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Best Xbox One controllers: Gamepads for every player

All the buttons fit to press

By Brittany Vincent

How to use Apple’s new Mail Privacy Protection to fight email tracking
This feature can render tracking data essentially useless. By John Kennedy
The CDC recommends booster shots for healthcare workers and other at-risk groups
An FDA advisory committee met on Friday amid an ongoing debate about the potential value of COVID booster shots. By Claire Maldarelli , Sara Chodosh
Set a spooky Halloween scene with these painted marbled pumpkins
It's all in the wrist. By Kate McGregor/Domino

Science

A satellite image of a hurricane, which appears as a white swirling vortex over dark blue water.

Hurricane Sam will likely intensify rapidly this weekend

Another name is added to the long list of 2021 Atlantic storms.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Tech

Pepper the social robot.

Do we trust robots enough to put them in charge?

The factors that cause people to accept robots, or not, will surprise you.

By Charlotte Hu

Space

Four adults stand side by side at night.

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 shows spaceflight is changing fast—and science must keep up

By Charlie Wood

Life Hacks

Kid and puppy taking a nap on the couch as part of a healthy sleep schedule

How to get your kids on a healthy sleep schedule

By Jean Levasseur

Animals

Grizzly bear family in Yellowstone National Park

Watch a gray wolf annoy a grizzly bear by biting its butt

By Sage Marshall/Field & Stream

Health

A gloved hand holding a syringe and vial.

CDC panel gives a thumbs-up to Pfizer boosters, but not for everyone

By Elana Spivack

Latest

How glassblowers turn silica, soda ash, and lime into stunning works of art

By Rachel Feltman Sep 23, 2021

Technology

How glassblowers turn silica, soda ash, and lime into stunning works of art

The ancient craft may have a more sustainable future.

Lighting tricks that will make small rooms feel gigantic

By Hugh Neill Sep 22, 2021

DIY

Lighting tricks that will make small rooms feel gigantic

Bend light to your will.

This heavy-lift drone could quietly carry a sub-hunting torpedo

By Kelsey D. Atherton Sep 22, 2021

Technology

This heavy-lift drone could quietly carry a sub-hunting torpedo

It's built to carry as much as 660 pounds as far as 18 miles.

PayPal will now pay you interest, and offer other bank-like features

By Charlotte Hu Sep 22, 2021

Technology

PayPal will now pay you interest, and offer other bank-like features

The new PayPal app has features for savings, direct deposit, in-app shopping tools, bill pay, and crypto.

What is umami? No, really.

By Elana Spivack Sep 22, 2021

Science

What is umami? No, really.

It translates to 'mouthfulness.'

The new issue of PopSci is full of bright young peeps

By Corinne Iozzio Sep 21, 2021

Science

The new issue of PopSci is full of bright young peeps

The fall digital edition is ready to read today.

Slack’s new video tool is @here—and you might already be able to use it

By Colleen Hagerty Sep 21, 2021

Technology

Slack’s new video tool is @here—and you might already be able to use it

These are all the new features Slack says you can expect in the coming months

There’s only one country doing its Paris Agreement homework

By Sara Kiley Watson Sep 21, 2021

Environment

There’s only one country doing its Paris Agreement homework

Major greenhouse gas emitters still have lots of work to do.

The COVID-19 death toll just surpassed another historic American milestone

By Hannah Seo Sep 21, 2021

Science

The COVID-19 death toll just surpassed another historic American milestone

The disease has now killed more Americans than the 1918 influenza pandemic—and experts predict another 100,000 will die from COVID by the end of the year.

Meat vending machines are just the latest way the pandemic has reinvented eating

By Charlotte Hu Sep 22, 2021

Technology

Meat vending machines are just the latest way the pandemic has reinvented eating

New forms of digital ordering—and the remodeling of an older idea—are changing the pandemic dining experience.