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The more the virus mutates, the more chances it has to evade one of our vaccines. So here’s what you can do right now to protect yourself fr...

Razer's RGB lights endure. (Razer/)Non-gamers often find themselves surprised at just how many tech specs a computer mouse can have. Peruse...

Keep your home safe! (Stephan Bechert via Unsplash/)There is nothing better than feeling safe in your home. Unfortunately, a simple bolted d...

Ant brains are minuscule, yet they work together to build relatively enormous homes and coordinate hunts for food. (Glenn Orzepowski/)When w...

Keep an eye on your child no matter what room you're in. (Tuva Mathilde Løland via Unsplash/)People sometimes complain that modern moms and...

As the vaccine distribution ramps up over the next few months, there should be another boon: a huge drop in the occurrence of severe COVID-1...

Ingenuity will arrive on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/)The most sophisticate...

There may be more COVID-19 vaccine doses than we thought. (Pixabay/)Despite being more than a year into the pandemic, there is somehow more...

Just try saying no to that. (Farideh Sadeghin/)This story was originally featured on Saveur.I could eat pizza all day, every day. But I don’...

The steering wheel on the new Tesla Model S resembles an airliner's yoke. (Tesla/)After years of waiting and rumors, Tesla fans were rewarde...

Trains produce a lot of noise, and seismologists love that. (Pixabay/)Looking underground is an understated business. Understanding what lie...

Solar panels have gotten more efficient—and cheaper—without you even realizing. (Pixabay/)Many of us might assume that the reason so much en...

You'll need headphones for this possibly soothing sound experiment. (Henry Be/Unsplash/)If listening to ethereal, almost otherworldly, sound...

It's up to you if you want to reset your devices in a cafe, but make sure you're sitting next to a power outlet. (Joseph Frank/Unsplash/)Thi...

Earth was cooler than we thought 6,000 years ago. (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay/)The last 12,000 years have been much cooler than previously thought...

By sequencing samples from COVID-19 patients, epidemiologists can track the virus as it mutates. (Centers for Disease and Control/)New COVID...

Rotating the front part of the barrel allows players to change the trajectory of the shots. (Hasbro/)Curved shots with a Nerf blaster are no...

Presidential pup Major Biden stretches his legs on the White House lawn. (White House photo/Adam Schultz/)Ellen Furlong is an associate prof...

Don't limit yourself to one position. (Brooke Cagle via Unsplash/)Buying a new laptop or tablet can be a stressful undertaking. With so many...

TOI-178 features six planets circling their host star in a tightly choreographed dance, which makes their disorderly arrangement all the mor...

Whether you're looking for sleep trackers, a traditional wearable, or heart rate monitors, look no further. (Cameron Venti via Unsplash/)The...

The Defiant X employs two coaxial rotors up top, with a propeller in the back to help it accelerate and decelerate. (Sikorsky/Boeing/)The De...

Researchers have been observing serious declines in oceanic and coastal shark populations around the Atlantic Ocean and in the waters off of...

Tune in and tune out. (Nappy.co/)If you’re reading this, you’re probably stressed. Never fear: We’ve dug through the evidence to reveal what...

There's something utterly wrong with this photo. (Harry Guinness/)With great editing power comes great responsibility—the more easily you ca...