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Life Skills

Old-school strategies for flying in the age of new technology

If technology snarls your airline experience, here are some tips.

Best planar magnetic headphones
Headphones

The best planar-magnetic headphones, tested and reviewed

Upgrade to audiophile and soak in new sensations when you pick planar over plainer headphones.

A lab technologist with the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness holds test tubes full of liquified mosquito remains in a lab at Health Department headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.
Health

How climate change is expanding the reach of EEE, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness

Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease with a high mortality rate, has been spreading in the Northeast as temperatures rise.

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Life Skills

How to dry herbs at home (and why you should)

Hang your herbs upside down or pop them in the microwave.

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Tech Hacks

Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube

Customize YouTube to work exactly the way you want it to.

Microsoft MS-DOS user's guide in front of old computer
Tech Hacks

How to get MS-DOS up and running on Windows or macOS

Take a trip to the past—and load up some classic apps and games.

Histones, best known for acting as scaffolding support for DNA and for regulating gene activity, turn out to also play critical metabolic roles in the cell.
Biology

These proteins have been secretly managing your cells

Scientists have long known that histones spool DNA and help regulate genes. They may be doing a lot more.

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Moons

September stargazing: A second supermoon and partial lunar eclipse

Autumn officially starts in the Northern Hemisphere on September 22 8:44 a.m EDT.

blue sportscar on a track
Electric Vehicles

Driving the $2 Million, 2,000-horsepower Rimac Nevera EV

Mate Rimac’s vision comes to life with blistering speed.

Google’s HeAR model sifts through over 300 million, two seconds snippets of audio to search for signs of respiratory harm.
AI

AI can spot tuberculosis early by listening to your cough

The AI model was trained on 300 million coughs, sniffles, and sneezes.

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Insects

Watch the world’s fastest backflipping bug

The globular springtail rotates as much as 368 times per second.

a huge swarm of thousands of mosquitoes
Insects

Mosquitoes can barely see–but a male’s vision perks up when they hear a female

A ‘mosquito flight simulator’ reveals a potential weakness in one species that carries malaria.

Various artifacts recovered from Temple of Buto
Archaeology

Egyptologists uncover 2,500 year-old observatory full of precise tools

The Temple of Buto's astronomical facility tracked the sun for religious, political, and agricultural events.

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Home

90+ of the best Labor Day deals from Apple, Sony, and more

We've rounded up the deals that are actually worth your time and money.

hypercar in a dark room
Vehicles

The coolest technology in the Bugatti Tourbillon hypercar is… analog?

Engineers tapped Swiss watchmakers to help make the Tourbillon unlike any of its predecessors.

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Ask Us Anything

Why are we ticklish? The science of the silly response.

The science of tickling is full of mysteries, but there are some playful theories.

Yukon river Alaska
Pollution

Thawing Alaskan permafrost is unleashing more mercury, confirming scientists’ worst fears

'It has that sense of a bomb that's going to go off.'

birds have culture
Birds

Birds have ‘culture.’ Just look at these nests.

Avian architectural choices may be impacted by more than just genes and the environment.

an orange starfish with four arms of similar size and one shorter arm sits on some rocks
Wildlife

How starfish lose limbs (on purpose) and survive

A neurohormone similar to one present in humans could help starfish regrow limbs.

zeppelin first flight airship
Aviation

1929: The Graf Zeppelin becomes the first ship to sail around the world—by air

'Yes, sir, that is my baby!'