

Gloved hands placing computer microchip on underneath microscope lens.
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Scientists eye lab-grown brains to replace silicon-based computer chips

By Andrew Paul

the spotify app on a phone screen
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Spotify wants to understand your body on music

By Charlotte Hu

Woman wearing Microsoft Hololens with RFID-tracking antenna addition
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This modified AR headset could help you find your lost keys

By Andrew Paul

electrodes hooked up to mushrooms
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Inside the lab that’s growing mushroom computers

By Charlotte Hu

Side-by-side of man wearing black hoodie and surveillance camera footage of him walking with LED lights blinding face
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A simple DIY hoodie can fool security cameras

By Andrew Paul

Soft robot inspired by gecko and inchworm moving across surface
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This tiny robot grips like a gecko and scoots like an inchworm

By Andrew Paul

Why the Space Force is testing out tech for small, high-flying satellites
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Why the Space Force is testing out tech for small, high-flying satellites

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A person using Shapr3D to design a nightstand on an iPad.
DIY

Shapr3D can make woodworking easier—here are 5 tips to get started

By Jean Levasseur

A man wearing sunglasses and a blue plaid shirt sitting in a dark room using an Apple Macbook laptop.
DIY

How to check if your computer has been tampered with

By David Nield

the FTC
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The FTC is trying to get more tech-savvy

By Rob Verger

A vocal amplification patch could help stroke patients and first responders
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A vocal amplification patch could help stroke patients and first responders

By Andrew Paul

Traffic jam on city highway
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Here are the world’s worst and best car commutes, ranked

By Andrew Paul

Close up to a screen showing the home page of ChatGPT
DIY

6 ways ChatGPT is actually useful right now

By David Nield

google's quantum processor
Technology

How Google plans to fix quantum computing’s accuracy problem

By Harry Guinness

A solar canopy installed above parked cars, as seen from the air.
Environment

Why your community’s next solar panel project should be above a parking lot

By Carla Delgado

U-2 spy plane balloon selfie
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The real star of this aerial selfie isn’t the balloon—it’s the U-2 spy plane

By Rob Verger

Pitcher and jar filled with kombucha on wooden kitchen counter
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Kombucha may have a surprising new use in tech

By Andrew Paul

Two gloved hands opening a smartphone on a workbench
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A new smartphone chip could keep your cell signal alive in crowded places

By Andrew Paul

A guide to Section 230, the law that made the internet the Wild West
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A guide to Section 230, the law that made the internet the Wild West

By Harry Guinness

Palm holding small biodegradable smart bandage
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A new biodegrading ‘smart’ bandage promises faster healing

By Andrew Paul

Kindle e-reader on store home screen.
Technology

ChatGPT is quietly co-authoring books on Amazon

By Andrew Paul

spotify's ai dj feature in their app
Technology

Meet Spotify’s new AI DJ

By Charlotte Hu

Close up of person wearing vocal strain monitor and haptic wrist device
Technology

A smartly trained voice monitor could save singers, teachers, and loud talkers from strain

By Andrew Paul

The rise of green hydrogen in Latin America
Environment

The rise of green hydrogen in Latin America

By Pablo Fonseca Q. / Knowable Magazine

Putin is backing away from New START—here’s what that nuclear treaty does
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Putin is backing away from New START—here’s what that nuclear treaty does

By Kelsey D. Atherton

An architecture mockup of the Hunter's Point South Park.
Technology

The ability for cities to survive depends on smart, sustainable architecture

By Charlotte Hu

Microsoft Windows Store logo
Technology

Microsoft changes Bing chatbot restrictions after much AI-generated weirdness

By Andrew Paul

The icy white south pole of Mars, with red soil all around.
Science

Want to travel to Mars? Here’s how long the trip could take.

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Why some Toyotas have ‘fish fins’
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Why some Toyotas have ‘fish fins’

By Kristin Shaw

Surrealist digital painting inspired by Dali of flying clocks and chess pieces upside down over sand and the Earth. The motifs symbolize the leap second.
Science

We might soon lose a full second of our lives

By Rahul Rao

a modified F-16 in flight
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Why DARPA put AI at the controls of a fighter jet

By Rob Verger

Goose emoji
Technology

Meet the newest Apple emojis: a goose, a moose, and another pink heart

By Andrew Paul

A black desk with a vertical monitor setup, in addition to a horizontal monitor, with both screens backlit with white light.
DIY

How a vertical monitor setup will change your life

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Image of hands coming out of a computer or a man hiding behind a laptop
Technology

No, the AI chatbots (still) aren’t sentient

By Andrew Paul

The Icefin robot under the sea ice.
Technology

A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

By Charlotte Hu

Tesla Model S red electric car close-up of hood
Technology

Massive new Tesla recall focuses on dangers of self-driving software

By Andrew Paul

The best wifi routers
Gear

The best Wi-Fi routers

By Brandt Ranj

Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’
Technology

Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’

By Kelsey D. Atherton

An illustration of a circuit in the form of a human brain.
Science

Engineers finally peeked inside a deep neural network

By Rahul Rao

NASA evolved structure spacecraft part
Technology

NASA is using AI to help design lighter parts

By Andrew Paul

The bow of the RMS Titanic, almost 12,500 feet under the ocean.
Science

Watch never-before-seen footage of the Titanic shipwreck from the 1980s

By Laura Baisas

illustration of game
Technology

How a video game could help us better understand nuclear war

By Sarah Scoles

A Kia in Minneapolis
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A software update could make your Hyundai or Kia harder to steal

By Harry Guinness

Hand holding up drone disguised within taxidermy bird body
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Researchers are stuffing drones into taxidermy birds to make them seem more ‘natural’

By Andrew Paul

a cuttlefish in darkness
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Cuttlefish have amazing eyes, so robot-makers are copying them

By Charlotte Hu

Pill sensor placed atop quarter for size comparison
Technology

This vibrating magnetic pill could one day help measure your guts

By Andrew Paul

Charity scammers’ latest weapon is AI-generated art
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Charity scammers’ latest weapon is AI-generated art

By Andrew Paul

Studying fighter pilot physiology could help us understand astronaut brains
Health

Studying fighter pilot physiology could help us understand astronaut brains

By Laura Baisas

Pink pigeon in New York City wildlife rescue center that was dyed for gender reveal party
Environment

Gender reveal parties are turning nature pink and blue

By Zayna Syed

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Technology

Why the US might be finding more unidentified flying objects

By Kelsey D. Atherton

An airplane taking off toward the camera at dusk, with lights along the runway and on the front of the plane, against a cloudy reddish sunset.
Technology

Let’s talk about how planes fly

By Rob Verger

a Zoox self-driving car on the road
Technology

An autonomous EV with no steering wheel is hitting the road in California

By Harry Guinness

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