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The best leaf blowers
Home

The best leaf blowers

Rid your lawn, sidewalk, or back porch of pesky foliage.

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Fitness Gear

The best Fitbits

Fitbit makes a wide range of great fitness trackers for just about every kind of healthy living.

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Home

The best heated blankets

Heated blankets provide comfortable warmth without tons of maintenance.

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Outdoor Gear

The best heated insoles

Keep your feet nice and toasty with insoles designed to last well beyond the winter.

A view from the summit of Volcán Salín, one of three Andean volcanoes where researchers uncovered the mummified cadavers of mice. Analyses of the mummies, combined with the capture of live specimens, suggest that the rodents scaled the Mars-like peaks on their own — and are somehow managing to live on them.
Wildlife

How did mummified mice end up on volcanoes in the Atacama Desert?

It’s still a mystery how the leaf-eared mouse survives these Mars-like conditions.

A woman and man in Indonesia view the destruction from a tsunami.
Climate Change

Natural disasters can burn out our hormonal systems for years

Survivors' cortisol levels were affected more than a decade after a devastating tsunami.

a giant bumper car
Motorcycles

This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful

Dan Hryhorcoff built the 13-foot-long bumper car as a pandemic project. Here's how he made it.

NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt is standing on the moon’s surface next to a large split lunar boulder, with a roving vehicle on the other side of the boulder.
Moons

The moon is 40 million years older than we thought, according to crystals collected by Apollo astronauts

Fresh analysis on vintage lunar samples gives us a more precise age and history for the moon.

Sabratha - Libya
Climate Change

Climate change has toppled some civilizations but not others. Why?

The link between environmental disasters and societal collapse, explained.

Pale craters on the moon's lunar surface, with dark shadows below.
Moons

This private lander could be the first US machine on the moon this century

The NOVA-C spacecraft, launching in November, should help pave the way for Artemis astronauts.

A young woman reclining on a gray couch, smiling as she watches TV on a silver laptop on the table in front of her.
Tech Hacks

How to watch TV on a computer, even if it’s live

Turn your laptop into a mobile television set.

A person's hand selecting options of iPad apps in Apple's App store.
Tech Hacks

The best iPad apps for making the most of your device

Maximize your iPad’s potential (and your productivity) with the top apps for from drawing, planning, photo editing, and more.

A person using a phone with a WiFi signal icon on the screen, while sitting outside.
Tech Hacks

How to increase your WiFi speed

Boost your internet without buying a bunch of new tech.

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Internet

You can now track NYC subway rats in this popular transit app

New York's hottest club (for rats) is off the A line.

A stack of six hardcover books on a wood table with headphones around them and a blackboard in the background.
Tech Hacks

The best audiobook apps for books and podcasts

Get access to your favorite titles and shows and sync between devices with an audiobook app that works for you.

Aging US energy grid will get a largest-ever $3.5 billion boost
Energy

Aging US energy grid will get a largest-ever $3.5 billion boost

New funding from the Biden administration aims to build an energy system more resilient against climate impacts.

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Smart Home

The best bird feeder cameras

Bird feeder cameras allow you to see your feathered friends in new ways.

Animation of multiple robot hands twirling pens in computer simulation
AI

Watch what happens when AI teaches a robot ‘hand’ to twirl a pen

The results are better than what most humans can manage.

A blue Bird Buddy is mounted on a post in front of a house.
Cameras

Bird Buddy Smart Bird Feeder review: A camera that’s not just for the birds

You'll be able to capture quality photos and videos of your avian neighbors with the Bird Buddy.

A box of a nasal decongestant called SudafedPe on a store shelf.
Medicine

CVS to stop selling cold and allergy pills that FDA warns don’t work

An FDA advisory committee declared that an active ingredient called phenylephrine is ineffective in pill form in September 2023.