2025-01-14

The best air purifier for 2025

You’ve probably heard the statistics about indoor air being more polluted than outdoor air. Cleaning products, pet dander, cooking emissions off-gassing furniture and decor — they all contribute. [...]

2025-01-14

GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help

Signals from the global navigation satellite system can be jammed and spoofed, so a Google spinout is working on an alternative positioning and navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field [...]

2025-01-14

Not just heat death: Here are five ways the Universe could end

Need a pick-me-up? Consider these cheery possibilities. [...]

2025-01-14

You Have NASA to Thank for Wireless Headphones and Vacuum Cleaners

The space agency’s Spinoff project displays the countless everyday technologies that were spurred by space-related research. [...]

2025-01-14

Up close and personal with the stag beetle in A Real Bug’s Life S2

It's just one of the many fascinating insect species featured in the second season of this NatGeo docuseries. [...]

2025-01-13

Skull long thought to be Cleopatra’s sister’s was actually a young boy

Skull found in ruins of Ephesos in 1929 thought to be Arsinoë IV is actually skull of 11-14-year-old boy. [...]

2025-01-13

How to watch Blue Origin’s inaugural New Glenn launch

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is ready for liftoff. After some weather-related delays over the weekend, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company said that the $2.5 billion reusable rocket, which has been [...]

2025-01-13

The King of Ozempic Is Scared as Hell

Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics? [...]

2025-01-13

LA’s Fires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water

Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local supplies. Multiple water authorities in north Los Angeles have issued Do Not [...]