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In the past few years, no product I’ve tested has advanced as quickly as the humble robot vacuum. Where once they ping-ponged randomly around your kitchen, you can now find robot vacs at every price point with an incredible array of features, including mapping capabilities, self-emptying bins, and even cameras. Vacuuming an ever-changing household is …
In the minutes and hours after learning about my first miscarriage during a routine ultrasound, my senses sharpened to the physical details around me: the blossoming warmth of May in Maine, a single feathery cirrus cloud overhead in an otherwise perfectly blue sky, the MOJO RZN license plate on the maroon Mustang in front of …
Who Are Instagram’s Infertility Influencers Really Helping? Read More »
In the month I’ve been testing the Bluetran Lightning, I’ve had to charge it only once. Once. That was after about 40 miles’ worth of trips (at various sub–30-mph speeds). This electric kick scooter never failed going up steep hills, its hydraulic brakes are fantastic, and its suspension feels like a magic carpet ride. It’s …
Bluetran’s Lightning Escooter Is Too Much, and It’s Great Read More »
By washing through the brain, neuromodulators “allow you to govern the excitability of a large region of the brain more or less in the same way or at the same time,” said Eve Marder, a neuroscientist at Brandeis University widely recognized for her pioneering studies on neuromodulators in the late 1980s. “You’re basically creating either …
A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement Read More »
Karl, a PhD and lecturer at MIT, gave birth to both of his children—and despite being the one with the baby bump, he was routinely asked to wait outside while the nurses attended to his (not pregnant) wife. People were unable, he says, to see both a man and a pregnant body; as a result, …
Science Is Redefining Motherhood. If Only Society Would Let It Read More »
Enlarge / One console, four displays, zero “split-screen” antics Anyone who remembers playing GoldenEye 007 on the N64 likely remembers having to account for the “screencheaters” that would glance at another quadrant of the split-screen shooter to gauge an opponent’s locations. There’s even a modern game that forces players to rely on the tactic to …
Museum rigs up multi-screen N64 GoldenEye to prevent “screencheating” Read More »
Bad biochemistry — The chemical in the sunblock is fine until the coral alters it. John Timmer – May 8, 2022 11:00 am UTC Medical authorities have spent years convincing people to use sunscreen to limit their exposure to UV light. But that effort has had a bit of a setback, as several locations have …
Corals convert sunscreen chemical into a toxin that kills them Read More »
Petro Zadorozhny | Getty Images In the snowy streets of the north Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, the Russian missile system fires rockets every second. Tanks and military vehicles are parked on either side of the blasting artillery system, positioned among houses and near the town’s railway system. The weapon is not working alone, though. Hovering …
Small drones are giving Ukraine an unprecedented edge Read More »
Stay tuned for more IAP removals — After Audible purchases were turned off in April, Kindle purchases are gone now, too. Ron Amadeo – May 6, 2022 5:12 pm UTC Enlarge / Amazon’s new purchase explainer and the “learn more” link. Following up on its earlier move to pull Audible audiobook purchases from its Play Store app, …
Amazon Kindle book purchases are the next Google Play billing casualty Read More »
Wi-Fi 7 update — Wi-Fi Alliance has promised “at least” 30Gbps. Scharon Harding – May 6, 2022 4:52 pm UTC Aurich Lawson / Getty It’s looking increasingly likely that Wi-Fi 7 will be an option next year. This week, Qualcomm joined the list of chipmakers detailing Wi-Fi 7 products they expect to be available to …