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Tech Hacks

The 5 best new features in the iOS 15 update

Get started with Apple's latest mobile update.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

What scientists learned when they tried to raise a chimp with a human baby

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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Tech Hacks

Charge your lithium-ion battery devices for maximum longevity

Consider this a friendly reminder to charge your phone.

Hot chilli Carolina Reaper peppers on person's palm in summer garden.
Psychology

What would possess someone to eat a Carolina Reaper pepper? This writer tried to find out.

Leigh Cowart explores the gruesome ways people find pleasure in pain in 'Hurts So Good.'

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Tech Hacks

5 Google Calendar tricks to ensure you never miss a date

We get it, organizing your life can be hard.

You need to protect yourself from zero-click attacks
Security

You need to protect yourself from zero-click attacks

The latest Apple vulnerability was an example of both a zero-click attack and a zero-day exploit. Here's what to know.

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Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency scammers are mining dating sites for victims

Here’s how to identify and protect yourself from the latest online scammer tactic.

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Projects

How to forage your way through your neighborhood

The world is your grocery store.

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Science

The Brilliant 10: The most innovative up-and-coming minds in science

These US-based engineers, psychologists, chemists, and more are taking on society's biggest challenges across the world.

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Mental Health

If climate change is impacting your desire to have kids, you’re not alone

'It’s a human right to decide whether or not you want a child. It’s not a human right to drive an SUV or fly in planes.'

The technology behind Shrinky Dinks can make better robots
Robots

The technology behind Shrinky Dinks can make better robots

Shape-memory polymers can expand and shrink and reshape themselves back to their true form.

That new car smell? It’s got a gassy explanation.
Vehicles

That new car smell? It’s got a gassy explanation.

Plus, watch a video of a Nissan engineer smelling things.

A woman sitting at the edge of an ornate park fountain, looking at a phone.
Tech Hacks

Everything you need to cure your smartphone addiction

Step away from the phone.

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Space X

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 safely returns to Earth after a historic 3-day orbit

The historic mission marks the first private, commercial space flight with an amateur crew.

North american porcupine sitting on the ground among wild flower
Life Skills

How to not get pricked by a North American porcupine

Don’t panic—this spiky friend is largely harmless.

Bentley luxury car testing at Comiso Air Base in Sicily
Military

How Bentley took over and transformed a World War II air base

A site steeped in history is now a rough-and-tumble test track for luxury cars.

Queer couple with cropped hair thinking of the Kinsey Scale Test
Psychology

The Kinsey Scale Test and 3 other ways to find where you fall on the sexuality spectrum

Human sexuality spans too wide a scope to possibly be covered by a single test.

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Tech Hacks

Transform your Twitter timeline with these 11 features and add-ons

Tweet like a pro.

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Mars

First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question

Returned Martian rock cores will aid the search for habitable environments and could finally nail down the ages of Martian features.

This high-tech gunsight could allow soldiers to shoot around corners, Matrix-style
Weapons

This high-tech gunsight could allow soldiers to shoot around corners, Matrix-style

The system includes an AR display, and it's designed to attach to a traditional rifle, like an M4 carbine.