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Tech Hacks

Make your Android and Apple devices work together

Create harmony among your gadgets.

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Animals

Streetlights are making caterpillars grow up faster—and that’s a bad thing

Light pollution has some unusual effects.

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Electric Vehicles

This electric cargo ship sails itself

The battery-powered Yara Birkeland could be plying the seas on its own before the year is out. Here's what to know about the innovative vessel.

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Fitness & Exercise

What muscles do squats work?

Like deadlifts, squats exercise way more than the obvious bits.

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Smartwatches

Trying to use your smartphone less? Get a smartwatch.

Fewer distractions mean less pointless screen time.

Hard drive
Tech Hacks

Did your hard drive crash? Here’s how to know if it’s safe to use again.

Just save yourself a problem and back up your files. Please.

Twitter’s efforts to tackle misleading tweets just made them thrive elsewhere
Social Media

Twitter’s efforts to tackle misleading tweets just made them thrive elsewhere

Misinformation is like a weed that just keeps sprouting up

Two photos of wasps and their nests. The photo on the left is under regular light, and the nest appears off-white. The photo on the right is under blacklight, and the nest glows highlighter yellow.
Insects

Paper wasp nests have a secret fluorescent glow

Their silk shines under UV light, giving their homes a rave-like appearance.

Lamborghini Countach hybrid cars.
Hybrid Cars

The iconic Lamborghini Countach has been reborn as a modern supercar

An 80s icon is back, and it brought batteries.

Tesla's mockup for its future robots.
AI

Tesla wants to make humanoid robots. Here’s their competition.

From Boston Dynamics to Sophia, the robotics field has been teeming with new inventions, each of them both talented and flawed in their own ways.

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Evolution

Here’s how hagfish slime gets 10,000 times bigger in 0.4 seconds

Sharks versus rapidly expanding snot.

Will Pfizer’s FDA approval spell an uptick in COVID vaccination?
Vaccines

Will Pfizer’s FDA approval spell an uptick in COVID vaccination?

Not everyone will be convinced, but the move could sway some fence-sitters.

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Electric Vehicles

GM is recalling all its Bolts, but there’s no need to panic about EV safety

Here's what we know about fires in battery-powered cars, and how those vehicles stack up against their gas-guzzling counterparts.

Solar cell for yellow hydrogen energy production
Renewables

A beginner’s guide to the ‘hydrogen rainbow’

There are myriad ways to turn hydrogen into energy, but they aren’t all healthy for the atmosphere.

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Vaccines

Here’s where all the COVID-19 vaccine candidates currently stand

Three vaccines have been authorized for use in the United States.

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Phones

Apple AirTag: 8 common questions answered

Digging into some frequently asked questions about Apple AirTag including how to get the battery out.

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Tech Hacks

How to edit screenshots on any device

Get your screenshots looking just right.

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Space

This speedy space rock is the fastest asteroid in our solar system

The newly discovered asteroid could collide with Mercury or Venus in the future.

A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat sitting on some rocks high above a bright blue glacial lake in the mountians.
Life Skills

How to avoid camping with snakes, and other valuable outdoor lessons

Everyone makes mistakes, but what's most important is how you learn from them.

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Archaeology

How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists

Inside the Peebles Hoard, a massive find spurred by an unlikely collaboration.