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Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean
Engineering

Japan begins releasing treated Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean

Despite numerous experts' confirmation of the project's safety, China instituted a ban on 'aquatic products' from Japan.

Two women sitting on a couch using a Windows computer.
Tech Hacks

7 hidden Windows features you should be using

There's more to Microsoft's operating system than meets the eye.

A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken November 21, 2022, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. The darkest spot visible near the middle of the image is Mare Orientale.
NASA

You might be able to plant a tree from seeds NASA flew by the moon

Roughly 2,000 seeds were flown on the Artemis I mission. The seeds will now become official Moon Trees here on Earth.

Wing's drone with a walmart box
Drones

Walmart and Wing join forces for drone deliveries in Texas

The service will operate between 10:30am and 6:30pm every day except Wednesday. 

Supermoon and full moon closeup
Moons

The upcoming ‘blue supermoon’ will be the biggest of the year

It's about as blue as a 'pink moon' is pink and a 'black moon' is black.

A woman holds a red smoothie in a glass with a handle on it and a stainless steel straw sticking out. A group of ‘forever chemicals’ commonly called PFAS were not detected on the stainless steel straws in this study, but were on 18 out of 20 brands of paper straws.
Pollution

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in paper and plastic straws

A small study suggests that stainless steel straws may be safest option to avoid PFAS.

Illustration of trackable objects orbiting Earth
Technology

Some space junk just got smacked by more space junk, complicating cleanup

The European Space Agency hopes to demonstrate space junk removal in 2026—but now they have to recalibrate after their target got hit with debris.

Portrait of a little boy underwater crying
Health

Crying is good for you. Even underwater.

Tears are vital to maintaining healthy eyes, even when you are asleep at night or swimming in a pool.

Offshore wind turbines
Renewables

We can’t ignore that offshore wind farms are part of marine ecosystems

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine life around them?

F-150 Lightning Platinum Black edition
Electric Vehicles

Ford’s matte-black, $100K Lightning pickup will be hot hot hot (literally)

The limited-edition electric vehicle is wrapped in black vinyl.

the best business laptops composited
Laptops

The best business laptops

Whether you're a corporate raider or an aspiring influencer, these laptops can do the work.

A sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images from 1994 to 2020 that chronicles the waxing and waning of the amount of cloud cover on Neptune. This long set of observations shows that the number of clouds grows increasingly following a peak in the solar cycle.
Solar System

What the heck is up with Neptune’s dark spots?

The ice giant’s atmosphere has been acting a little strange lately and astronomers are figuring out why.

An illustration of the ESA Solar Orbiter craft monitoring our giant orange sun.
Sun

Mini jets of energy could power the sun’s violent winds

These flares can drag charged particles through holes in the solar atmosphere and out into space.

The Oru Beach LT Sport kayak on the shore of a lake
Outdoor Gear

Oru Beach LT Sport foldable kayak review: Whatever, wherever floats your boat?

Despite the lightweight and portable design, the Oru Beach LT Sport is a foldable kayak that's very stable on the water.

Famous, debunked black and white 'Surgeon's Photo' of Loch Ness Monster
Drones

The largest search of Loch Ness in more than 50 years will deploy drones and hydrophones

Enthusiasts will use thermal imaging and underwater listening devices to search for "Nessie."

Robot arms lifting a single Pringles chip
AI

These AI-powered robot arms are delicate enough to pick up Pringles chips

Using deep reinforcement learning and 'proprioception,' the two robotic limbs can pick up extremely fragile objects.

Two Emperor penguin chicks standing on sea ice in Antarctica.
Ocean

Emperor penguins suffer ‘unprecedented’ breeding failure as sea ice disappears

90 percent of Emperor penguin colonies could go quasi-extinct by 2100.

An illustration showing three abelisaurs on a beach, with a dead dinosaur and another smaller dinosaur. Fossils have been found of several types of abelisaur showing the diversity of dinosaurs in Morocco at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Dinosaurs

T. rex cousins with shorter arms were thriving right up until the asteroid hit

The new abelisaurs discovered in a Morocco marine bed lived until the end of the Cretaceous era.

A security camera peeking through an open door.
Tech Hacks

The Opt Out: Home security cameras guarantee surveillance, not safety

Why you should think again about putting up cameras in and around your home.

Runners forming a V-shape with marathoner Eluid Kipchoge in the rear, on a road beside trees.
Physics

The surprising strategy behind running the fastest marathon

Aerodynamics experts disagree over the best shape for reducing drag: Is it a V or a swordfish?