The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms
The emperor’s troops, blades wielded, were staring up at a tremendous dust cloud. For a moment, there was just wind,...
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Take a look inside 13,000 animals–no scalpel required
If dissecting a frog in biology class had you begging to be sent home, new 3D scans of thousands of vertebrate...
Speed up a slow home connection by checking for WiFi-guzzling apps
There are all kinds of ways to speed up your WiFi at home: You can pay for a faster broadband...
Too many screens? Why car safety experts want to bring back buttons
Over the past two decades, iPad-like touch screens in cars have evolved from a niche luxury to a pervasive industry...
Meet the new king of the ‘living fossils’
If you take a look at a horseshoe crab, you are essentially peering back in time millions of years. Animals...
The Opt Out: 4 privacy concerns in the age of AI
You are more than a data point. The Opt Out is here to help you take your privacy back. THE LATEST WAVE...
The Opt Out: 4 privacy concerns in the age of AI
You are more than a data point. The Opt Out is here to help you take your privacy back. THE LATEST WAVE...
The birds of summer patrolling Ocean City’s boardwalk
NESTLED IN the beach town of Ocean City, New Jersey, a nondescript summer home stands among rows of vacation rentals....
The mysterious ‘star dune’ in the Sahara is on the move
The desert’s enormous star dunes are mysterious structures. These sand dunes are found in some of Earth’s largest modern deserts,...
Were dinosaurs hot or not?
Dinosaur Mysteries digs into the secretive side of the “terrible lizards” and all the questions that keep paleontologists up at night....
Joby’s latest electric air taxi will head to an Air Force base for tests in 2024
Small planes have one propeller, bigger ones have two, and helicopters have a giant rotor on top and a smaller...
How Russia’s war in Ukraine almost derailed Europe’s Mars rover
SCHIAPARELLI WAS OUT OF CONTROL. As the probe entered Mars’ atmosphere on October 19, 2016, an onboard computer miscalculated its...
