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Salt marshes keep score on humanity’s plastic problem
Health

Salt marshes keep score on humanity’s plastic problem

Microplastics have been piling up in many areas since the 1950s.

These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air
Army

These multi-tasking machines can roll across the ground—or fly through the air

Meet the Pegasus family of drones.

Crinum cassicaule
Science

Behind the scenes of the most beautiful botanical sketches

Excerpt: Botanical Sketchbooks

man sitting in an airplane seat under linear acceleration
Aviation

Bodies In Motion: Exploring the Human Limits of Future Travel

The limits of travel are defined not by what vehicles can do, but by what vehicles can do to us. So how much can we take?

Dyson's hair styling tool
Best of What's New

2019’s most exciting personal care products

They’re the Best of What’s New.

How will Formula One reckon with electric cars?
Electric Vehicles

How will Formula One reckon with electric cars?

A noisy debate about the world's fastest and most popular motorsport.

The Todoist app on an iPhone.
Tech Hacks

How to set phone reminders for anything

Outsource your memory.

A blonde woman in an office, taking part in a video conference call on her laptop.
Tech Hacks

How to use Google Meet’s newest features

Productivity tools can always be more productive.

Australotitan dinosaur compared to an excavator (c)Eroman Museum
Dinosaurs

This Australian behemoth is officially the largest dinosaur on the continent

The wait—and weight—was worth it.

Watch a fighter jet and drone make ‘wet contact’ for the first time
Drones

Watch a fighter jet and drone make ‘wet contact’ for the first time

The F/A-18 Super Hornet received fuel from the Navy's Stingray drone in a key initial test.

Frozen Siberian microbes just woke up from a 24,000-year nap—and immediately got busy
Environment

Frozen Siberian microbes just woke up from a 24,000-year nap—and immediately got busy

The microscopic organisms wasted no time cloning themselves.

Smart Tech Paraglides Tons of Airdropped Cargo From High Altitudes to Meter-Sized Targets
Drones

Smart Tech Paraglides Tons of Airdropped Cargo From High Altitudes to Meter-Sized Targets

The Army's Precision Airdrop System aims to save lives

Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything
Projects

Hack A Teddy Bear To Say Anything

Bringing Teddy Ruxpin back

comic book flip phone
Projects

Build A Keyless Car Unlocker Out of a Cellphone

Locked your keys in the car again? No problem— now you can open the doors using your phone

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH
Projects

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH

Probably not do-it-yourself

Astronomers Capture Beautiful Image Of Distant Planets Forming
Exoplanets

Astronomers Capture Beautiful Image Of Distant Planets Forming

A glimpse into the birth of solar systems

How Racist Is Online Dating?
Science

How Racist Is Online Dating?

A new study says OkCupid users are often willing to respond to messages from potential lovers outside their own race, and once they do, they're more likely to initiate interracial contact going forward.

15 ways to be more secure online
Tech Hacks

15 ways to be more secure online

Protect your accounts, avoid scams, and keep randos off your Wi-Fi.

Take it from a former park ranger: No one is going rogue
Climate Change

Take it from a former park ranger: No one is going rogue

Tweeting creditable, verifiable information is hardly scandalous

Apple Watch on table
Tech Hacks

How to choose the right smartwatch for you

Your wrist deserves the best.