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Tech Hacks

Track everything you do in life with these 7 apps

Counting steps is just the beginning.

A shooting star in a purple, blue, and yellow night sky over water
NASA

Real shooting stars look a lot different than you’d expect

We're talking hypervelocity here.

India launched a torpedo from a missile. Here’s why.
Navy

India launched a torpedo from a missile. Here’s why.

The recent test demonstrates a way to send a torpedo through the air before it enters the water.

Female house sparrow and brown-headed cowbird, both potential vectors for bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses, feeding on birdseed on the ground
Birds

These bird species are most likely to contaminate our fruits and veggies

A sweeping new study dissects how pathogens get passed on from bird poop to farms to food.

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Life Skills

The safest ways to stay warm during a power outage

Beware carbon monoxide.

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Tech Hacks

11 essential widgets for your Android home screen

Trick out your phone.

Giant panda playing in a snow-covered enclosure at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Animals

Watch the National Zoo’s giant panda cub goof off in the snow

The DC snow dump didn’t stop these animals from having a good time

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Tech Hacks

Android’s Recorder app makes it easy to post audio to social media

Promote your podcast like a pro.

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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.

boaty the sub in antarctica
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.

a nasa aircraft under construction
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.

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.

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Vaccines

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

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

Grapes, cocktail, pie, and oil illustrated on a red background to show examples of weed edibles
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.