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Four of the best monitors for video editing with colorful images on the screens are sliced together against a white background.
Peripherals

The best monitors for video editing

Up your video-editing game with these impressive monitors.

Tornado science is high stakes—and increasingly high-tech
Weather

Tornado science is high stakes—and increasingly high-tech

Scientists are still grappling with how and why violent twisters form. Will new technology and computing power help?

four of the The best 3D printers for miniatures composited into a collage
Peripherals

The best 3D printers for miniatures

A 3D printer for miniatures can make gaming a whole lot more fun and accessible all while encouraging creativity.

Two older men working in a well-lit white room, using two different types of saws to cut wood: a jigsaw and a miter saw.
Life Skills

A woodworker’s guide to choosing the right saw for each cut

How to know when to use the table saw, pull out a hand saw, or grab something else.

Man holding HULC lunar camera in rocky outdoor environment
Engineering

A sneak peek at the lunar camera destined for the Artemis missions

NASA augmented parts of commercially available and mirror-less cameras to handle the moon’s harsh environment.

Sonos Pre Black Friday Deals
Speakers

Save 20% on Sonos speaker bundles during its pre-Black Friday sale

'Tis the season to gift others (or yourself) with a better home theater system.

A computer-generated three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus. Venus has a surface temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Solar System

Earth-like plate tectonics may have shaped Venus billions of years ago

A new study bolsters the theory that microbial life could have existed on our sister planet.

How an underground explosion in Nevada will help the US detect nuclear tests
Weapons

How an underground explosion in Nevada will help the US detect nuclear tests

The intentional and non-nuclear explosion took place on October 18. Here's why.

Best ps5 accessories
Console Gaming

The best PS5 accessories

Outfit your PlayStation 5 with some of the best accessories available, from headsets to charging stations. 

The Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) aka the Halloween beetle looks very similar to more common ladybugs, but they are generally bigger and with more spots. The bug is sitting on a yellow flower.
Insects

Why ladybugs and ‘Halloween beetles’ are everywhere right now

How do you tell them apart?

Dark black holes merge together in a brown, star-studded illustration.
Black Holes

Gravitational wave detector now squeezes light to find more black holes

The cutting-edge move has boosted the cosmic collisions LIGO can hear by up to 70 percent.

A person holding a smartphone featuring Duolingo, one of the best free language learning apps.
Life Skills

The best free language learning apps for building your vocabulary and conversational skills

Free language learning apps can help you join the global conversation in as little as five minutes a day.

A clock-like brain indicates its role in sleep in an illustration.
Biology

Your brain’s ‘master switchboard’ is an underappreciated marvel

When you're sleepy or hungry, that's the hypothalamus at work.

an electric aircraft flying
Air Force

This electric plane’s 2,000-mile journey is over. Now its Air Force tests begin.

The Beta Technologies electric aircraft flew from Vermont down to Florida, where the Air Force will check out what it can do.

The best AV Receivers
Speakers

The best AV receivers

These audio-video receivers give you vast connectivity for all your sources.

Woman's hands holding up cloth woven with smart fiber
Engineering

This liquid crystal fabric is ‘smart’ enough to adapt to the weather

Developed by MIT researchers, FibeRobo changes structure with heat and cold.

Ma Rainey, a post-reproductive female of the Ngogo community of chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda, and her adult son Wes. The two are sitting among trees in a forest.
Wildlife

Wild chimpanzees show signs of potential menopause—a rarity in the animal kingdom

The evolutionary benefits of living after reproductive age are still debated.

The best miter saws composited together in four columns with close-up views of each
Home

The best miter saws, according to experts

Few tools offer the same power and flexibility as a miter saw, whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a pro contractor.

Woman sneezing into tissue on train
Internet

FTC smacks down makers of bogus ‘invisible mask’ against COVID-19

Shockingly, the $29.99 'pouch of ingredients' does not provide a 'protective gaseous barrier' that busts the virus.

A long torpedo-shaped fish swims among green plants. Knifefish like the black ghost knifefish are known for their shimmying motions and electrical pulses. and live in freshwater lakes and rivers in Central and South America.
Fish

Why electric knifefish ‘shimmy’

Quick movements heighten animal senses—even in humans.