Recycle old tech at e-waste centers.
When you throw electronics away, the chemicals they contain wind up in the environment. Instead, here's how to take them to an e-waste recycling center.
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You throw out 44 pounds of electronic waste a year. Here's how to keep it out of the dump.
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Math explains why your bus is late—and could help fix it
Bunching up at stops makes everyone run off schedule.
Researchers have used mathematical models to study the behavior of bus transit systems to better understand why this happens. The mathematics identify what causes this…
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How to send and receive texts from the comfort of your computer
Don't let your phone distract you.
When you're already sitting at your desk, you don't want to keep digging your phone out of your pocket to peck out SMS messages. So send them from your computer…
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The complex physics behind bending it like a World Cup player
Fluid dynamics experts weigh in on how Ronaldo and Pavard score seemingly impossible goals.
For a player at this level, bending the ball is an intuitive motion, just a kick to the edge of the ball to arc it in the right direction. For a physicist, modeling air…
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To find life on Mars, we'll need new orbiters, more advanced rovers, and humans
There’s a good reason NASA hasn’t said they’ve found life on Mars—it’s beyond their current capabilities.
Yet again–life wasn’t found on Mars. And NASA won’t be announcing the discovery of life on Mars anytime soon. It’s not disinterest on the agency’s part, but instead it’s…
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Last week in tech: Rumors, answers, and an excuse to quit running
Catch up on last week's biggest tech stories and check out the latest episode of our podcast.
We take on the big tech rumors, answer some reader questions, and get you caught up on everything you missed over the holiday week.
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The largest dinosaurs got huge way earlier than we thought
They lived on Pangea more than 200 million years ago.
While the Blue Whale remains the heavyweight champ, those sauropod giants were the largest creatures to ever walk on land.
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It's time to take a more holistic view of coral reef health
One researcher argues we need to figure out how they stay well.
A new paper from a coral expert suggests that researchers need to pay more attention to what keeps corals healthy—not just what makes them sick.
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Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)
Self-control and your body clock both have their place in bedtime procrastination.
Turning in on time is surprisingly complicated.
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Three reasons why the U.S. is vulnerable to big disasters—and getting more vulnerable all the time
We're heading in the wrong direction.
As a complex emergency researcher, I investigate why some countries can better withstand and respond to disasters.
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On the 10th anniversary of the App store, it’s time to delete most of your apps
Unused apps on your phone can do more harm than simply taking up space.
Apps are amazing, but getting rid of them sure feels great.
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How (and why) to teach a polar bear to walk on a treadmill
What it takes to find food in the rapidly melting Arctic.
Biologists put bears on treadmills to determine how much energy it costs them to walk. Data could predict what it takes to find food as sea ice continues to disappear.
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NASA’s most prolific planet-hunting telescope is taking a nap
But the end is fast approaching.
If anything deserves a rest, it’s Kepler. In less than 10 years, the Kepler Space Telescope confirmed the existence of over 2,500 worlds beyond our own.
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Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats
'Stickman' was just the start.
Stickman was an early iteration of fearless robotic performers.
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Here’s where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lands on big science issues
His rulings in six previous cases can give us some idea.
Last night, President Trump announced his pick of Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Here's where Kavanaugh stands on science.
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What to know about breastfeeding
There's a lot of misinformation out there, so we cut right to the science.
Despite the fact that we were all babies once, all that knowledge about how and what we ate is all but forgotten. A shame, really, because it’s shockingly hard to get…
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Mouser Electronics
Generation Robot: Here to Serve
Imagine checking into a hotel and handing your luggage to a bellhop, but not seeing another human besides other guests. That's the reality at Henn Na Hotel in Japan's…
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This newly-discovered wasp has a horrifying stinger—but what it uses it for is even worse
That's some big stinger energy.
Meet Clistopyga crassicaudata, an Amazonian wasp that’s only 9.8 millimeters long, yet armed with a hellacious-looking stinger that’s half its body length.
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Rollercoasters are stressful and that's why you like them
The psychology behind your love of twists and turns.
What is it about roller coasters that some love so much, and is it an experience we tend to like less as we get older?
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China's latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles
Next Stop Stratosphere
China's quantum radar makes more progress, and China plans to put it high up in the stratosphere, to spy on ballistic missiles and stealth aircraft.
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