Looking for Dark Matter Under A Mountain
Science Scientists may finally spot the mysterious substance A mile beneath Italy’s Gran Sasso mountain lies the DarkSide-50 detector. The three-story cylinder was built to search for our universe’s...
View ArticleHow Should You Pay For That Sandwich? [Flowchart]
Gadgets Navigating the confusing world of mobile payments Paying for things used to be simple: paper or plastic. But the new world of mobile payments brings your smartphone into the mix. Apple CEO Tim...
View ArticleWho's Responsible When A Self-Driving Car Crashes?
Technology Legal expert Bryant Walker Smith talks shop For the first time, in March, an autonomous car drove itself from San Francisco to New York City. How is that even legal? That’s the kind of...
View ArticleThese Absurd Robots Do Pointless Jobs
DIY But we love them anyway One day, robots will most likely take on many of our most mundane chores. No more folding of laundry or washing of dishes. But until that day comes, we’ll have to settle for…
View ArticleThis Talking Grill Will Cook You The Perfect Steak
Gadgets A voice-controlled, Wi-Fi connected cooker The Lynx SmartGrill is a voice-controlled, Wi-Fi–connected, app-driven stainless-steel cooker that takes your order and executes it with precision....
View ArticleGoogle Flunks Out Of Medical School
Health 'Knowledge Graph' doesn’t solve our self-diagnosis problem When faced with a strange ache or rash, many of us turn to the Internet for a diagnosis, rather than a doctor. That rarely goes well....
View Article10 Things We're Obsessed With In June
Gadgets Some things are just ... better This article was originally published in the June 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title "Obsessed.”…
View ArticleCan You Get A Smell Stuck In Your Head?
Science Short answer: Sort of. Call it a noseworm. At some point, most of us get earworms—catchy tunes that play over and over in our heads. The same cannot necessarily be said for “noseworms,” or...
View ArticleCubeSensors Sniff Out Changes In The Air
Gadgets Letting you know when to crack a window How much do you know about the climate inside your home? Humidity, volatile organic compounds (VOC), and barometric pressure? We thought so. That’s...
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