I floated in zero-g with former astronaut Scott Kelly
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Home studio gear to help scratch your musical itch
Do it all from your own home computer
A list of gear is to start you on the way to building your home studio. A high price tag doesn't magically transform your demos to professional quality recording.
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This giant exoplanet has a glowing atmosphere
You can't see it—but Hubble can.
A recent study has used the Hubble Space Telescope to prove that a gas giant exoplanet 900 light years away has a stratosphere—just like Earth.
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Artificial intelligence now powers all of Facebook’s translation
The new system is more accurate than the old method.
On Thursday, Facebook announced that all of its user translation services—those little magic tricks that happen when you click “see translation” beneath a post or…
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Five rad and random camping things I found this week
The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 20.
Rad and random things to make your camping trip more a lot more fun. From Star Wars sleeping bags to a nifty new survival book. Read on.
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Growing skin in a lab has benefits for humans and turtles alike
Scientists just engineered reptile skin for the first time.
Scientists recently engineered reptile skin for the first time, but we’ve been growing our own versions of mammalian skin for decades.
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Elgato Eve Motion Review: A smart sensor to automate Apple households
This robotic eyeball can perform groups of tasks based on your motion or lack thereof.
This HomeKit-specific motion sensor knows when you're moving around and when you're not. Read on.
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How to build an hourglass watchtower
Survey any threats to your castle—er, home.
You don’t need a lofty purpose in order to build your own hourglass watchtower. You can do it just because they’re fun to make and let you take in a lovely view.
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Is there a way to send excess rainfall to the desert?
You would need a very, very big boat
Sending excess water to an area in need sounds ideal, but the fuel costs would be too much. Read on.
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This is how much of the world is currently on fire
The 2017 fire season is a global phenomenon.
This year seems to be a particularly bad fire season, with record breaking conflagrations stretching from the US to Europe to Russia.
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How to do more with your fitness tracker
Harvest that activity data.
Your wearables provide you with a steady stream of data. And it doesn't just tell you how much you're moving. Here are 4 additional ways to use that information.
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The best setup to live stream your video games
Broadcast your play to Twitch or YouTube.
Want to become a live streaming pro, sharing your video game prowess with Twitch and YouTube? These are the apps and devices you need for the sweetest of setups.
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Last week in tech: Sorry in advance for getting ‘Despacito’ stuck in your head
All the important tech stuff you missed last week.
Hard gadget news can be sparse in these deep summer days, but there's still lots going on. Read on.
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Ditch your phone’s default apps for these superior replacements
Upgrade your mobile experience.
Your phone comes with default apps—but these aren't always the best options on the market. Here are some alternatives to the apps provided by Apple and Google.
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New Horizons will soon solve a mystery about an object a billion miles past Pluto
Two for the price of one.
In less than two years, the New Horizons space probe is going to go whizzing by an object a billion miles further away from us than Pluto.
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This woman swallowed her braces 10 years ago and didn’t know it
Here's how it came back to bite her
When she was a teenager, a woman in Australia accidentally swallowed a piece of her braces wire. A decade later, it sent her to the emergency room.
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A key government report on climate change is out. Here's what you need to know
The New York Times published a draft of the report on Monday night.
A draft report shows just how dire our climate situation has become.
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How not burn down the forest while you’re watching the eclipse
Heavy crowds and dry conditions could present a real threat to our wildlands.
As eclipse watchers head to wild lands to watch the moon block the sun, land managers worry that carelessness will spark wild fires.
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Tools and techniques: How to make a BLT from scratch
From yeast and pig to bread and bacon.
Want to learn how to make a B.L.T. from scratch? Read on.
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Add Greenland to the growing list of countries on fire
Reminder, this isn't normal
In what is continuing to be an unusual wild fire year, a large conflagration is currently burning Greenland.
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