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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.

Cannabis buds over top of the Ask Us Anything logo for a podcast about whether you can overdose on weed.
Science

Can you overdose on weed?

You probably can’t blaze yourself to death, but your body could be miserable if you proceed without caution.

The USS Bonhomme Richard fire
Navy

Watchdog sounds alarm on the Navy’s fire preparedness

Government agency to US Navy: Only you can prevent ship fires.

Green forest with sun shining through trees
Technology

Tinkering with wood turned an insulator into a tree transistor

But don’t expect to see lumber-based transistors in your next iPhone.

a computer chip from Intel
Engineering

Cloud computing has its security weaknesses. Intel’s new chips could make it safer.

A new security feature called Trust Domain Extensions has undergone a months-long audit.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket readying for launch at night
Technology

Japan’s ispace lunar lander appears to have crashed into the moon

The company aimed to make Hakuto-R the first privately funded lander to reach the moon.

An artist's impression of Watling Lodge fortlet, which also once stood along the Antonine Wall, and would have been similar to the fortlet discovered near Carleith Farm.
Archaeology

Archaeologists found a lost Roman fortlet in Scotland

The team made the historic discovery by measuring tiny changes in Earth's magnetic field.