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Bridget’s got your back. Next time you’re traveling out of Terminal B in New York’s LaGuardia Airport, you might encounter the facility’s new “concierge” — in the form of a…
Most smart scales measure your weight, BMI (Body Mass Index) and basic body composition metrics, such as muscle mass and body fat percentage. More premium models can also assess more…
The Celestron Outland X 10×25 roof prism binoculars are a tiny pair that you can fit in one hand or carry in a small pocket. They are rugged enough to…
Climate change is pushing rice-growing regions into temperatures beyond those at which rice has been cultivated in the past 9,000 years of human history, new research finds.The study suggests that…
A California-based technology company has launched the world’s first mass-produced native color light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor, which captures 3D spatial and color data simultaneously.Until now, autonomous vehicles and…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Moab, Utah [38.47920940, -109.68412599]What’s in the photo? Dozens of vibrant solar evaporation ponds along the Colorado RiverWho took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the…
Archaeologists excavating an unusual “death jar” in Laos have discovered that it was used to collect the partly decomposed remains of multiple generations of people around 1,200 years ago. And…
A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 had a medical kit with him when he perished, a new analysis of his body…
A 950-year-old dingo burial in Australia has produced the first clear archaeological evidence of humans ritually “feeding” a grave anywhere in the world, a new study reports.The symbolic feeding involved…
An Ebola epidemic in Africa has become a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Sunday (May 17).The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…