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Get the job done with the best tool combo kits.
Home

The best tool combo kits

Build up your toolbox instantly and tackle any DIY task or hobby with a great tool combo kit.

Seagreen's offshore windfarm in Scotland
Engineering

At 441,000 pounds and 192 feet underwater, this is the world’s deepest wind turbine

It will be part of Scotland's largest wind farm when it's fully operational later this year.

An adult Pygmy Zebra Octopus
Wildlife

Pygmy zebra octopus stripe patterns are as unique as human fingerprints

No two specimen look the same—and that could be a big deal for researchers.

Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster guitar on a stand in a room
Audio

Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster review: A singular guitar with multiple tones

Fender’s latest hybrid acoustic-electric guitar delivers the spirited versatility of its predecessors in a more affordable, streamlined package.

The Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interfacr
Audio

Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 review: Plentiful possibilities

The third-generation Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 boasts the expandability of audio interfaces more than twice its price, making it a compelling choice for growing home studios.

The Best Laptop Stands In 2023
Laptops

The best laptop stands

Stop hunching and slumping while you work and start using a laptop stand.

The best cordless vacuums can help make cleanup fast and easy.
Home

The best cordless vacuums

These helpful home accessories suck in the best way possible.

Brown bear paw in summer for blood clotting study
Bears

Hibernating bears hold many secrets for better human health

To avoid blood clots in the winter lull, brown bear bodies react in a similar way to people who are paralyzed.

Raspberry Pi computer board on table
AI

Raspberry Pi users might soon get access to Sony’s AI technology

Sony's AI website offers example uses such as inventory monitoring and customer counting.

Packages of Juul e-cigarettes are displayed for sale on June 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Health

Juul will pay $462 million for marketing e-cigs to teens

It’s the troubled e-cigarette company’s largest multi-state settlement to date.

Skeleton of paratype of Icaronycteris gunnelli, the oldest bat skeletons ever found.
Bats

Oldest bat skeleton ever found by paleontologists finally has a name

The newly-discovered species lived in the Western US 52 million years ago.

This online atlas is a goldmine for amateur intelligence sleuths
Internet

This online atlas is a goldmine for amateur intelligence sleuths

Soar is the most coolest mapping website you've never heard of.

Twelve fresh eggs in a DIY wooden egg holder on a granite countertop.
Projects

Go ahead, leave your fresh eggs on the counter in this handmade wooden tray

Newly laid, unwashed eggs can be kept out, but store-bought or washed eggs should go in the fridge.

Proposed vehicle emissions standards would be America’s toughest yet
Electric Vehicles

Proposed vehicle emissions standards would be America’s toughest yet

The EPA plan ratchets up emissions targets by more than double current rules.

Best headphones for work sliced header
Peripherals

The best headphones for work, tested and reviewed

Finding the right headphones and earbuds for work will help make the day a little easier and more focused.

Soft robotic hand picking up plastic ball from table
Robots

Watch a robot hand only use its ‘skin’ to feel and grab objects

It turns out robot hands don't need to articulate their fingers to grasp objects.

Pin-tailed sandgrouse in a body of water
Engineering

How a dumpy, short-legged bird could change water bottle designs

The sandgrouse’s unique feathers can hold and transport fluids.

Luna moth resting on a tree.
Evolution

The alluring tail of the Luna moth is surprisingly useless for finding a mate

What is gorgeous to humans might mean little to other animals.

Strait between Sicily and Italy, view from Messina, Sicily
Engineering

After 2,000 years of debate, Italy’s massive suspension bridge to Sicily may finally happen

Ecological, social, and economic drawbacks may still keep the bridge more myth than reality.

A black sea cucumber on the floor of the Indian Ocean.
Wildlife

Sea cucumbers have a Spiderman-esque superpower—and it involves their butts

Mess with the cuke, get the goop.