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Smart Home

The best smart home security systems

How smart is a home that doesn’t feel secure? Here’s how to feel safer in 2023 with the help of intelligent protective tech.

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Audio

Roland GO:MIXER PRO-X review: A smart solution for smartphone audio streaming

With the Roland GO:MIXER PRO-X and a connected device, you can livestream audio from almost anywhere.

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Archaeology

Why societies experience cycles of violence and peace

Archeological evidence shows bloodshed waxes and wanes, influenced by climate and other factors.

A group of worker bees surround the queen bee on a honeycomb. All worker honeybees are female and they can go to extreme lengths to serve their queen even shedding their own ovaries.
Bees

Female honeybees may pass down ‘altruistic’ genes

Honeybee genes might make workers serve the queen above themselves.

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Internet

The IRS’ free online tax filing program will be super exclusive in 2024

Thirteen states will offer the no-cost Direct File pilot program, although only if you meet certain requirements.

The planet Earth, as seen from the DSCOVR satellite. Earth appears as a bright blue dot against the darkness of space, with the shadow of an annular solar eclipse over much of North America.
Moons

What the ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse looked like to a satellite nearly 1 million miles from Earth

The DSCOVR satellite image depicts the moon’s shadow during the October 14 annular eclipse.

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Tech Hacks

7 tips to get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5

Make sure you're making the most of your folding phone.

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Home

The best heated socks

When the weather outside is frightful, these socks will ensure your feet feel delightful.

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Appliances

The best heated throw blankets

Stay cozy even when it’s frosty outside.

An artist's illustration of a cutaway of Mars along with the paths of seismic waves from two separate quakes in 2021. These seismic waves, detected by NASA’s InSight mission, were the first ever identified to enter another planet’s core.
Mars

Giant quake that shook Mars for hours had a surprising source

NASA's InSight lander captured the 4.7 magnitude seismic event in 2022.

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Home

The best water filter pitchers

When we asked the ocean to suggest water filter pitchers it just waved, so here are our carefully researched picks.

A yellow-ish pepper named Pepper X sits on a crystal dish. Pepper X is the new hottest chili pepper in the world. It was crossbreed with Carolina Reaper and a mystery pepper.
Science

The world’s hottest chili pepper is worse than bear spray

Guinness World Records crowns Pepper X as the new spicy pepper king.

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Hybrid Cars

The new electrified E-Ray is the quickest Corvette ever

The car's smart software knows exactly how to employ the Vette's new electric motor. Here's how it all works.

Red-capped Hall effect thrusters being attached to a spacecraft body by two engineers.
NASA

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will blaze an unusual blue trail across the solar system

Its thrusters are going to get 10 million miles to the gallon of xenon.

Coral Beach on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, dotted with various types of seaweed.
Agriculture

Europeans ate a lot more seaweed 8,000 years ago

There are about 10,000 different species of seaweeds around the world today, but only 145 species are regularly consumed.

A fluorescent microscopic image, magnified 20 times, of a rodent nerve.
Biology

Unraveled nerves and mesmerizing caffeine crystals: 10 sensational glimpses of the microscopic realm

Photos from the Nikon Small World competition reveal a world that appears unreal.

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AI

How this programmer and poet thinks we should tackle racially biased AI

The research and poetry of Joy Buolamwini shines a light on a major problem in artificial intelligence.

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Life Skills

How to start hiking barefoot, if you’re into that kind of thing

Hear us out: no shoes in the forest.

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Vehicles

How seriously can we take Tesla and Rivian’s right-to-repair pact?

Despite a “landmark” agreement, automakers and the repair industry are still fighting over who controls car data.

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Tech Hacks

The best search engines for finding results and securing your privacy

Find what you need online and protect your privacy.