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Tech Hacks

7 automations that will transform how you use your iPhone

Get your phone working for you.

fake raspberry for testing robot pickers
Robots

This robot used a fake raspberry to practice picking fruit

Soon, it will leave the lab for a real world test.

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation
Climate Change

Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation

This ruling solidifies the states’ Colorado River water rights and indefinitely postpones resolution of the Navajo Nation’s claims.

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Life Skills

It’s time to buy the domain name of your dreams

Everything you need to know before you build your own website.

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Outdoor Gear

The best binoculars for hiking

Wherever you’re going, hiking binoculars ensure you have a great view of all that's ahead of you and all the beauty around you.

NASA kills its electric plane’s flight plan, citing safety concerns
Aviation

NASA kills its electric plane’s flight plan, citing safety concerns

The decision not to fly the experimental X-57 came about because the agency discovered that the propulsion system had the potential to fail and put people at risk.

A pale beige DIY wooden phone amplifier with a Jack Skellington fabric speaker cover on a black shelf against a white wall, with an iPhone inserted into the top, playing music from the band Durry.
Projects

Make your phone louder with this DIY wooden speaker

Passive phone amplifiers can be made out of anything, but this homemade one looks way better than a plastic cup.

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball
Robots

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball

Pangolins are the only mammals to sport overlapping scales—a trait that could prove surprisingly useful for internal medicine.

This company put a huge cell-tower-like satellite in space
Engineering

This company put a huge cell-tower-like satellite in space

The 693-square-foot satellite sent fast cell signals down to smartphones in Hawaii. The tech could be used to fill in coverage gaps in the US.

Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, may have observed a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Unlike most GRBs, which are caused by exploding massive stars or the chance mergers of neutron stars, astronomers have concluded that this GRB came instead from the collision of stars or stellar remnants in the jam-packed environment surrounding a supermassive black hole at the core of an ancient galaxy.
Black Holes

Explosive star ‘demolition derby’ observed for the very first time

Gamma-ray bursts were traced to the nucleus of an ancient galaxy about 3 billion light-years away from Earth.

An artist’s reconstruction of Olympicetus thalassodon pursuing a school of fishes alongside plotopterid birds (background) somewhere in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Whales

This dolphin ancestor looked like a cross between Flipper and Moby Dick

Olympicetus thalassodon swam off the coast of the Pacific Northwest between 26.5–30.5 million years ago.

ants lift a large kettle bell
Science

Start your summer off strong with PopSci’s latest muscular issue

Allow us to pump you up with these muscle science stories.

Scores of critical lab tests fall into a regulatory void. The FDA is trying to close it.
Medicine

Scores of critical lab tests fall into a regulatory void. The FDA is trying to close it.

Lab-developed tests like prenatal screenings have become increasingly popular, all while escaping the bulk of federal scrutiny over marketing and accuracy.

Microsoft's quantum computing infrastructure
Engineering

Microsoft sets its sights on a quantum supercomputer

It’s also pioneering a new type of "topological" qubit.

Karyotype of human chromosomes including sex chromosomes XY and XX
Cancer

Men lose Y chromosomes with age, and it might increase their risk of bladder cancer

The case of the missing Y chromosome and aggressive cancer growth is partially solved.

toniebox with a selection of figures
Speakers

Toniebox review: Screen-free entertainment that’s music to kids’ (and parents’) ears

The Toniebox is a kids’ music player with a lot of character—and characters.

OceanGate Titan submersible side view in water
Internet

OceanGate confirms missing Titan submersible passengers ‘have sadly been lost’

The company states the debris found by rescuers appears to have originated from the vessel that was headed for the remnants of the Titanic.

A cockscomb pearl mussel.
Biology

The secret to better folding phones might hinge on mussels

Materials scientists are studying why these shellfish are so great at opening and closing.

The best drill sets
Home

The best drill sets

These sets can help you handle an array of home repairs and DIY projects.

An aerial view of the excavation site in Tiel, Netherlands. The excavation of the 4,000 year old sanctuary began in 2017.
Archaeology

Newly discovered ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’ is 4,000 years old

The giant burial ground and solar calendar is about an hour's drive from Amsterdam.