Latest

firefighter in a field

A network of 1,000 cameras is watching for Western wildfires—and you can, too
May 25, 2022 11:00 AM
Technology
Smartphone-on-desk-with-youtube-logo-on-screen

How to only watch the best bits and other tricks to upgrade your YouTube experience
May 25, 2022 10:00 AM
DIY
person sketching a cityscape

Learn the art of urban sketching with this $40 expert-led course
May 25, 2022 9:00 AM
Sponsored Post
jocelyn-bell-burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars, but someone else won the Nobel
May 25, 2022 9:00 AM
Space
Seashore in Chile.

Climate change is making the ocean lose its memory. Here’s what that means.
May 24, 2022 5:00 PM
Environment
new street view camera prototype mounted on a red car

Google Street View just unveiled its new camera—and it looks like an owl
May 24, 2022 4:06 PM
Technology
Casper Original Hybrid Mattress is the best hybrid mattress on the market.

Sleep easy with this Casper mattress Memorial Day sale on Amazon
May 24, 2022 4:00 PM
Reviews
a purple and black and white stylized image of a historic foldable flying car with newspaper clippings in the background

What it would take for cars to actually fly
May 24, 2022 2:00 PM
Aviation
The best ultrawide monitors

Best ultrawide monitors of 2022
May 24, 2022 1:00 PM
Reviews
A jackdaw, a Eurasian bird that launches into the sky in flocks of hundreds.

Demo-crow-cy: Jackdaws leave the roost by voting
May 24, 2022 12:00 PM
Science
View all

Featured in plasma

By Nov 10, 2021
Science

The fastest human-made object vaporizes space dust on contact

Collisions between the Parker Solar Probe and dust are so energetic the particles burst into plasma.

illustration of a probe nearing the sun
By Mar 30, 2020
Space

Uranus blasted a gas bubble 22,000 times bigger than Earth

It happened back in 1986—but it could happen again.

Voyager 2's image of Uranus.
By Aug 05, 2019
Space

Texas-sized plasma ‘cannonballs’ could help solve one of the sun’s biggest mysteries

The action goes down in the sun’s chromosphere.

By Aug 31, 2016
Aviation

Will Future Planes Fly On Wings Of Plasma?

Fourth matter and the drag-cutting edge of aerodynamics

By Aug 11, 2016
Space

Can We Defend Against Solar Storms By Bombing Our Atmosphere?

An Air Force program, created to improve radio transmission, might be the answer

By Nov 04, 2015
Health

Electric Comb Could Zap Lice From Your Scalp

It's safe for humans, but bad for bugs

lice remover
By Sep 28, 2015
DIY

Maker Faire: This Plasma-Filled Glass Robot Can Dance

Okay, so it's a robot-shaped marionette—still awesome

By Aug 25, 2015
Space

What Is A Red Sprite?

Ghost? Alien? Carbonated beverage?

By Mar 24, 2015
Space

Eavesdropping On The Sounds Of Stars

The stars might be singing; too bad we'll never hear them

By Aug 01, 2014
DIY

A Full-Metal Dress for Electric Exhibitions

Shocking fashion.