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Tech Hacks

5 ways to translate websites on your phone

Know the lingo without knowing the lingo.

A black desk with a vertical monitor setup, in addition to a horizontal monitor, with both screens backlit with white light.
Tech Hacks

How a vertical monitor setup will change your life

Flip your monitor vertically and get the most out of your screen real estate.

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AI

No, the AI chatbots (still) aren’t sentient

Experts say that personification and projections of sentience on Microsoft and Google chatbots distract from the real issues.

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International Space Station

Private space missions will bring more countries to the ISS

Axiom Mission 2 will launch two pros from Saudi Arabia, a country that only started training astronauts in September 2022.

The Icefin robot under the sea ice.
Engineering

A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

It may look like a long, narrow tube, but this robot is useful for a range of scientific tasks.

Norovirus under a microscope. The virus is a gastrointestinal illness that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and is highly contagious.
Diseases

Norovirus is spiking across the United States

Often called "stomach flu," it isn't a flu at all, but it is very contagious.

An adult humpback whale surfaces above the water in eastern Australia.
Ocean

A group of humpback whales is choosing violence

Male humpback whales off eastern Australia are singing less and fighting more.

Trains derailed in Ohio burning on the tracks in a pile
Environment

The train cars that derailed in Ohio were labeled non-hazardous

The train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio contained vinyl chloride and various other chemicals. Residents are now reporting deaths of pets, chickens, and foxes.

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Electric Vehicles

Massive new Tesla recall focuses on dangers of self-driving software

More than 360,000 vehicles are affected.

The best wifi routers
Smart Home

The best Wi-Fi routers

Connect to the internet without dropouts, slow speeds, or other inconsistencies.

Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’
Air Force

Biden says flying objects likely not ‘related to China’s spy balloon program’

The presidential address also noted that the increase in UAP sightings were due in part to "enhancing our radar to pick up more slow-moving objects."

An illustration of a circuit in the form of a human brain.
Science

Engineers finally peeked inside a deep neural network

Nineteenth-century math can give scientists a tour of 21st-century AI.

Syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on a table with bandaids and a fan.
Vaccines

Moderna says it will keep its COVID-19 vaccine free (for now)

The announcement comes after a proposed price hike was widely criticized.

NASA evolved structure spacecraft part
AI

NASA is using AI to help design lighter parts

'The algorithms do need a human eye.'

The bow of the RMS Titanic, almost 12,500 feet under the ocean.
Science

Watch never-before-seen footage of the Titanic shipwreck from the 1980s

Previously unreleased footage shows off the watershed tech used at the site's earliest expeditions.

illustration of game
Weapons

How a video game could help us better understand nuclear war

Researchers created SIGNAL to help simulate the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Here’s what they learned.

A dark wooden bat house high up on the side of a gray two-story house.
Projects

Benefit your neighborhood bats with this DIY bat house

Always bet on bats (for pest control).

Watch the world’s fastest fish on an epic tuna hunt
Fish

Watch the world’s fastest fish on an epic tuna hunt

The new study comes as scientists work to better understand the feeding patterns of the sailfish.

A Kia in Minneapolis
Security

A software update could make your Hyundai or Kia harder to steal

The patch will be free. Here's what it does.

A large group of red and orange jellyfish floating in blue water.
Health

A jellyfish sting treatment that actually works

In some cases, jellyfish sting care can be a matter of life and death.