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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva wearing a purple costume, shown in three different poses on the ice during a program at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Heart Disease

Kamila Valieva’s ‘doping’ drug probably doesn’t give athletes an edge

Trimetazidine can help with chest pain. But there's no hard proof that it would improve a figure skater's performance.

google android phone
Internet

Android’s newest privacy rules play catch-up with Apple

And it threw some shade at Apple in the process.

HIV infected cell
Stem Cells

The first woman has been cured of HIV using donor stem cells

It's a promising proof-of-concept approach, but is unlikely to be feasible for everyone with HIV.

Best cheap vacuums
Home

Best cheap vacuums

These are the best budget-friendly vacuums for large and small homes, including robots, handheld and cordless options.

Female adult deer tick or black-legged tick positions on a pink flower petal
Animals

Biologists successfully hatched gene-edited ticks for the first time

The five-year undertaking offers a sign that CRISPR/Cas9 could help prevent tick-borne diseases one day.

a laptop
Internet

Millions of US households are now part of a new affordable internet program

The Biden administration announced that 10 million households are enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program, but the majority of those come from a previous government initiative.

Three people in multicolored Lycra spandex exercise outfits in front of a light pink backdrop
Technology

If you love your workout gear, thank the girdles and Flexatards of the past

The new book "Let's Get Physical" traces the evolution—and revolution—of spandex.

Virgin Galactic will fly you to space for the price of a house
Private Space Flight

Virgin Galactic will fly you to space for the price of a house

Ticket sales for the rocket-powered excursions, which cost $450,000, open up tomorrow. You'll need to put $150,000 down first.

apple watch
Tech Hacks

There’s a secret way to browse the web from your Apple Watch

It is possible—barely.

JBL Charge 5 in teal on a bookshelf
Speakers

JBL Charge 5 review: Rugged, portable Bluetooth speaker with battery to spare

From the backyard to the beach, the JBL Charge 5 will keep you energized.

Megadrought in the US West is a 1,200-year record.
Global Warming

The American West is drier than it’s been in at least 1,200 years

The record megadrought is straining reservoirs and inflaming wildfires.

Heron resting on floating solar panel.
Renewables

Floating solar panels could be the next big thing in clean energy

For places with limited land space, water-bound solar may be the next frontier.

person holding bouquet of peonies
Projects

How to make cut flowers last longer

Roses are red, violets are blue, your flowers will die, but hopefully not soon.

A woman with red lipstick on standing very close to a TV screen that's playing black and white static, as she gently touches the screen with her hand.
Life Skills

How to clean a TV screen

Yes it has food on it, no you shouldn't lick it off.

Ursa Major star shown 18 times in first James Webb Space Telescope composite image
Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope showed us its first star

Engineers are using gyroscopes and fine-grain precision to align all 18 mirrors and get the telescope running.

A white car sitting in a parking space being charged from a pole with a cable.
Electric Vehicles

Could swappable EV batteries replace charging stations?

India is the latest of several countries to consider the workaround for fast-charging.

chevy bolt at a charging station
Electric Vehicles

Biden’s EV plan aims to build charging stations along interstate highways

The important new directive asks states to create a network of electric vehicle chargers, and comes with billions in funding.

A woman looking at her phone while sitting at the window bar inside a Starbucks.
Tech Hacks

7 useful tasks your phone can handle automatically

Teach your old phone some new tricks.

Google data center and server farm in St. Ghislain, Belgium, with cooling towers lit up at night
Climate Change

Inside the physical footprint of the Cloud

Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.

six raw oysters in a circle around a lemon next to a glass of champagne to be used as aphrodisiacs for sex
Medicine

Research on aphrodisiacs is kind of unsatisfying

There's more to love potions than physical arousal.