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Doctor and patient in office
Diseases

Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?

Heat is already the leading cause of death in the U.S. from weather-related hazards.

A person holding a cell phone with the Snapchat app open on it.
Tech Hacks

How to delete Snapchat and say goodbye to the ghost

Ready to ghost the ghost? Deleting Snapchat is easy but takes a month to complete.

Scientists are using AI to track coal train dust
Fossil Fuels

Scientists are using AI to track coal train dust

The team in California is working with communities—and a suite of AI tools—to better understand air pollution.

Person working on laptop computer, possibly enabling Chrome flags.
Tech Hacks

10 Google Chrome flags you need to turn on right now

Use these hidden settings to tweak and customize your browser.

US submarine in Australia
Navy

Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean

The Pacific is strategically important, and Australia already has a deal with the US and UK involving nuclear-powered submarines.

Heat pump installation
Climate Change

The Inflation Reduction Act is making it much more affordable to electrify a home

Rebates could help low- and middle-income households save thousands on heat pumps, weatherstripping, and other efficiency improvements.

The best cheap gaming mice composited
PC Gaming

The best cheap gaming mouse

A proper gaming mouse provides comfort, reliability, and customizability for any type of play and any type of player.

Scania solar powered semi-truck on road
Electric Vehicles

Sweden is testing a semi-truck trailer covered in 100 square meters of solar panels

A Swedish manufacturer wants to harness green energy from a cargo trailer's free real estate.

India just landed on the moon. Now it’s headed for the sun.
Sun

India just landed on the moon. Now it’s headed for the sun.

India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft should wind up some 932,000 miles away to monitor our star.

person learning how to use trekking poles
Life Skills

Learn how to use trekking poles and improve your time on the trail

Relieve your joints and hike faster for longer.

The CLARI mini-robot created by Kaushik Jayaram, assistant professor, mechanical engineering and Heiko Kabutz, PhD student, mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder
Robots

This small, squishy robot is cuter than its cockroach inspiration

CLARI is lighter than a ping pong ball, but capable of morphing its body to fit in the tiniest of spaces.

water main break caused water to run on to the times square subway lines
Engineering

Disruptive water main breaks happen more often than you think

Blame the old pipes.

Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this detailed image of SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). At the center, material ejected from the supernova forms a keyhole shape.
Space Telescope

See the stunning Supernova 1987A in a whole new light

The remnants of an exploded blue supergiant star rest about 168,000 light-years away from Earth.

A kākāpō sitting in its burrow. They can live up to 90 years and forage on the ground for food since they are flightless birds.
Birds

The next frontier in saving the world’s heaviest parrots: genome sequencing

Kākāpō's were once considered 'doomed to early extermination.' Now these quirky New Zealand birds are slowly making a comeback.

Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat
Engineering

Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat

Two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers.

Illustration of laser communication satellite array and the ISS above Earth
Technology

Space lasers could beam information to Earth by the end of the year

'We are integrating this technology on demonstrations near Earth, at the Moon, and in deep space,' says a NASA representative.

Four skulls of human ancestors A. africanus, A. afarensis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis, and one modern human skull.
Archaeology

An ‘ancestral bottleneck’ took out nearly 99 percent of the human population 800,000 years ago

Only 1,280 breeding individuals may have existed at this dramatic era of human history.

A stone jar against a yellow and orange desert background.
Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious

You'd find some of the same ingredients for this organ-preserving ointment in trendy skincare products today.

chatgpt shown on a mobile phone
AI

Cybersecurity experts are warning about a new type of AI attack

The threat in question is called a "prompt injection" attack, and it involves the large language models that power chatbots.

A lineup of the best trampoline on a white background
Fitness Gear

The best trampolines

Endless high-flying enjoyment is yours to be had with trampolines that can appeal to everyone in the family.