Peake will run the full 26.2 miles on a treadmill, which, despite the location of that treadmill, sounds pretty darn boring. Luckily, he’ll be equipped with an iPad that will make him feel like he’s running through the streets of London. Though, it might be a little tricky to really feel like you’re there when you’ve been strapped down to keep you from floating away. The elastic straps and waist belt provide downward force, which allows astronauts to run and keep their muscles working while in space....

Most of the accessories we’re recommending are compatible with any iPhone released in the past three to five years, but some—cases specifically—are designed for a specific model. We’ve chosen to highlight the iPhone 14 version of those accessories, though case and screen-protector manufacturers have the same offerings for multiple phone versions. A case that gets better with age: Nomad Modern Leather Case Choosing the right iPhone case will depend on your color, material, and size preferences, which is why we have an entire guide with over a dozen recommendations....

How does it work? I’ve used the card to do things like buy plane tickets, order an expensive pair of underwear, purchase fast food in Connecticut, ice cream in Massachusetts, and gasoline in Vermont. The card gives you a few different ways to spend money. The first is through Apple Pay. An image of the card lives in your Apple Wallet, and just like any other credit card you might have added there in the past, you pay through your iPhone....

1. Alpine 17 decibels From crying babies to the drone of the engines, an airplane cabin is loud. ­Alpine’s FlyFit thermoplastic plugs ­include valve-like internal filters that absorb ambient noise and may help regulate pressure during ascent and descent. Fortunately, they’re not so powerful that you’ll miss announcements or the chance to finally order that soda. 2. Vibes 22 decibels Noise above 105 dB can cause hearing loss within minutes, and live music can easily hit that mark....

Live Video Sharing Live streaming video apps have been a round for a few years, but the crazy really kicked off earlier this year with the app Meerkat, followed shortly by Twitter’s Periscope, which allowed users to directly interact with their viewers. Never one to be one-upped, Facebook introduced the ability to livestream video in August with a feature called Live, but it was initially only for celebrities. Facebook finally began rolling out Live for all users today....

The new Portals The 15.6-inch Portal+ is still available in the line, but the official price is now $279. The Standard Portal with the 10-inch screen drops by $20 to $179, which isn’t a huge dip, but both products still likely have room to move when the holiday shopping season kicks into gear. The new Portals, however, drop the barrier for entry into Facebook’s platform quite a bit. The portal Mini, which sports an 8-inch screen, is just $129 and gets you most of the features from the standard Portal....

On the top half of the document is the draft of a letter supposedly written by the famed Italian astronomer accompanying his official presentation of a recently built telescope to the Doge of Venice on August 24, 1609. This newly built telescope helped Galileo observe the moons of Jupiter, which he originally believed to be stars. A draft of Galileo’s notes on his observations of Jupiter’s moons from January 7 to 15, 1610 are seemingly on the bottom half of the manuscript....

However, there’s never been a cleared or approved condom specifically for anal intercourse—the condoms on the market are more or less recommended for “off-label” use during anal or oral intercourse by the Center for Disease Control. But just this week, the US Food and Drug Administration finally signed off on marketing of the first condom labeled and made for anal sex, the ONE Male Condom. HIV risk is evident in pretty much any kind of sexual exposure, but unprotected anal sex has the highest risk of potential transmission of the disease....

Last year, the FDA approved XStat for use on the battlefield. Now, the simple device has been approved for use in non-military situations. First responders in the United States will now be able to use the device to staunch bleeding at the scene or as the victim is being transported to the hospital, buying the victim precious time. “When a product is developed for use in the battlefield, it is generally intended to work in a worst-case scenario where advanced care might not be immediately available,” William Maisel, acting director of the Office of Device Evaluation at the FDA said in a statement....

Each year, the Audubon Photography Awards unveils intimate snapshots of these winged creatures. The 11th annual contest amassed over 6,000 submissions from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., seven Canadian provinces, and many other countries, such as Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Belize. Over a day-long Zoom call, judges, who ranged from wildlife photographers to bird experts, narrowed down the pool to ten winners and honorable mentions. Some of those choices, along with selects from the Audubon editors’ Top 100, are displayed below....

Meanwhile, in the aquarium, the snail shoots a tiny ­harpoon-shaped tooth from its proboscis. Bam!—the mollusk lances its prey, squirting a toxic cocktail that makes the finned creature thrash like it’s been tasered. Its gills are still twitching when the predator emerges from its pretty shell and pulls the victim into its mouth. Venom is nature’s drug industry. Each one is a soup of proteins that can hijack the molecular machinery animals use to modulate their respiratory, muscular, nervous, and every bodily system in between....

Apple recently announced three new iPhones and an updated Apple Watch. Here’s what you need to know about the latest gadgets to come out of Cupertino. First, the Apple Watch series 4. The wearable is bigger now: it comes in 40 and 44 mm sizes, and Apple rounded the screen’s edges. Plus, the watch is thinner than the previous generation. The most pulse-quickening feature has to do with your heart....

The ability to produce its own energy will be a boon for the North African country. Unlike many of its neighbors, Morocco doesn’t have fossil fuel reserves and thus about 97 percent of its energy is imported from other countries. When it’s completed, the concentrated solar power plant will have an energy capacity of more than 500 megawatts, and according to The Guardian will “provide electricity for 1.1 million people....

If you’re afraid of the frosty weather, work up a sweat with a video game from your living room. Creed: Rise to Glory is a new VR boxing game for PS4. Like other boxing games, you fight a computer opponent one-on-one. Where Creed offers a twist is in how it uses VR. Within the game, they include something called “Phantom Melee Technology.” As you fight, a gray body-double reacts to amount of damage your fighter has taken....

“Historically, those with asthma and allergic disease are susceptible for poor outcomes due to viral infections,” says Max Seibold, a pediatrician and genomics researcher at the National Jewish Health hospital in Denver who led the research. “There was a real fear there about whether this was a risk group.” Asthma, atopic dermatitis—the most common form of eczema—and food allergies are all loosely clustered together as “allergic diseases,” in part because they tend to develop together....

The 2022 Ford Maverick is the latest entry in a number of new compact utility vehicles aimed at filling the truck-sized hole between crossovers like the new Ford Bronco Sport and mid-size pickups like the Ford Ranger or Chevrolet Colorado. With a starting price of around $20,000 and a standard hybrid powertrain offering up to 40 miles per gallon, the Maverick is quickly working to secure its future home in both suburban driveways and on city streets....

We might think of them as smooth, two-flippered ocean swimmers that struggle to even survive the Thames, but whales originated more than 50 million years ago from artiodactyls—land-dwelling, hoofed mammals. Initially, whales’ ancestors resembled small deer, with four toes, each one ending in a small hoof. One particular fossilized “missing link” found in India suggests that the last whale precursors took to the water in times of danger but came onto land to give birth and eat....

While extinction is a global issue, individual biomes—tropical seas, temperate forests, arctic tundra—face a different dilemma. Instead of a loss in the total number of species. we’re seeing a reshuffling of life at local habitats, as a study published Thursday in Science reports. “It’s certainly true at a global scale that we’re losing many species,” says Shane Blowes, lead author of the study and an ecologist at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research....

The jacket emerged from a collaboration between Levi’s and Google; it’s part of a Google project called Jacquard. Conductive fibers in one portion of the sleeve connect to a chip, also in the sleeve, and a 1.5-inch black electronic component plugs into a portal at the cuff. That acts as a Bluetooth bridge between the garment and your phone. Using the corresponding app, you can determine what the different gestures you make on the sleeve actually do (the jacket is mostly meant to be used with headphones on)....

Auto-delete your Google data Back in May, Google announced that it would allow you to choose to have certain types of data it collects from you purged regularly and automatically. The auto-delete option came first to a category called “Web & App Activity.” Google allows you to choose to have that information scrubbed every three months, every 18 months, or whenever you choose to do it manually. If you’d like to have Google erase that type of data—it can include your web search queries, for example—then you can do that by signing into your Google account, clicking on “Data & personalization,” then “Web & App Activity,” then “Manage Activity....