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The best binoculars for astronomy
Outdoor Gear

The best binoculars for astronomy

An excellent alternative to bulky telescopes, these binoculars are easy to store and transport while giving you access to all wonders in the night sky.

Rendering of Astrobotic Peregrin lunar lander on moon's surface
NASA

NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff

United Launch Alliance's unmanned spacecraft takes off on January 8, 2024, carrying new tools, tiny robots, and... Gene Roddenberry’s ashes.

writing in a notebook
Tech Hacks

How to turn handwritten notes into digital text

Copy and paste your notebook scribbles with these tools and tips.

Browsing internet with tracking cookies
Internet

Cookies are finally dying. But what comes next?

What you need to know about Google's plan to replace the internet's most pervasive tracker.

Mendenhall Glacier
Environment

In Juneau, Alaska, a carbon offset project that’s actually working

Visiting Alaska is an emissions-heavy prospect. An innovative program has tourists ease that by helping buy heat pumps for locals.

Data visualization of all maritime activity in the North Sea
AI

AI and satellite data helped uncover the ocean’s ‘dark vessels’

An unprecedented study details that over 75 percent of all industrial fishing ships don’t publicly report their whereabouts.

GE Profile Smoker Open Door
Appliances

GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker review: Low and slow cooking on the kitchen counter

Crave wood-smoked meat year-round but live in a colder climate (or an apartment)? GE's new indoor smoker will have your taste buds, but not smoke alarms, going off.

Why we should pay attention to the ethics of brain-computer interfaces
Technology

Why we should pay attention to the ethics of brain-computer interfaces

Devices that connect brains to computers are increasingly sophisticated. Can the nascent neurorights movement catch up?

An illustration of the pelagic ecosystem and the organisms fossilized in Sirius Passet, revealing how Timorebestia was one of the largest predators in the water column more than 518 million years ago.
Wildlife

Extinct ‘terror beasts’ were some pretty formidable worms

Scientists are studying new fossils of the predators that could grow to almost 12 inches long and may have dominated the seas over 500 million years ago.

Chinese exchange student leaving tent after being rescued by law enforcement after cyber kidnapping scam
Internet

Teen ‘cyber kidnapping’ victim found hiding near Utah canyon

Online scammers coerced the exchange student to self-isolate and sent threats to his family.

A Matabele ant tends to the wound of a fellow ant whose legs were bitten off in a fight with termites.
Insects

Matabele ants might be able to diagnose and treat infected wounds

The antibiotic compounds in their saliva could potentially help scientists find new treatments.

Duplicate photos are just unnecessarily taking up storage.
Tech Hacks

How to find and delete duplicate photos on Android or iOS

Clear out the clutter from your photo library and save room on your phone.

Halley’s comet is on its way back towards Earth
Space

Halley’s comet is on its way back towards Earth

The comet that fascinates humanity will make its next pass by Earth on July 29th, 2061.

Ford F-150 Lightning makes the cut for full EV tax credit in 2024
Electric Vehicles

Ford F-150 Lightning makes the cut for full EV tax credit in 2024

The Lightning, along with vehicles from Tesla, Jeep, Chrysler, Lincoln, and Rivian are 19 of 43 vehicles remaining on the list.

A hand holding a blue samsung T7 shield portable SSD
Peripherals

The best portable SSDs

Whether you're a gamer, a creator, or just someone with data to lug around, a portable SSD is the fastest, safest way to do it.

Japan Airlines Airbus on fire at Tokyo airport
Aviation

Here’s what to know about the Japan Airlines collision

Although all passengers and crew safely evacuated the commercial plane, five Japan Coast Guard members from the other aircraft did not survive.

The packaging for an inhaler called Flovent HFA. Flovent is a popular inhaled corticosteroid that helps keep inflammation in the lungs low and the airways open for people with asthma.
Diseases

Popular corticosteroid asthma inhaler Flovent was discontinued this month

A new “authorized generic” version will be available in its place, but experts worry about access.

Steamboat Mickey Mouse public domain cartoon
Technology

Disney finally relinquishes ‘Steamboat’ Mickey Mouse to public domain after testy 95 years

Here's what you need to know.

Resistance and aerobic training each offer unique benefits.
DIY

Should you do cardio or weights first?

A kinesiologist explains how to optimize the order of your exercise routine.

GIF of Willis Gibson achieving kill screen on classic Tetris
Internet

A 13-year-old wunderkind is the first human to ‘beat’ Tetris

Willis ‘blue scuti’ Gibson achieved something previously thought impossible—he reached the classic video game's mythical kill screen.