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The 'Camera Shy Hoodie' looks innocuous, but keeps your face invisible to surveillance.

Step up your sleeping-under-the-stars game when you spring for these Coleman, Osprey, and Marmot deals on tents, clothing, accessories, and more.

The genus Thismia’s biogeographical spread is still baffling botanists.

Several unique animals influenced the design of a new soft robot that requires no external power source.

The FDA-authorized test is the first in a wave of new at-home tests that look for multiple illnesses.

What you can forego and still claim you live in a clean house.

A recent contract is worth more than $10 million and involves a secure communications technique.

Solar activity could increase as the sun reaches its maximum electromagnetic phase in 2025.

Scientists hope to harness them as treatments for ills from cancer to COVID.

As male birth control continues to be tested, people are asking for more female-focused research, too.

Computer-aided design (CAD) programs like Shapr3D can really level up your DIY.

Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.

There are some easy ways to tell if someone has been using your computer.

The agency is beefing up its tech team and forming an Office of Technology. Here's what the new department will do.

The loss of dark skies affects both scientists and everyday people.

The device is only 25 micrometers thick and painless.

If you love driving, Oklahoma City may be the place for you.

A simple head strap could explain how the ancient people of Chaco Canyon moved hundreds of pounds of timber down mountains.

Pull together a nourishing meal in minutes.

Hundreds of samples of teeth can tell scientists about disease spread in medieval Scandinavia.