How to Pick Plants That Will Grow Well Under Trees
There’s something fairytale-like about the ground surrounding trees being covered in a carpet of flowers or other foliage. Even if it is deliberately planted...
16 Best Hair Straighteners We’ve Tested (2024): Flat Irons, Hot Combs, and Straightening Brushes
Curls and waves are beautiful. But when you want to smooth them out, these hot tools—irons, brushes, and combs—work wonders.
Ecobee’s Ecosystem Is an Easy Way to Embrace the Smart Home
For the past six months, this Alexa-integrated security and thermostat platform made my house feel safer and more comfortable.
Mathematicians Settle the Erdős Coloring Conjecture
Fifty years ago, three mathematicians came up with a graph theory problem that they thought they might solve on the spot. A team has...
The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap
The core technologies for sewage systems were developed over a hundred years ago. It's time to get better, healthier updates in the pipeline.
How to Schedule Emails and Texts to Send Anytime You Want
Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.
How the Smart Remote Lost Its Way
Once, we dreamed of one controller to rule them all. But when Logitech killed off the Harmony line, it ended an era.
U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months
U.S. federal investigators are purportedly looking into a security breach at Codecov, a platform used to test software code with more 29,000 customers worldwide,...
Culture needs us, as much as we need culture
Last month, a horn player sounded an 18,000 year-old conch shell, discovered in 1931 at Marsoulas Cave in France. In doing so, he confirmed...
Watch Live as NASA Mission Control Finds Out If Ingenuity’s First Flight on Mars...
Update: It looks like today is the day. From what we know, at 3:30 a.m. ET, NASA attempted the first controlled flight of its...
