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ZiGGY mobile EV charger connected to vehicle in parking lot.
Electric Vehicles

The Dallas airport is testing out EV charging bots that roll around like suitcases

Mobile EV charging stations may soon juice up travelers' parked cars while they're flying high.

A hand holding a phone showing a QR code for sharing WiFi.
Tech Hacks

The easiest ways to share your WiFi password

You don't even have to learn your own password.

A full moon rises with clouds below. June's Strawberry Moon peaks on June 3.
Mars

A Strawberry Moon, solstice, and meteor shower will dance across the skies this June

Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21 at 10:58 AM EDT.

the burj khalifa, the tallest building in the world in dubai
Engineering

The tallest building in the world remains unchallenged—for now

The Burj Khalifa soars over 2,700 feet high, and a tower designed to rise even higher is on pause. What happens next is anyone's guess.

A male and a female mallard duck in some green grass by some bushes.
Life Skills

Don’t feed ducks bread. Here’s what to give them instead.

Don't give crackers to the quackers.

Garmin fēnix 7 Pro on a wrist with the flashlight illuminated
Smartwatches

Garmin’s newest smartwatches are even more adventure-ready

The new epix Pro and fēnix 7 Pro high-performance GPS adventure watches offer more advanced features for serious endurance athletes and outdoor enthusiasts.

Twitter Community Notes flagging screenshots
Social Media

Twitter turns to Community Notes to factcheck images

The social media platform has recently faced a deluge of hoax and AI-generated material.

Hand writing on notebook
Life Skills

How to improve your handwriting

Practice will help you write pretty again.

A microphone on a dark stage.
Archaeology

A lost ‘bawdy bard’ act reveals roots of naughty British comedy

The 15th century manuscript features a killer rabbit centuries before ‘Monty Python.'

Big Tech’s latest AI doomsday warning might be more of the same hype
AI

Big Tech’s latest AI doomsday warning might be more of the same hype

On Tuesday, a group including AI's leading minds proclaimed that we are facing an 'extinction crisis.'

Reassembled partial skeleton Ambulator keanei with silhouette demonstrating advanced adaptations for quadrupedal, graviportal walking.
Animals

This 500-pound Australian marsupial had feet made for walkin’

There's nothing quite like the distant wombat relative on the planet today.

Why it’s time to stop naming new species after people
Wildlife

Why it’s time to stop naming new species after people

An international team of scientists wants to stop using eponyms. But the naming authorities won’t budge.

Beagle flying over an obstacle hurdle
AI

Google engineers used real dogs to develop an agility course for robots

Researchers hope the 'Barkour' challenge can become an industry benchmark.

Honda’s electric go-karts pack a race car’s spirit into a tiny EV
Electric Vehicles

Honda’s electric go-karts pack a race car’s spirit into a tiny EV

These fun vehicles will hit 45 mph—and have more in common with real open-wheel race cars than you might think.

Various shotgun mics from Rode, Shure, and Neumann
Audio

The best shotgun mics

Capture every nuanced note and subtly spoken word with these great microphones.

Hand sanitizer bottle and hands.
COVID-19

How to make hand sanitizer

We’ve got liquid and gel for all your germ-killing needs.

HIV, seen in red budding particles, is among the deadliest viruses.
COVID-19

The deadliest viruses in human history, from COVID to smallpox

Deadly viral pathogens include rabies, which is fatal without swift treatment, and the flu, which has a huge global toll.

glider drops from navy helicopter
Navy

Watch the US Navy launch an ocean glider from a helicopter

The Slocum glider is a type of robot designed to gather information about the sea's conditions.

A saltwater crocodile with its mouth wide open.
Wildlife

Snorkeler pries crocodile’s jaws off his head to survive attack

Surfer and diver Marcus McGowan said he was 'simply in the wrong place, at the wrong time.'

Gardener harvesting beets from ground.
AI

A robot gardener outperformed human horticulturalists in one vital area

UC Berkeley researchers claim their robotic farmer passes the green thumb Turing Test.