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Tech Hacks

Boost your connection by checking your Wi-Fi strength from any device

Check performance, solve problems.

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend
Climate Change

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

The developing bomb cyclone has already broken temperature records and is set to intensify.

The Patriot missiles going to Ukraine have a long wartime history
Weapons

The Patriot missiles going to Ukraine have a long wartime history

Here's how these weapons are supposed to work, and how they have been used.

Sugar cookies baked with quinoa flour on a cookie sheet in a kitchen.
Nutrition

A new kind of quinoa flour may be coming to a sugar cookie near you

Taste testers even preferred the high-fiber, high-protein cookies to normal ones.

James Webb Space Telescope life-size NASA model in front of Austin skyline
Space Telescope

JWST has changed the speed of discovery, for better or for worse

Astronomers are working at a furious pace to analyze and test whopping amounts of JWST data.

It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?
Gene Editing

It’s easier than ever to make DNA from scratch—but what are the risks?

Technical advances may be making it easier to build dangerous biological materials with few regulations.

volcano erupting
Robots

Monitoring volcanoes that could explode? A drone is on it.

By keeping track of the ratio of certain gasses, it can predict when a volcano is likely to erupt.

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Science

7 tips on how to build a house that stays cool

A guide to help you escape the heat at home—without air conditioning.

Screenshot from Avatar 2
Technology

‘Avatar 2’s high-speed frame rates are so fast that some movie theaters can’t keep up

Some theaters' projectors are glitching out when faced with 48 fps.

various medications on a small end table in the background there is a child sick on a couch
Medicine

Why adult cold medicine is not good for children

Kids are not small adults.

A titanium tube placed on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover
Mars

Perseverance rover makes its first package delivery: a unique kind of Mars rock

The sample is currently in a titanium tube on Mars and is the first of what will become a sample depot of Martian rock.

Zebrafish swimming in an aquarium.
Fish

A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home

An evolutionarily-ancient region of their brains work as a cognitive map.

Clay pots in a modern day pottery studio.
Archaeology

Ancient social networks spread pottery trends across the world

Techniques spread over huge distances in a short period of time thousands of years before social media.

Hand holding smartphone displaying phone call from unknown number.
Technology

Two men set up a scam that sent billions of robocalls. They may have to pay $300 million.

Remember all those auto warranty scam calls? You can largely blame these guys for the annoyance.

Why marine biologists fell in love with a kitchen scrubber
Science

Why marine biologists fell in love with a kitchen scrubber

The unlikely story of the Tuffy pot scrubber and the marine biologists who can’t live without it.

A man standing under a blue sky with white clouds, wearing a black baseball cap and a red shirt while closing his eyes and breathing deeply.
Life Skills

Understanding your emotions can help you manage your anxiety

The book "Good Anxiety" uses new and established neuroscience to help readers harness their fears in order to feel better.

the surface of the moon revealing beautiful craters
Moons

This map-making AI could be the first step towards GPS on the moon

The navigation system will also work alongside the moon's future internet, LunaNet.

Drones can help keep swimmers and sharks safe at the same time
Sharks

Drones can help keep swimmers and sharks safe at the same time

Ongoing tests show drones are an effective way to spot sharks that wander too close to busy beaches.

Watch this big battery pack drop 50 feet in an aircraft safety test
Aviation

Watch this big battery pack drop 50 feet in an aircraft safety test

To help explore how electric aircraft components hold up to impact, just add gravity.

3M logo on top of business building
Technology

3M announces it will cease making ‘forever chemical’ PFAS by 2026

While a step forward, the announcement doesn't specify when they will cease using other companies' PFAS.