What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years

No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it. [...]

This free Android app turned my phone into a 35-tool measuring tool - and I tested everything

Phyphox can do so much that explaining it all would take hours. The real fun starts once you begin testing the world around you. [...]

These new winter tires have studs that retract as it warms up

Clever polymer science and a little robotic precision created the Hakkapeliitta 01. [...]

Planet found orbiting backward between two stars

The planet may have formed from material transferred between the stars. [...]

Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. [...]

This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four other worlds in the temperate zone of an intriguing planetary system. [...]

SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures

The next Starship launch may come as soon as next week. A recent test of its Raptor engines suggests SpaceX has resolved the issues that plagued its recent flights. [...]

No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done. [...]

Do animals fall for optical illusions? It’s complicated.

Guppies are highly susceptible to the Ebbinghaus illusion. Ring doves? Not so much. [...]