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11/27/18--04:30: The 100 greatest innovations of 2018

Technology

The 31st annual Best of What's New awards.

Our 31st annual Best of What’s New list is the culmination of a year spent obsessing over, arguing about, and experiencing the newest technologies and discoveries across…

11/27/18--05:00: NASA's InSight lander is basically about to play an epic claw game on Mars

Space

Except it's multi-million dollar instruments instead of plush toys.

Aside from Earth, Mars is the most closely studied planet in the solar system. However, in spite of having orbiters, landers, and rovers visit over the years, no…

11/27/18--05:45: The most exciting aerospace innovations of 2018

Zephyr S HAPS (Solar High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite) by Airbus

Aviation

They're the Best of What's New.

There’s no doubting the sheer epicness of this year’s top Aerospace innovations.

11/27/18--07:15: The best gadgets of 2018

Gadgets

They're the Best of What's New.

This year’s Best of What’s New gadgets category includes leaps forward in both virtual and augmented reality, which were welcome reprieves from the increasingly hectic…

11/27/18--11:30: Hurricanes are doing more damage and it’s our own fault

Environment

It has surprisingly little to do with climate change.

As our oceans warm, hurricane rainfall and intensity are going to rise. But more water and wind aren’t the reason that today’s storms destroy more in their paths.

11/27/18--12:00: The best entertainment innovations of 2018

Entertainment

They're the Best of What's New.

This year’s winners include a pro-grade HDTV, speakers that double as modern art, and an ill-fated movie subscription service that shifted the way people go to the…

11/27/18--12:30: The International Space Station is crawling with bacteria and some may be harmful

Space

Don't worry, no one has gotten sick yet.

Researchers are finding that all kinds of bacteria are thriving on the artificially-habitable International Space Station. A new study from researchers at the California…

11/27/18--13:45: The best recreation gear of 2018

Fly Creek HV Carbon with Dyneema tent by Big Agnes

Technology

They're the Best of What's New.

This year’s best products in recreation—including a one-pound tent, a truly innovative sports bra, and a fire pit that keeps smoke out of your eyes—make our active lives…

11/27/18--14:30: The most amazing health innovations of 2018

Health

They're the Best of What's New.

These 10 medical advances represent how science, technology, and creative thinking can help us live longer, better lives.

11/27/18--15:00: MEGAPIXELS: Doctors can now see everything inside you at once

organs glow white against orange bones and red tissue in this full-body rendering

Science

Full body, nearly real-time imaging is here.

After years of development, a powerful and speedy full-body scanner is ready for action.

11/27/18--15:30: The best new software of 2018

Technology

They're the Best of What's New.

On our list of the top software innovations of 2018, there’s tech that’ll do fun things, like deliver a pizza to your spot in a public park, and programming that takes…

11/27/18--16:30: The most impressive engineering feats of 2018

Technology

They're the Best of What's New.

It’s an elegant way to avoid urban flooding: Lay down paving tiles that soak up rain and divert it from sewers to greenery. But that innovation, the Climate Tile, is…

11/28/18--05:00: Early humans hooked up with other species a whole bunch

a sculpture of a neanderthal man who appears to be smirking

Science

It's probably time to stop acting surprised.

One thing about our ancestors has become increasingly clear: early humans loved to get down, even with other species…

11/28/18--06:30: How a bank clerk became a record-breaking polar explorer

Science

In between, she almost died in the Arctic.

When Ann Daniels signed up for an all-female mission to the North Pole, she had never even skied before. Since then, she has braved freezing temperatures, polar bears,…

11/28/18--07:45: The best deals available this Cyber Week

Gadgets

Black Friday isn't just Friday anymore.

Despite retailers overeager advertising—which now seems to stretch Black Friday all the way to Nov. 1—Thanksgiving week remains one of the best in the year for good…