A year of grief and waiting: What remains when a plane falls from the sky
A year after the Air India crash, a mother still speaks about her dead son in the present tense and a brother waits for answers. Source link
Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit
The New Scientist Book Club read Tim Winton’s novel Juice in February The New Scientist Book Club moved from reading about the emancipation of a sex robot in January, with Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot, to a scorching vision of Australia…
Devialet Phantom Ultimate 108 dB wireless speaker review: Sound refined and redefined
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Sign Up For Goods Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. Plenty of speakers can fill a room with sound. That’s sort…
Scientists just created chocolate honey packed with surprising health perks
Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, have created a new product that blends native bee honey with cocoa bean shells. The result can be eaten on its own or added to foods and cosmetic…
Lenovo’s wild foldable gaming handheld, Honor’s Robot Phone, and more
MWC 2026 officially gets underway on March 2 and will continue through March 5, but the announcements are already pouring in ahead of its start. We can always count on the annual tech event to bring tons of new phones,…
This Windows gaming handheld has a screen that folds in half
Lenovo put a foldable display on a gaming handheld. The Legion Go Fold Concept is a Windows-based handheld with a flexible POLED display, detachable Joy-Con-like controllers, and a folio case to turn the whole thing into a mini laptop. You…
Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran
Prediction market users have made — and profited from — big bets around the bombing of Iran by the U.S. and Israeli military. On Polymarket, $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the attack, according to…
The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran
More recently, Iran has been a regular adversary in cyberspace—and while it hasn’t demonstrated quite the acuity of Russia or China, Iran is “good at finding ways to maximize the impact of their capabilities,” says Jeff Greene, the former executive…
How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?
Could this dramatic image ever happen for real? angel_nt/Getty Images Somewhere, out in the cold depths of space, there is a space rock that could destroy a large chunk of life on Earth. Is this fate inevitable? Could we find…
Horse whinnies are weirder than they sound
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A horse’s whinny is an iconic sound, arguably on par with a cow’s moo and a sheep’s baa and a donkey’s hee-haw. Most people…
Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil
Scientists have identified Brazil’s first known field of tektites, the glassy material created when an asteroid or other extraterrestrial object strikes Earth with extreme force. These newly recognized specimens, called geraisites after the state of Minas Gerais where they were…
Who are the four teams? When are the playoffs?
The United Football League has completed its third official regular season since the USFL and XFL merged to form the UFL in 2024. After the USFL (re-founded in 2022) and XFL (re-founded in 2020) joined forces in 2023, they paved…
Nvidia’s latest product is a game-changer
Nvidia (NVDA) stock is up about 15.44% year to date, at the time of writing, Friday afternoon, May 29. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 11.06% in the same period. While the stock has outpaced the…
