The Future of Weight Loss Looks a Lot Like Its Past
It’s no surprise, then, that some people who undergo bariatric surgery experience a resurgence of a preexisting eating disorder, or develop a new one. Frequent vomiting,…
Supersize Electric Cars Are Pushing Road Safety to the Limit
American roads looked different when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety built its car-smashing crash test system in the early 1990s. Backup cameras didn’t exist,…
Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time to Send a Snakebot to Space
If the boxy Opportunity rover could elicit years of anthropomorphized love and goodwill, then surely Earthlings will warm to the idea of sending a snake-shaped robot to…
11 Best Presidents’ Day Mattress Sales (2023): Hybrid, All-foam, and Buying Advice
Mattress prices are confusing and sometimes infuriating. They’re almost always inflated—you’ll see some sneaky price increases every few months—which makes sales look all the more…
What to Look for When Buying a Security Camera (2023): Tips and Risks
Sadly, it took more than two months for Eufy’s parent company, Anker, to admit some fault and apologize. Early denials sparked deeper media scrutiny as…
The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk
two years ago, Twitter launched what is perhaps the tech industry’s most ambitious attempt at algorithmic transparency. Its researchers wrote papers showing that Twitter’s AI system…
An Italian Cure-All Experiences a Comeback
This story was originally published in our Mar/Apr 2023 issue. Click here to subscribe to read more stories like this one. Whoever studies the history of medicine…
Packing Aerogel With Uranium Could Give Us The Space Engine We’ve Been Looking For
Novel propulsion ideas for moving around space seem like they’re a dime a dozen recently. Besides the typical argument between solar sails and chemical propulsion…
Discovery of a New Brain Disease in Children Could Help Us Understand Dementia
A new genetic disease has been described for the first time in three children with shared neurodevelopmental issues. Researchers have identified a gene that it…
A Fleeing Black Hole Was Found Leaving a Trail of Newborn Stars in Its Wake
A trail found in the gas surrounding a distant galaxy could be the smoking gun pointing to a runaway supermassive black hole. Based on an…