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Automakers are tweaking production processes to create a slew of new steels with just the right properties, allowing them to build cars that are both safer and more fuel-efficient.

You've got a VPN installed—now what?

A phenomenon referred to as 'population stereotypes' helps explain how predictable human responses create this impression.

What to do with those broken or outdated sunnies instead.

Proton Drive now has its own Google Docs competitor.

The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form—and hope for another spot to search for life.

Welcome to puffling season.

A new study analyzes the complex and sturdy material’s role in metamorphosis.

OpenAI safety researchers think GPT4o could influence 'social norms.'

The new tower would be double the height of the current record-holder—that’s also in Milwaukee.

A spiral galaxy with an ‘active galactic nucleus’ shows off in a new JWST image.

Methane levels in the atmosphere are rising. An armada of satellites could help identify leaks from oil fields, landfills, and animal feed operations.

Hunters cant shoot the snakes, but could win $10,000 for catching the most Burmese pythons.

Vinyl is the most popular way to buy music and that's a good thing.

What happens when thousands of old satellites are out of order?

The 4,160-feet-long sediment core could help scientists learn about magma, volcanoes, and more.

Advanced table tennis players still have the upper hand—for now.

A portable blender can help you smooth out a soup, whip up a smoothie, or even indulge in a frozen margarita wherever you go.

Seeding Martian skies with metallic nanorods may efficiently start terraforming.

Even months later, these primates don't forget their fruit.