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Outdoor gear is awesome, but it’s also expensive. Right now, REI has a ton of high-end outdoor footwear for up to half-off. The sale includes Hoka, Merrell, Xero, Altra, Vasque, and a bunch of other brands built for outdoor adventures and epic hikes. These are closeout prices, which means sizes and colors will likely sell […]

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point for historians, architects, and art lovers—as well as a source of many legends. One of the most prominent rumors surrounding the over 575-year-old fortress has long been the existence of secret passageways beneath the grounds originally hinted at by Leonardo da Vinci. But according to recent, ground-penetrating

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe more than 200 years worth of hand-written historical documents. Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.  NEWSLETTER SIGN UP “Reading

For years now, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have incrementally advanced, giving people with spinal injuries or lost limbs the ability to control prosthetics and computer cursors using their signals. But even though the tech has made strides, the replicating subtle, delicate, nuanced sensations of touch has remained just out of reach. Now, however, a team of

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have designed an AI-enabled robot that can perform a Waltz simply by mirroring the moves of its human partner. As far as we can tell, the robot was even able to pull off the ballroom dance without stepping on its partner’s toes.  To make their dancing robot,

Suni Williams wasn’t planning to participate in a spacewalk when she arrived aboard the International Space Station last year—but she also wasn’t planning her eight-day trip to turn into a ten-month tenure, either. At the time of writing, Williams and ISS crewmate, Nick Hague, are conducting NASA’s first spacewalk in over a year. The pair

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to fight back. Now, a team at Nagoya University in Japan has figured out two of the primary ways that these sneaky crickets manage to survive in

There are good reasons to step away from the scale. It can be a place of supreme stress, in a society that prizes thinness and stigmatizes fat. Then there’s the mounting scientific evidence that weight–and, accordingly, body mass index–are unreliable indicators of health.  Cardiorespiratory, or aerobic, fitness is a much better predictor of all-cause mortality

Getting your professional certifications is a tough part of entering the tech industry. Those exams are no joke, and the prep materials are pretty expensive. If you want a cheaper alternative that helps you prepare for multiple CompTIA exams, check out the Ultimate Cybersecurity and IT Career Certification Pathway Training Bundle. It’s only $24.97 (reg.

When you think about getting a tracker for your wallet or keys, the first thing that comes to mind is likely Apple’s AirTag. But many people are replacing theirs with this other, wallet-friendly device in the shape of a credit card. The KeySmart SmartCard is built for wallets, but it still works with the same