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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.

Top: Beans at the CIAT gene bank in Colombia, which has just sent its latest consignments of seeds for conservation at the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway.
Agriculture

In the face of extreme weather, scientists look to adapt crops

Do wild varieties of overlooked grains, fruits, and vegetables hold the key to developing more resilient agriculture?

The Wakayama Soryu was about the size of a great white shark and lived more than 72 million years ago.
Animals

This ‘blue dragon’ sliced through the ancient Pacific with paddle-like fins

Mosasaurs were marine apex predators and Wakayama Soryu would have been a formidable foe.

A lineup of the best automatic cat feeders on a plain background
Home

The best automatic cat feeders

An automatic cat feeder won't stop your pet from screaming at you at 6 a.m. for food, but it can help with portion sizing and feeding times.

This image from the Near-Infrared Camera instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope shows the central portion of the star cluster IC 348. The wispy curtains filling the image are interstellar material reflecting the light from the cluster’s stars. The bright star closest to the center of the frame is actually a pair of type B stars in a binary system, which are the most massive stars in the cluster. Winds from these stars may help sculpt the large loop seen on the right side of the field of view.
Space Telescope

Record-breaking ‘failed star’ spotted by JWST

Brown dwarfs are celestial bodies that are larger than planets, but not quite as big as stars.

Four different video game gifts on a plain background
Gaming

The best gifts to get your friends into gaming

They’ll be begging you to join their Apex Legends squad in no time with these gaming gifts.

Artist art of Voyager space probe against purple cosmic background
Deep Space

Voyager 1 is sending back bad data, but NASA is on it

'We realize that Voyager means a lot to people and we are doing our best to keep them going for as long as possible.'

A bearded seal swimming in Arctic waters in Svalbard, Norway. Their name comes from the long and sensitive facial whiskers that they use to find food.
Evolution

Arctic seals have special noses

Their large and complex nasal passages could help protect their lungs from bitter cold air.

Why scientists are making transparent wood
Technology

Why scientists are making transparent wood

Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the resin-filled material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows and more.

How to access your computer’s files on your iPhone or iPad
Tech Hacks

How to access your computer’s files on your iPhone or iPad

Get what you need from your desktop or laptop on your phone or tablet.

Bambu Labs A1 combo 3D printer on a work bench with a finished print on its bed
Peripherals

Bambu Lab A1 Combo 3D Printer early review: Fast prints with high fidelity

With its easy setup, super-quick print speeds, high-fidelity production, and automatic calibration, this is one of the best 3D printers we've used.