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Speakers

The best Bluetooth speakers, chosen by experts

A Bluetooth speaker is a great way to stay connected to your favorite audio without being tethered to any one place.

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Concept Cars

Ram’s vision for a three-row pickup truck could be closer to reality than you think

The automaker filed a patent for removable third-row seats this month. 

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching ocean in an attack.
Ocean

Sharks are testing positive for cocaine

Researchers detected trace amounts in every Brazilian sharpnosed shark they examined.

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Space Telescope

NASA drops 25 dazzling images to celebrate Chandra X-ray space telescope

Chandra marks 25 years of space observations on July 23, 2024.

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Deep Space

How will astronauts handle expired drugs on Mars?

A new study indicates over half the medications aboard the ISS wouldn’t last a trip into deep space.

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Electric Vehicles

The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the EV that driving enthusiasts have been waiting for

Hyundai’s hot-rodded Ioniq 5 variant delivers genuine personality, thrilling capability, and–most importantly–a fun drive. 

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Drones

Rescue from above: How drones may narrow emergency response times

The technology is promising, but health outcome research is inconclusive.

The best monitors for dual-screen setups in 2024 on a plain white background.
Peripherals

The best monitors for dual-screen setups

Double your productivity when you transform your workspace with a multi-display system.

VERO four legged robot vacuuming cigarette butts
Robots

This plodding robot sucks up cigarette butts

VERO features a vacuum hump and nozzles for feet.

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Science

Math teacher argues Pi Day should be July 22

Celebrating Pi Day on March 14 is mathematically incorrect.

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Aviation

Simulated sunrises and sunsets in planes may reduce jet lag

Researchers are experimenting with cabin lighting to support circadian rhythms on long flights.

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Animals

Chimp conversations can take on human-like chaos

Quick responses, interruptions, and regional differences could just be part of being a primate.

Polymetallic nodules scattered across bottom of the ocean floor
Biology

‘Dark oxygen’ on ocean floor may rewrite Earth’s origins of life

Deep sea nodules could be making their own oxygen without sunlight.

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Animals

Your dog can probably smell your stress

Human odors may influence the decisions of our canine companions.

Jackery Explorer 240 in a tiled configuration.
Gear

Get a Jackery power station for just $180 thanks to this limited-time Amazon deal

The post-Prime Day flash sale keeps Jackery's entry-level model at an extremely reasonable price, but not for long.

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Climate Change

Climate change is making turbulence worse

Buckle up for bumpier flights ahead.

Thick clouds of fine particulate matter blow off China in this 2016 satellite photo (oriented with north to the left).
Pollution

How the Blob was born

With ecosystems increasingly squeezed by anthropogenic warming, even cleaning up pollution can cause problems.

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Weapons

The sand that (almost) killed millions

Death Sand, Radioactive Clouds, and the complicated pursuit of 'gentle nuclear war.'

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Televisions

The best 4K TVs, as chosen by experts

Treat your eyes to the best 4K TVs money can buy.

An old female rhesus macaque eats alone on the island of Cayo Santiago. As female macaques age, the size of their social network shrinks.
Science

It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age

In patterns that may sound familiar, long-term studies reveal what elderly deer, sheep and macaques are up to in their twilight years.