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Electric Vehicles

These powerful new electric pickups are about to shock the market

General Motors announced the new Silverado EV this week, but that's not the only impressive electric truck to know about.

A person slicing cucumbers on a scratched wooden cutting board.
Projects

Get your scratched wooden cutting board looking bright and new

It’s quick and easy with minimal tools required.

a reddish orange sharp peaked mountain formed from volcanic activity. the surrounding landscape is filled with dramatic orange and red rock
Environment

Many volcanic islands have surprisingly cool origins

These enigmatic cool hotspots may provide important chemical clues about the evolution of the planet.

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Robots

Boaty McBoatface’s new mission is more serious than its name

The submersible is accompanied by other underwater robots as it heads off into the cold, dark underbelly of the Thwaites Glacier.

NASA engineer standing in a tunnel holding six of the James Webb Telescope's hexagonal primary mirrors in the honeycomb formation
Black Holes

The James Webb telescope could help solve the mystery of dark matter

The search for dark matter might also be the search for the oldest black holes.

International Space Station now extended to 2030 in the Earth's lower orbit over clouds and South America
Mars

The ISS gets an extension to 2030 to wrap up unfinished business

The extra time allows NASA to finish up research and prep for a commercial handoff.

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Tech Hacks

Do everything in your browser faster

Because time is money, money is power, power is pizza, and pizza is knowledge.

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Aviation

This experimental NASA plane will try to break the sound barrier—quietly

Here's the latest progress on the X-59 QueSST, an aircraft in development from the space agency and Lockheed Martin.

a woman in a face mask and blue protective gloves holds up a black collection apparatus in the air in a densely forested environment. a sloth hangs from a tree nearby
Endangered Species

Airborne animal DNA could help biologists track endangered species

Zoo animals shed a surprising amount of DNA into the air around them—and scientists are developing a way detect it.

COVID rapid antigen tests for Omicron detection lined up like dominoes
COVID-19

Why at-home antigen tests might be missing early cases of Omicron

But should you change where you swab? Not yet.

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Tech Hacks

Measure your heart rate with your phone—stat

No smartwatch or tracker required.

Woman with tissue sneezing
Vaccines

Hearing people talk about ‘flurona?’ Here’s the deal.

Co-infections may be more common, but they’ve been around since 2020.

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Psychology

Climate doom movies like ‘Don’t Look Up’ could be more powerful than they seem

The first step in taking meaningful action is taking care of yourself.

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Science

The tasty chemicals flavoring the edible cannabis boom

The weed world is starting to crack the “terps” that makes each bud—and edible—unique.

Jupiter's surface and red spot with moons in the background. the four moons in the background are yellow, pink and white, gray, and mottled yellow
Moons

Jupiter’s moons are about to get JUICE’d for signs of life

Scheduled to launch in 2023, the explorer craft will probe Jupiter and three of its ‘ocean world’ satellites for habitable environments.

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DARPA

DARPA wants Space-BACN so satellite communication sizzles

The program is pronounced "space bacon" and is focused on building resiliency in case satellites ever get fried.

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NASA

Alexa will tag along on an uncrewed mission to the moon

Ground control to… Alexa?

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Projects

Fertility apps are a pain in the uterus. Here’s how to make them better.

Faulty data can only render faulty results.

a bushel of lychee, a red, prickly skinned spherical fruit with white, glossy edible flesh surrounding a dark oval shaped seed. two of the lychees' skin is peeled to reveal the white flesh
Agriculture

Good news for lychee lovers: There may be a way to grow the fruits year-round

Lychee has a short peak season in the summer. But a missing chunk of DNA could help shift growing periods to different times of the year.

amazon stellantis car cockput
Electric Vehicles

Amazon’s teaming up with a major automaker to create car ‘cockpits’

Here’s what to expect from the new Amazon and Stellantis agreements.