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Technology

You may not be able to buy the latest Apple Watches after December 24th

Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 will become unavailable in US markets thanks to an ongoing patent dispute unless President Biden issues a veto.

A volcano spews lava and smoke as it erupts near the town of Grindavik, Iceland.
Science

Volcano erupts in Iceland near an airport, a power plant, and an evacuated town

The town of Grindavik was preemptively evacuated back in November.

How to play Blu-rays on PCs (and why you’d want to)
Tech Hacks

How to play Blu-rays on PCs (and why you’d want to)

Maybe physical media should be making a comeback.

Newborn baby participating in listening experiment
Science

Babies appear to be born with the ability to discern a beat in music

It turns out, we were born to groove.

The best carbon monoxide detectors composited
Smart Home

The best carbon monoxide detectors

Don’t fall victim to a silent killer. Get a CO detector.

An aardvark with a long nose sits in grass.
Global Warming

Why scientists are studying aardvarks’ poop

The mammals' environment is getting hotter and drier.

A Porsche SUV parked at an electric charging station
Electric Vehicles

Porsche’s best-selling Macan SUV Goes Electric in 2024

The new Macan will be sold side-by-side with a gas-powered version in the US.

Best audiophile gifts sliced header
Headphones

Last-minute gifts for the audiophile in your orbit

Some of these still ship free for Xmas delivery, if you act ASAP, and you can pay to expedite otherwise. When it comes to music, here's to more in '24.

How do you make cosmic sausage?
Space

How do you make cosmic sausage?

Scientists think an ancient collision with a sausage link-shaped galaxy may have made the Milky Way’s bar.

A person holding their iPhone
Tech Hacks

Use this iPhone tip to reduce eye strain

A little feature called Screen Distance can help.

Medical professional holding an IUD
Health

At the OB-GYN, pain control is possible—but often overlooked

Gynecological procedures, such as IUD insertion, are excruciating for some women. Why is pain control so rare?

Woman using laptop to look at social media and health misinformation
Health

Health misinformation is rampant on social media

Here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it.

Last Minute gifts for 2023 including the Ninja Creami, the Leatherman Multitool, the Fellow kettle, and the GoPro HERO11 Black Mini action camera
Gift Guides

50+ last-minute gifts to get everyone on your list ready

Procrastinators rejoice. We've found plenty of great home, tech, kitchen gifts and more you can still get before the holidays.

Lessons from Lake Tanganyika’s scale eating fish
Fish

Lessons from Lake Tanganyika’s scale eating fish

The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world.

The best cannabis gifts on a plain background
Gift Guides

The best cannabis accessories to celebrate the holiblaze

Not everyone wants a bottle of whiskey to help them unwind over the holidays, so we've smoked out the best gifts for the canna-bliss connoisseur in your life.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully tests satellite space lasers
Internet

Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully tests satellite space lasers

The technology could one day help provide high-speed broadband to ships at sea and campers in the remote wilderness.

A reindeer stands on snowy ground with hills in the distance.
Wildlife

Reindeer can see UV light—and we may know why

Scientists think that their special eyes have evolved for foraging in the snow.

Closeup of carbon nitride material
Engineering

This new synthetic material is nearly as durable as diamonds

Researchers finally managed to create carbon nitrides in a lab setting, with some help from a trio of particle accelerators.

A 2010 image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows water from the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus spraying from huge fissures out into space. The spacecraft sampled icy particles and scientists are continuing to make new discoveries from the data.
Moons

More evidence for key ingredients to life detected on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Data collected by NASA's Cassini mission shows promise in the lab.

Tomato plant grown on ISS
International Space Station

The ISS missing tomato scandal has come to a close

Watch NASA's official recap of the case.