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When I (Adrienne) travel for work, I typically carry a Tom Bihn bag, and the clamshell Synik 22 is my favorite. It has a batch of pockets, and they’re all thoughtfully designed. For example, the zippered water bottle pocket is located in the middle of the backpack instead of on the side, so it won’t …
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In the fall of 2017, Mehtaab Sawhney, then an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined a graduate reading group that set out to study a single paper over a semester. But by the semester’s end, Sawhney recalls, they decided to move on, flummoxed by the proof’s complexity. “It was really amazing,” he said. …
Mathematicians Find Hidden Structure in a Common Type of Space Read More »
I felt like a thawing glacier. Still chilly, I contacted my colleague, Joe Sutton, a certified holistic health practitioner. She surprised me with her enthusiasm. “Zoom sessions are the greatest blessings that have come from this dark time.” “Really? How so?” I asked. “It saves so much time,” she replied with gusto, “It used to …
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BULGARIA, HUNGARY AND ROMANIA The Yamnaya people, long associated with horses, are now the earliest known riders. Skeletons from around 3000 BCE, unearthed from burial mounds in Eastern Europe, show wear patterns consistent with “horseman syndrome,” providing the oldest direct evidence of humans on horseback. CHINA Tea mamenchisaurus, a massive sauropod, may have once munched …
Science News Briefs from around the World: June 2023 Read More »
Social media algorithms can do wonderful things. They have the power to make or break careers, amplify political polarization (Facebook, Twitter), make people do dumb stuff for clicks, (Youtube), and supposedly promote Chinese Communist ideals to our children (TikTokthough that’s up for debate). Bluesky, though, is trying something different: You pick ’em. On May 26, …
Bluesky’s Custom Algorithms Could Be the Future of Social Media
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We haven’t reached the summer solstice yet, but the first week of June always feels like the start of the season anyway. You might be all dealt out from last weekend’s Memorial Day sales, but in case you need an excuse to get outside and enjoy the warmer weather, some of our favorite outdoor gear, …
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To Kwan, and to Capcom, these two versions of Chun Li are different people, with years of life experience between them, which offered an opportunity for Chun Li to grow and mature in her own way. As such, Kwan wanted to convey something new with the character that reflected her growth while also keeping the …
Chun Li Finally Has an Asian American Voice Actor Read More »
When Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, spoke at Google I/O on May 10, she laid out a vision for artificial intelligence that helps users wade through their inbox. Pappu showed how generative AI can whisper summaries of long email threads in your ear, pull in relevant data from local files …
Whether you downloaded an image you want to share or a document you need to sign, files can and do go missing on our smartphones. A reflex swipe of that download notification and you may struggle to find your file again. Do not worry. It’s still there somewhere, and we’ll show you how to find …
How to Find Downloaded Files on an iPhone or Android Phone (2023) Read More »
Maybe it’s the nature of the technology and the pressure of change, but EVs seem to age more rapidly than their now doomed ICE forebears. Can it really be five years since WIRED first tried the Audi E-tron? Almost. So it’s time for a major refresh, something this big Audi could really use as key …
We’re still waiting to see if there will be a follow-up to the Nintendo Switch OLED, or even the original Switch or Switch Lite. Until then, you’ll have to use what you have to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. While you’re playing, it’s time to brush up on how to use …
Nintendo Switch Tips (2023): 21 Surprising Things It Can Do (OLED, Lite, Standard) Read More »
Code hidden inside PC motherboards left millions of machines vulnerable to malicious updates, researchers revealed this week. Staff at security firm Eclypsium found code within hundreds of models of motherboards created by Taiwanese manufacturer Gigabyte that allowed an updater program to download and run another piece of software. While the system was intended to keep …
This contraction means the upper atmosphere is becoming less dense, which in turn reduces drag on satellites and other objects in low orbit—by around a third by 2070, calculate Ingrid Cnossen, a research fellow at the British Antarctic Survey. On the face of it, this is good news for satellite operators. Their payloads should stay …
The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns Read More »
Rumors that Apple will announce a virtual reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday have sent competitors into a frenzy. Meta announced its new Meta Quest 3 on Thursday. Lenovo released its latest ThinkReality VRX headset. Suddenly, a niche market that was struggling to capture a wide audience has many more eyes on …
Apple’s Rumored VR Headset Has Sent Its Rivals Scrambling Read More »
Virginia Key sits on Florida’s doorstep, just southeast of downtown Miami, and is firmly in the strike zone of Hurricane Alley—a swath of warm water that is perfect for hurricane formation and stretches eastward across the Atlantic to Africa. More than 250 hurricanes have hit the US mainland since the mid-19th century, often with catastrophic …
New Hurricane Forecasts Could Predict Terrifying Explosive Intensification Read More »
Physicians Raymond Bunge and CM Kinloch Nelson noticed something unusual happening at their Iowa clinic in the early 1970s: a growing number of men seeking infertility treatment. To investigate whether there might be changes in sperm in the general male population, they looked at sperm samples from 386 presumably fertile men—those seeking an elective vasectomy. …
“If there is any matter upon which civilized countries have agreed…, it is the evil of premature and excessive child labor.” So said Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1918, when Americans were waging a fierce battle over the employment of children. More than a century later, the argument rages again. In recent …
Attacks on Child Labor Laws Are a Dangerous Throwback to Social Darwinism Read More »
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversationan online publication covering the latest research. Tea Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are keeping a close eye on rising ocean temperatures, and not just in the Atlantic. Overall, warm sea surface temperatures that can fuel hurricanes have been off the charts …
El Niño and Extreme Ocean Heat Are About to Clash for the 2023 Hurricane Season Read More »
SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify This is Episode Two of a four-part Fascination on really big birds. You can listen to Episode One here. Flora Lichtman: For people who’ve never heard of an elephant bird, what do they need to know? James Hansford: I think, first off, the size.. They are colossal. [Music] Lichtmann: I’m Flora …
This Gargantuan Bird Weighed as Much as a Sports Car Read More »
When it comes to detecting breast cancer, regular testing matters. But precisely how early and how often you should get screened isn’t so straightforward. Medical guidance can seem wildly inconsistent. Some agencies recommend annual checks from age 40 onward, for example, while others have said to wait until age 50. There is no “generalizable” age …