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The best 4K monitors
PC Gaming

The best 4K monitors

Equip your home office, gaming setup, or editing rig with the best 4K monitor.

Artist impression of a large asteroid impacting on Earth such as the Chicxulub event that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66 million years ago. The illustration shows an asteroid impacting at Chicxulub. Shown in the background are planet Mars and asteroid bodies.
Deep Space

Dinosaur-killing asteroid likely came from deep space beyond Jupiter

Isotope analysis of the Chicxulub impactor may finally confirm its extremely rare origin and composition.

The best gaming monitors of 2024 on a plain white background.
Console Gaming

The best gaming monitors

Say goodbye to motion blur, pixelation, and tiny screens that require squinting with our picks for high-performance monitors.

Woman singing in studio microphone
Science

You can (probably) sing better than you think

‘A surprisingly large portion of the population has a type of automatic, hidden 'perfect pitch' ability.’

Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1871.
Moons

‘The sun has been eaten’: A brief history of solar eclipses

Sometimes, they 'foretold' love. Sometimes, death.

Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the seafloor at Beagle Marine Park.
Ocean

Watch a huge ‘No Boys Allowed’ shark slumber party

Thousands of sleepy sharks were spotted in Australia’s Beagle Marine Park.

Samsung HW-Q990D soundbar close up logo
Speakers

The best Samsung soundbars, as chosen by experts

Samsung makes excellent surround sound systems, especially if you’re already using a Samsung TV.

A transparent zebrafish in a tank in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on June 20, 2023.
Biology

Zebrafish regenerate their spinal cords in a surprising way

Figuring out how their neurons work could lead to better treatments for spinal injuries.

Columbian mammoth tusk fossil in creek
Science

Man finds gigantic mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek

The 600-pound, 7-foot-long specimen is the first recovered in the state.

An old ink drawing of Sweden’s Forsa Ring with the runic inscription.
Archaeology

Even Vikings had to pay fines

A new look at the 250 runes etched into the Forsa Ring show a flexible and practical money system.

Red and purple light washing over Club Millennium aka New York's Broadway Theatre during a July 2023 performance of Here Lies Love
Speakers

Love is the message: How cutting-edge sound design brought a 360-degree disco to Broadway

In 2023, the Broadway Theatre staged the David Byrne/Norman Cook musical "Here Lies Love." L-Acoustics loudspeakers and L-ISA immersive audio software ensured the performance wasn't restricted to the stage.

The device, which is about the size of a stick of gum, can be implanted under the skin, where it monitors heart rate, breathing rate, and other vital signs. When it determines that an overdose has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone.
Medicine

First-of-its-kind implant detects and treats opioid overdoses

The ‘robotic first responder’ prototype delivers naloxone in 10 seconds.

stonehenge. these large neolithic standing stones are arranged in a circle
Archaeology

Geologists crack a major Stonehenge mystery

The circle's Altar Stone originated hundreds of miles away.

roach at home
Insects

Roach sprays don’t work

If you want to stop a cockroach infestation, most consumer products offer 'absolutely no benefit.'

Specimen photographed with autofluorescence under confocal microscope at 639 nm; different colors indicate z-depth, with violet to red gradient representing the shallowest to deepest planes, respectively.
Animals

Extremely rare tardigrade fossils seen in unprecedented detail

There are only four known ‘water bear’ fossils in existence.

In Scandinavia, early people adorned rocks with thousands of images of boats.
Archaeology

Scandinavia’s missing Bronze-Age boatyards

Archaeologists argue that ancient Scandinavian boat-building infrastructure has been hiding in plain sight.

The best ultrawide gaming monitors
Console Gaming

The best ultrawide gaming monitors

For when 16:9 just isn't cutting it anymore.

Closeup of a young woman sticking out her tongue.
AI

AI tongue scanner can diagnose illnesses with 96 percent accuracy

The new machine learning system builds on 2,000-year-old traditional Chinese medicine techniques.

Odyssey’s THEMIS view the horizon of Mars.
Mars

Ultrasonic tools could one day track wind speeds on Mars

3D readings of its turbulent atmosphere have been elusive.

a spotted cat walks through a mountain region at night
Animals

Rare, endangered ocelot caught on camera

Fewer than 100 of these spotted cats exist in the wild in the US.