I Could Play ‘Disney Dreamlight Valley’ Until the End of Time
It’s hard to design the perfect, infinitely bingeable game. This is one of them.
Miniaturized lab-on-a-chip for real-time chemical analysis of liquids
A fingertip-sized chip replaces bulky laboratory equipment. An infrared sensor has been developed that analyzes the content of liquids within the fraction of a...
Make a ‘Dirty Quarantini’ With Whatever Brine You Have in Your Fridge
It seems that a lot of us are going to be spending more time at home, which could lead to boredom, ennui, and a...
This Week Shows How Hard It Is to Curb Big Tech
Seattle repealed its just-enacted "Amazon tax," San Francisco elected a tech-friendly mayor, net neutrality is dead, and AT&T is buying Time Warner.
Wildfire smoke may lead to less rain in the western US
As wildfires and heatwaves stress the western United States, concern over drought is rising: Dry landscapes burn more readily, and rain can help quell...
Solutions to urban heat differ between tropical and drier climes
In summer heat, cities may swelter more than nearby suburbs and rural areas. And while the size of this urban heat island effect varies...
NASA Will Let You Send Messages to an iPad On Board Orion
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission features a host of demonstration technologies, including Callisto—a collaboration between Lockheed Martin, Amazon, and Cisco. The Callisto team is making...
Weird-Ass Video Game Death Stranding to Become Presumably Weird-Ass Movie
In a world where cinematic adaptations of video games are still having a tough time, the announcement that Hideo Kojima’s ambitious, bizarre 2019 game...
