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22 breathtaking images from the 2025 Landscape Photographer of the Year awards
The vibrant magnificence of Earth.
Cozy up (safely) to an e-scooter’s lithium battery yule log
The Consumer Product Safety Commission spreads holiday advice with unique PSAs.
Ace Hardware has Craftsman power tools for clearance prices right now
Don't rely on Santa to get the power tools you want. Grab them from Ace Hardware for deep discounts and get that to-do list done.
Ditch the antibacterial soap this cold and flu season
You still need to wash your hands with soap and warm water though.
Ultimate procrastinator’s gift guide: 62 digital and subscription gifts you can buy instantly from your phone
It's too late to get a gift shipped and shopping in-store is a nightmare. Grab one of these thoughtful digital or subscription gifts instead.
How to spend your remaining FSA balance before it expires
The money you put in a Flexible Spending Account is yours, but it’s not yours to keep. Here are some practical and surprising ways to spend it before it’s gone.
Inside the labs where glasses are redesigned for a hyper-visual world
I went to EssilorLuxottica’s Paris facilities to learn how the digital age is reshaping eyes and redefining eyewear.
Lamborghini’s new hybrid supercar includes a three-level drift mode and three axial flux motors
The supercar pulls out the stops with a screaming 10,000 revolutions per minute at the redline.
Newborn African penguin named after a hot dog
The critically endangered chicks, Oscar and Duffy, were born at a New Jersey aquarium.
James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes snap images of same nebula, 10 years apart
The two images of Westerlund 2 show just how far the technology has come.
9 festive ISS holiday celebrations through the years
Crews living 250 miles above the Earth still keep the holiday spirit alive.
‘Hope in a bottle’ for a deadly cancer and the firefly gene that lit the way
The first FDA-approved treatment for an incurable brain cancer gives the gift of time.
9 new butterflies discovered in old museum archives
The team even extracted DNA from a tiny 100-year-old butterfly leg.
Butt breathing and 5 other ways animals stay warm in winter
Blue crabs burrow, wood frogs freeze, and other cold weather survival strategies.
Chasing the Mirage of “Ethical” AI
Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.
Lost in space: How ’digital twins’ saved NASA’s robots
Navigation algorithms designed for Earth fail in orbit. A new approach fixes the drift.