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The holes in the top spit small flames out during the burn on the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0
Home

The best portable fire pits

Be a modern-day Prometheus by taking a fire pit where and when you want to heat up crisp nights (or cook up dinner).

table with birthday hats and other festive items
Gift Guides

The best birthday gift ideas

Spouses, parents, partners, and beyond: Cool gifts for the ones closest to you (and hardest to shop for).

hyperspectral imagery next to black and white imagery
Engineering

Hyperspectral imaging can detect chemical signatures of earthbound objects from space

Here's how it works.

A new mapping algorithm aims to steer drivers towards the safest route
Drones

A new mapping algorithm aims to steer drivers towards the safest route

In the future, it could also help bikers and walkers navigate carefully.

Two Minimocursors stand by a body of water as the sun rises. Minimocursor was an herbivore that was likely widespread across eastern Asia.
Dinosaurs

New dinosaur species is nicknamed Jurassic’s ‘smallest runner’

The lion-sized Minimocursor phunoiensis grazed on grasslands across eastern Asia 145-200 million years ago.

electric vehicle at charger
Electric Vehicles

7 automakers team up to cover the US and Canada with fast EV chargers

The earliest stations should come online next summer.

A pink river dolphin, or boto, displaying aerial behavior in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve.
Endangered Species

Eavesdropping on pink river dolphins could help save them

These candy-colored cetaceans are facing a number of human-made threats, even in some of the most inhospitable spots of the Amazon River basin.

Save big on the best mini PCs for students, servers & more
Computers

Save big on the best mini PCs for students, servers & more

Save space and cash with big discounts on small Windows PCs.

Hospital equipment monitors a patient's vital signs. The Midwestern region of the United States is the only part of the country that did not record more hospitalizations last week than the one before.
COVID-19

COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases rise in possible summer wave

The 10 percent uptick is the largest increase in two key indicators since December 2022.

Ramp up your oral hygiene with one of the best electric toothbrushes.
Gear

The best electric toothbrushes

Bring the shine back to your teeth with an electric toothbrush that vibrates, pulses, and times your brushing for better oral health.

An iPhone connected to an empty can showing a failed call on the screen.
Tech Hacks

The Opt Out: Analog life is possible. But it’ll cost you.

“Just stop using the internet” is definitely easier said than done.

A desktop computer monitor with a waterfront scene on the screen.
Tech Hacks

Your computer monitor’s colors look bad because you haven’t calibrated them

There are many ways to ensure your monitor is displaying colors correctly.

Russell Glacier front
Global Warming

A vital Atlantic Ocean system nears a point of no return

Climate change is slowing down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key ocean 'conveyer belt.' New research finds it could collapse completely by 2060.

A WiFi sign in a cafe.
Engineering

WiFi 5 vs. WiFi 6: Which should you choose?

A faster WiFi standard is hopefully arriving in 2024. In the meantime, catch up on the current tech behind these ubiquitous networks.

Microscopic view of glass-coated DNA nanostructure
Engineering

These super strong nanostructures are made of glass-coated DNA

The engineering breakthrough could one day strengthen everything from car frames to body armor.

A mountain rises above the buildings of Machu Picchu. The former Inca royal estate stands at the meeting point between the Peruvian Andes and the Amazon Basin and is made up of close to 200 structures.
Archaeology

Machu Picchu was home to ancient people from all over South America

New DNA analysis reveals that people from as far as Amazonia once lived and worked in the Inca royal estate.

Wind turbine with red base in the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel
Renewables

An Israeli wind project draws scrutiny on turbines and people’s health

Wind turbines shouldn't cause health problems—but from the Golan Heights to Illinois, communities are voicing their concerns.

Thermal vision of a home.
AI

A new kind of thermal imaging sees the world in striking colors

Here's how 'heat-assisted detection and ranging,' aka HADAR, could revolutionize AI visualization systems.

An aerial view of Mont Saint-Michel in northern France. The Paris Basin region is known for prehistoric funerary sites archaeologists use to study early neolithic settlements.
Archaeology

Scientists build intricate Neolithic family tree from 7,000-year-old DNA

From tiny genomes, archaeologists connected 64 individuals across seven generations in prehistoric France.

Dead elkhorn coral at Sombrero Reef in the Florida Keys. The white areas are bleached coral, the brownish orange patches are "tissue slough", coral tissue that has died before it has a chance to bleach.
Ocean

Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees

Scientists are racing against time to save as many specimens as possible.