The 2018 Nobel Prize honors what might be our best shot at beating cancer.
The 2018 season kicked off on Monday with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which this year honors two researchers for their work on cancer therapy.
This year's Nobel Prize in medicine is shared by a cancer-fighting (and harmonica-playing) Texan
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Last week in tech: Facebook's breach, HP’s leather laptop, and a new Oculus
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Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero
The brain interface learns—and remembers—how to read thoughts.
A recently updated interface can teach itself to read Ian Burkhart's thoughts, and move his paralyzed hand accordingly.
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On NASA’s 60th birthday, our readers say it’s still looking good
A universe of emotion.
On October 1, 1958 NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) formally turned into NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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Dogs aren't especially smart, but they have a particular set of skills
Yes, you are a good dog!
A new study points out that dogs aren't especially smart—but that doesn't mean they're not special.
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We should all take a month off of red meat
Cow farts are a big problem.
Nobody here is suggesting you give up meat forever. But 31 measly days of not eating the animals that are farting our climate into oblivion? Easy. So let’s give it a…
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The Carolinas are waging war against nickel-sized hurricane mosquitoes
Sprayers plan attacks from the ground and sky.
The floodwaters of Hurricane Florence have hatched swarms of giant mosquitoes in North Carolina. Now, counties are fighting back.
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GoPro's new action camera fixes an annoying quirk with video stabilization
The GoPro Hero 7 Black cranks up the smoothness.
GoPro's digital image stabilization got a big bump in its latest camera update.
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The physics Nobel Prize goes to high-tech lasers and honors the first woman in 55 years
A rare nod to technology over fundamental physics.
Three scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for work developing powerful laser technology that has lifted the veil on the micro- and nano-realms.
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This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health
A person’s ‘exposome’ is just as important, if not more so, as their genetic predisposition to disease.
Researchers say a new, portable tool that takes air samples in the same rhythm as a human breath, could provide a better understanding of what people are exposed to…
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8 tools to keep your yard from becoming a leafy mess
Fallen leaves are absolutely wonderful—until the rain comes.
Fall is coming and your yard is about to be a mess. Here are the best tools to prepare for your Fall cleanup.
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There's a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.
Excerpt: Plight of the Living Dead
In a muggy room at the University of New Mexico, packed with racks of plastic tanks, themselves packed with snails, biologist Ben Hanelt and undergrad Rachel…
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Everything you need to know about ricin poison
Ricin is one of the most poisonous substances on Earth and it's scarily easy to make.
Yesterday, an envelope addressed to Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, was found to contain a white granular substance that was identified as ricin. Today, a…
Ricin is one of the most poisonous substances on Earth—and it's scarily easy to make.
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The Apple Watch learned to detect falls using data from real human mishaps
Apple explained how they collected the data to create the novel feature.
The Apple Watch Series 4 can detect if you fall. Here's how the feature works, and how Apple collected real-world data to build it.
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Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry
But don't go looking for it in a supermarket just yet.
Quick, name an orange fruit that tastes like a tomato crossed with a tropical treat like pineapple or mango, plus hints of vanilla and a tinge of sourness. Stumped?
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This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry ‘rewards a revolution based on evolution’
Chemistry that cures disease and creates a greener world.
These breakthroughs have found applications that can affect people’s daily lives. The Academy predicts evolution still has much to teach us.
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Apple Watch accessories that are worth your time
For power, customization, and protection.
Apple Watch accessories to keep your expensive new arm candy charged and protected. Oh, and there are some stylish offerings, too. You spent several hundred dollars on…
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Here’s what you need to know about today’s unavoidable Presidential Alert notification
You can't block it and you probably shouldn't try.
This afternoon your smartphone—regardless of carrier or settings—will call out with an emergency alert. The notification is a test of a new system called the Integrated…
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These tools helped scientists win the Nobel Prize
From optical tweezers to multiplexed cell imaging, this is what it takes to break through.
These are the tools that enabled the 2018 Nobel laureates to go for gold.
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Astronomers think they’ve found a moon the size of Neptune in a distant star system
It could be the largest moon we’ve ever seen
Nearly eight thousand light-years away from Earth, there’s a star about the same size as our sun. Like our own solar system, that distant star is orbited by a planet…
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