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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on September 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Global Warming

Hotter weather could be changing baseball

'Climate ball' isn't necessarily a good thing.

Chronic wasting disease is sickening deer and elk. Could predators help?
Wildlife

Chronic wasting disease is sickening deer and elk. Could predators help?

In the Rockies, the disease can devastate herds; scientists are looking for solutions.

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AI

Meta just released a tool that helps computers ‘see’ objects in images

You can test out the model in your browser right now.

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Tablets

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2021) review: Can’t put it down

This e-reader hits a sweet spot when it comes to performance, size, and price.

Icebergs over the ocean in Greenland.
Land

Antarctic ice can melt 20 times faster than we thought

A new study of one of the biggest ice sheets from the last Ice Age contains a warning for our warming world.

Narcan naloxone nasal spray vending machine in Illinois to fight opioid overdoses
Mental Health

4 common myths about Narcan, the ‘antidote’ to opioid overdose

The FDA-approved nasal spray can even be used on and by children.

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Cryptocurrency

A Bitcoin Easter egg has been buried in macOS since 2018

No one seems to know for certain how the PDF of the white paper got there.

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Smart Home

The best smart plugs

You’re smart, your devices are smart, and your home should be too. Here's how to make a smart choice buying network-enabled plugs for your connected house.

Mario Party Superstars
Console Gaming

The best multiplayer Switch games

The Nintendo Switch is an excellent multiplayer system and these are the best co-op and competitive games in its library.

A person with red nail polish scrolling through their Instagram feed in chronological order.
Tech Hacks

The button that will put your Instagram feed in chronological order

You can view the most recent posts, but Instagram's chronological feed feature is limited.

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Appliances

Take hundreds off Coway smart air purifiers at Amazon

Save yourself money and discomfort from pollen, dust, odors, and other airborne irritants with these deep discounts on air purifiers.

An illustration of the Earth's core with arrows showing how seismographs in Antarctica monitor the core.
Science

There might be underground ‘mountains’ near Earth’s core

Scientists have learned new information about the ancient ocean floor at the core-mantle boundary of our planet.

A close-up of extended polyps of an apparently healthy great star coral colony on a reef near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The tentacles surrounding the mouth of each polyp help trap food particles for the coral to eat.
Ocean

Caribbean coral is getting sick and dying. A probiotic could help.

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) can kill a colony coral polyps in only a few weeks once infected.

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Evolution

Why food tastes wildly different to different people

“What people will call taste isn’t really taste: It’s flavor.”

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Tech Hacks

How to move your photos to and from any cloud service

Moving your images from cloud to cloud is not as tedious as it seems.

Orion space capsule capturing surface of moon during NASA Artemis I mission
Moons

Before the Artemis II crew can go to the moon, they need to master flying high above Earth

The flight commander on NASA's next lunar mission explains what will actually happen onboard.

Why fatigue is so common in older adults
Mental Health

Why fatigue is so common in older adults

You can break out of the 'vicious cycle' as you age.

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AI

Sounding like an AI chatbot may hurt your credibility

Using AI-assisted chat replies can provide more verve, but often at the expense of originality and trust.

Car parked outside garage attached to a home
Security

These WiFi garage doors have a major cyber vulnerability

Despite being alerted to these issues, the company has made no attempt to fix things.

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Security

Two alcohol recovery apps shared user data without their consent

Tempest and Momentum provide tools for users seeking alcohol addiction treatment—while sending private medical data to third-party advertisers.