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A woman wearing a Microsoft Hololens and interacting with an invisible hologram that only she can see.
Internet

Microsoft’s new Mesh platform turns your remote coworkers into holograms

It’s called Mesh and it’s the company’s vision of future workplaces.

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Technology

The top 10 cities for biking probably aren’t where you think

Cold weather doesn’t stop avid pedal pushers.

White bowls of white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, and unrefined sugar
Diabetes

High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?

Many of us believe some kinds of sugar are healthier.

Smartphone using the app Google PhotoScan to scan a printed photo
Tech Hacks

Scan and print anything from your phone

There’s almost nothing you can’t do from your phone these days.

A fisherman with a white beard tying a knot in some fishing line.
Projects

The strongest fishing knots you can tie

Field & Stream put three types of line through an exhaustive series of tests and ­discovered the very best knots.

thylacines at national zoo
Wildlife

Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think

Images that supposedly showed the extinct thylacine were actually of a pademelon. But how could you even confuse the two?

A woman in a blue dress looking away and down to the side, as eight hands reach out to her from the edge of the frame.
Life Skills

How to break free of the bystander effect and help someone in trouble

Be the hero you want to be.

pedestrian traffic light with red background
Technology

Designing spaces with marginalized people in mind makes them better for everyone

How the ‘curb-cut effect’ makes the world easier to navigate.

A self-unloading ship in the water.
Technology

To move cargo with less mess, these ships unload themselves

Self-unloading ships quickly discharge goods such as salt by using some elegant engineering. Here’s how they do it.

wisconsin wolf hunt
Land

Wisconsin hunters have already killed more gray wolves than allowed

More than 27,000 people applied for permits for the state’s first wolf hunt since 2014.

New electric Ranger from Polaris Off Road.
Electric Vehicles

Polaris and Zero Motorcycles just revealed their first electric vehicle collaboration

A new Ranger side-by-side comes out in December.

What to do when Google doesn’t have the answers you need
Tech Hacks

What to do when Google doesn’t have the answers you need

It’s time to put on your detective hat.

tiny plants growing out of stacks of coins
Global Warming

Sci-fi carbon coins could actually save our planet

The new currency in the novel Ministry for the Future has real-world supporters.

The MOXIE instrument before it was lowered into NASA's Perseverance Rover, which is currently settled on the surface of Mars.
Mars

With MOXIE, Perseverance will try to make oxygen on Mars

For the first time, NASA will attempt to generate a resource in space.

a person getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccines

The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

Doses should be available to states within days.

Person in an orange shift holding a white probiotic pull next to a brown vitamin bottle
Medicine

The future of probiotics and gut microbiomes is bright

We might one day fix our whole bodies by balancing the organisms inside.

covid-19 vaccine
Vaccines

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine just passed the FDA’s final test

The potential third vaccine to hit the US market works a little differently from the rest.

A robotic underwater vehicle in the ocean.
Navy

The Royal Navy’s robotic sub will be a test bench under the sea

The uncrewed submarine is nearly 30 feet long and weighs almost 10 tons.

Person with long brown hour talking on iPhone in front of statue
Mental Health

Phone anxiety is real—and solvable

Does your heart start racing when you hear the phone ring?

a coral reef
Biology

What underwater sounds can tell us about the state of coral reefs

Ocean sounds are full of surprises.