Navigate back to civilization.
If you get lost off-trail without a phone or a compass, and you literally can’t find north, we have a few tricks to help you navigate back to civilization…
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How to find your way out of the woods without tools—or your phone
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27 tricks to level up your video gaming
Ready, player one?
Do you play video games on PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch? Whichever console you prefer, we have tricks for you to get more out of your gaming.
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Is an artificial tan safer than the real thing?
Sunless tanners work for the same reason a steak turns brown.
With summer in full swing, lots of people are looking to get tan. Most of us are even willing to risk skin cancer for a brief glow.
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Exclusive first look: Nerf’s AR-Powered Laser Ops Pro blasters
Pew pew pew, the home game.
Nerf's new laser tag blasters have a single-player, augmented reality mode—which is good because Nerf darts have a short lifespan in my house.
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The complete guide to Bluetooth headphone terms
Shop for the features that really matter.
Wireless headphones are the future, but they’re so complicated that it’s hard to know what to look for as you shop for the right pair. Here’s your guide to the Bluetooth…
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Beauty vitamins promise shinier hair, stronger nails, and suppler skin, but do they work?
Cosmetic supplements have a lot of claims, but not enough science.
Today, an increasing number of people are popping a pill—taking so called beauty vitamins, ingestible capsules, or gummies that all promise to improve their hair, skin,…
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Last week in tech: Google's AI gets chatty and Nerf has new laser tag blasters
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Why suicide is on the rise in the US—even as it falls in Europe
Could inequality be to blame?
In 2015, 44,193 Americans died by their own hand. That was more than the number killed in motor vehicle accidents and over twice the number who died through homicide.
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200,000 asteroids trace their origins to just a handful of obliterated parents
And that’s only the inner asteroid belt.
Families can be out there in so many ways, with foibles, feuds, and funny anecdotes about that time Aunt Suzy did that thing. You remember the one. But asteroid families…
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Koala genes might reveal how they survive a toxic diet
And might help us save them from chlamydia.
Peering into the koala’s genes offers researchers insights into how it survives on its (toxic) diet of eucalyptus, and will help them figure out how to save this…
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Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you
Enjoy your morning cup of joe with a dash of smugness.
Here’s the thing about coffee: there’s never been much scientific debate about whether it’s healthy.
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Climate change forced a famously old-school museum to go digital
How do you keep an exhibit up to date when the data is still rushing in?
The first major update since the Hall of Planet Earth opened in 1999 is set to refocus on something uncharacteristically contemporary: climate change.
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This is Jaguar's first real attempt to take on Tesla
New I-Pace is a breakthrough achievement—and a hell of a fun car.
This quiet beast provides astonishingly brisk acceleration (4.5 seconds to 60 mph), a fierce 400 horsepower, and stuck-to-your seat 512 pound-feet of immediately…
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Thermacell's Radius Zone mosquito repellent keeps your blood inside your body
It creates a protective dome around you.
A dead-simple system for keeping away blood-suckers.
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Descended testicles: DNA study drops new hints on secrets of low hanging glands
Keeping everything outside the body seems like a strange choice.
The scrotum is a mystery. Why do most male mammals have their reproductive glands so vulnerably located in a sack of skin and muscle outside the body?
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Wildfires are burning across the country—here's how to prepare
Only YOU can protect your home from a wildfire.
If your community is touched by fire this year, will you know what to do? Or how to prepare? Here are some resources to get you started.
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Meet China's growing fleet of automated delivery drones
Meals being air freighted, plus armies of delivery robots.
China's tech giants and start ups are building the AI and robots for China's future smart economy.
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Earth's first animals probably triggered a change in climate
Of course, they warmed things up over millions of years, not a couple hundred.
Human beings are the most egregious example of how life can wreak havoc on a planet’s natural environment, but not the only example.
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How to photograph fireworks
Quick tips to make your Instagram shots flawless.
Capture all the color and excitement, but not the noise, when fireworks light up the sky.
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We love fireworks because they scare us
Our brains enjoy fear, but only in small, controlled doses.
What about fireworks makes them so appealing? Why do these eruptions of light have such an euphoric effect on us? The answer might not be what you expect.
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