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Military

The UK’s military wishlist includes hypersonic weapons and small satellites

The United Kingdom plans on spending $2.5 billion in R&D on next-gen technology. Here's some of what they're pursuing.

An ocean below Earth’s crust could be key to a habitable planet
Science

An ocean below Earth’s crust could be key to a habitable planet

A new model suggests “mantle rain” from inside Earth’s mantle ensures we will always have a surface ocean.

container ship in the ocean
Technology

A new law takes aim at shipping costs and congested ports

Here’s how the Ocean Reform Act addresses the supply chain and price spikes.

The colorful Bo Kaap neighborhood in Cape Town.
Science

People enjoy colorful cities—even in virtual reality

For some psychological pep, add color to urban surroundings.

Microsoft's internet browser, Microsoft Edge.
Tech Hacks

10 reasons to try Microsoft Edge now that Internet Explorer is dead

They give the browser a real... edge.

a road in yellowstone park that has murky brown flood water covering part of it, blocking entrance to the park
Climate Change

Yellowstone National Park was never built to take on the rain and snow that comes with climate change

Under a warming climate, trends suggest that these kinds of 'rain-on-snow' flood events will become more common.

an electric chevy blazer
Electric Vehicles

What to expect from the Blazer, Chevy’s new EV

It could go head-to-head with Ford's Mustang Mach-E GT or Tesla's Model Y Performance. The full reveal is next month.

American flag suspended from an alien pole to signify recent UAP investigations by NASA and the DOD
NASA

UFO research is stigmatized. NASA wants to change that.

Discourse on aliens can be a touchy subject for service members and scientists gathering evidence.

Yellowstone floods could be flushing sewage into the park’s iconic river
Environment

Yellowstone floods could be flushing sewage into the park’s iconic river

A massive flooding event has shut down Yellowstone and damaged much of the park's infrastructure. The full extent of the damage is still unknown.

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work
Army

How the massive ‘flow battery’ coming to an Army facility in Colorado will work

Fort Carson is getting a 10-megawatt-hour redox flow battery system, which includes large tanks of liquid electrolytes.

The view of a hill from NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
Mars

How did Mars get its gasses? A special space rock holds clues.

A Martian meteorite suggests the Red Planet and Earth weren't created at the same speed.

a family of polar bears walk on a glacier
Global Warming

Greenland’s polar bears are learning to get around in a less icy world

A newly discovered population of polar bears uses freshwater ice flowing from glaciers for hunting grounds in the warming Arctic.

firefox browser on phone
Security

With site-specific ‘cookie jars,’ Firefox hopes to curb user tracking

The browser is rolling out "Total Cookie Protection" to make it harder to track user activities from site to site.

Person with black hair with a bald spot on their temple due to alopecia hair loss
Science

Alopecia patients finally have an FDA-approved hair-loss treatment

The oral drug restored hair growth in about half of patients after a year.

A small child is having a bandage put on his arm after receiving a shot. A caregiver stands behind him.
Vaccines

Young kids will likely have COVID vaccine access in the next few weeks

Following the endorsement, shots should become available to the general public within weeks.

A DIY cutting board with accent borders made out of a different type of wood than the rest of the piece.
Projects

4 simple ways to upgrade your boring DIY cutting boards

Make those chopping blocks look sharp.

Microplastic pellets on the beach.
Ocean

Horrific blobs of ‘plastitar’ are gunking up Atlantic beaches

Plastic and oil spill leftovers are combining into super waste.

Taking mobile portrait outside of a person holding two ice cream cones.
DIY

Simple tricks for taking better outdoor portrait photos with your phone

With proms, graduations, and summer bbq season upon us, now is as good a time as any to brush up on portrait photography best practices.

A grid of 12 images depict the Star Wars character Chewbacca performing office job tasks.
AI

The Dall-E Mini image generator’s ridiculousness might be its main appeal

The AI-powered system isn't fooling anyone. The ones that do represent the tech to be concerned about.

internet explorer logo on laptop
Internet

RIP Internet Explorer, and thanks for all the memes

Microsoft bids a long-coming farewell to a legacy browser.