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Four of the best mice for MacBook Pro shown on a white background
PC Gaming

The best mice for MacBook Pro

Take a break from the trackpad with these powerful and customizable Mac mice.

Axiom and Prada designed a custom white fabric that can protect astronauts from extreme heat and dangerous lunar dust.
Space

How Prada’s fancy Artemis III spacesuits work

Increased fabric flexibility and heavy-duty life support systems make Apollo-era space suits look like relics.

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell scaling Devil's Climb in Alaska
Land

Rock climbing legend Alex Honnold talks his Devil’s Climb, Google Maps, and biking with wild horses

'It’ll send you… across pastures and cow fields and through private property.'

a musuem exhibit with a dinosaur skeleton. a picture of actor jeff goldblum saying "that is a one big pile of poop" is in the lower left.
Biology

The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites

These specimens can tell us a lot about dinosaur diets.

A farmer promotes taro through a live webcast in a field in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on Sept. 9, 2024.
Internet

Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life

China’s countryside is emerging as an unlikely epicenter of viral content.

Sierra Space TCPS machine
International Space Station

ISS astronauts to test trash compactor that’s basically WALL-E

Sierra Space’s machine can also recycle water from the garbage.

The best smart rings in 2024 on a plain white background.
Fitness Gear

The best smart rings

Smart rings provide high-tech, low-profile data collection that prioritizes a fashion-forward design.

Researcher testing sensors and weights for fatigue monitoring
AI

Wearable sensors monitor factory worker fatigue in real time

Researchers hope predictive machine learning can help prevent injuries on the job.

An architect's rendering of what Kairos' first demonstration mini nuclear reactor will look like when it's completed.
Energy

Google bets big on ‘mini’ nuclear reactors to feed its AI demands

Google says the agreement could 'unlock the full potential of AI for everyone.'

Moflin robot pet
AI

Casio thinks an AI-powered furball can replace your pet

Moflin the wiggling robot is ‘always by your side in your heart.’

An illustration showing an imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering India’a Kashmir Valley, 400,000 years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up a campfire to cook their meal.
Evolution

Mysterious elephant species uncovered with 87 prehistoric stone tools

A new analysis of this 400,000-year-old skull fills in missing branches on the elephant evolutionary tree.

The surface of Europa – one of Jupiter’s moons – is a thick layer of solid ice.
Space

Europa Clipper is one of two missions on their way to see if Jupiter’s moons could support life

Jupiter’s moons hide giant subsurface oceans.

a small frog with light green coloring and dark spots sits on a green leaf
Land

Seven new frog species named for their ‘Star Trek’-esque calls

B. kirki, B. picardi, B. siskoi, B. janewayae, B. archeri, B. pikei, and B. burnhamae live in Madagascar's rainforests.

man stands behind large pumpkin with scarecrow
Agriculture

Gargantuan pumpkin could flavor 74,794 pumpkin spice lattes

We have a four-time champion in this annual gigantic gourd competition.

green old car parked on the street
Vehicles

Bentley used original design drawings to meticulously recreate its 1930 Speed Six

What’s old is new again with this continuation, meticulously designed crafted just like the original.

Armenian sapphire (muscari armeniacum) flowers closeup. Shallow depth of field.
Life Skills

How to revamp your lawn’s reputation with bulbs

Goodbye, boring green grass. Hello, pollinator-friendly flowers.

wildfire
Environment

Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain

What makes these wildfires especially dangerous and uncontrollable?

screenshot of iphone with 'esim' set up open
Tech Hacks

eSIMs explained: What they are, and how you can set one up

The Subscriber Identity Module card is changing.

High-rise buildings made of mass timber are appearing in skylines around the world, including, from left, the Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee, and others in Skellefteå, Sweden; Brumunddal, Norway; Vienna; and Vancouver, Canada.
Technology

Sustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers

Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.

a grey squirrel climbs out of a jack-o-lantern
Projects

How to squirrel-proof your pumpkins

BOO! Get off my jack-o'-lantern.