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Teddy bear sitting in a corner and hands peeking from the corner with a phone taking pictures of the teddy bear.
Life Skills

The Opt Out: Read this before sharing another photo of a kid online

Adults need to do better by children in the digital world.

A person putting a DVD or Blu-ray disc into a black laptop, potentially to back it up.
Tech Hacks

You should back up your Blu-rays and DVDs before they break

This free program will help you move data from discs to a safe place.

Apple Watch Comparison
Smartwatches

Apple Watch comparison: Which one is right for you?

When you’re choosing an Apple Watch, comparison shopping is your friend to get the style and generation that’s right for you.

Bark app on an iPhone handheld outdoors
Computers

The best parental control software

Because you can’t be everywhere at once, the best parental control software is there for you.

It’s OK to crack jokes about climate change
Climate Change

It’s OK to crack jokes about climate change

Turns out, being able to laugh at something increases our ability to understand it—and take action.

Closeup of vent horizon around M87, a supermassive black hole and the first black hole image
Black Holes

This supermassive black hole sucks big time

We knew M87, the first black hole to be seen by humans, was powerful. But not this powerful.

A woman just waking up in bed turns off an analog alarm clock.
Food Safety

That melatonin gummy might be stronger than you need

A new study found that most of the sampled dietary supplements were mislabled.

Ozempic injectable diabetes drug, which causes weight loss
Diabetes

6 Ozempic facts that make sense of social media hype

What you should know about so-called weight loss drugs, lizard lips, and more.

tsunami warning sign in Israel
AI

New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save lives

Researchers hope that new software could lead to tsunami alerts that are faster and more accurate.

The view of Zion National Park from Lava Point.
Life Skills

A beginner’s guide to visiting national parks

Transportation tips, lodging advice, and other details you need to know before you go to a national park.

Tesla’s carbon footprint is much larger than it previously disclosed
Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s carbon footprint is much larger than it previously disclosed

The popular EV maker comes clean on the full scope of its CO2 emissions.

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Speakers

The best stereo speakers, tested and reviewed

From low-profile streaming soundbars to tall-and-mighty towers, here are the best stereo speakers to fill any space with sound (and keep your wallet full, too).

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic
Robots

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic

By simulating jellyfish movement with artificial muscles, the robots can safely kick up ocean trash for recycling.

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PC Gaming

The best gaming monitors under $200

These ultra-affordable monitors still offer great performance for everyday PC and console gaming.

A mushroom called coprophilous grows in woods.
Land

What prehistoric poop reveals about extinct giant animals

Spores from a fungi found in megafauna poop can tell us when enormous creatures went extinct.

Three small cornstalks grows in a saturated farm field on May 29, 2019 near Emden, Illinois. Near-record rainfall in parts of Illinois caused farmers to delay their spring corn planting that year.
Weather

California and the Midwest prep for floods with record levels of snow melt

Yosemite National Park is closed to visitors until at least May 3.

elden ring screenshot of the great tree
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Elden Ring’s corpse wax is real—sort of

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

Jackery Explorer 3000 solar generator with its solar panels sitting on pavement
Home

Jackery Explorer 3000 Pro solar generator review: Bigger and better

This powerful portable power station has enough juice to keep you comfortable off the grid.

Zoom into the trackpad on a MacBook Pro
Tech Hacks

Your Mac’s trackpad doesn’t have to be basic. Here’s how to customize it.

You can go way beyond the default settings ruling your MacBook's trackpad.

New therapies offer hope for patients with rare genetic conditions
Diseases

New therapies offer hope for patients with rare genetic conditions

Haploinsufficiencies are hard to tackle with traditional gene therapy. But new approaches are in the works.