Best overall: LG C2Best for PS5: Sony Bravia XR A90JBest for Xbox: Samsung QN90A Neo QLEDBest budget 4K: TCL 6-Series Google TV (R646)Best OLED (besides our top pick): LG G1Best LED: Sony Bravia X90J How we picked the best TVs for gaming Prior to joining Popular Science, I’ve written about the gaming industry and technology for nearly 10 years at a variety of publications, including IGN, Gamespot, GamesRadar, PCMag, and Digital Trends....
From the niche and novel to the impractical and inappropriate to the surprisingly sensible, a White Elephant gift exchange is the best party game where you might walk away with a party game. Or an oddly useful accessory. Or a kitschy knick-knack—something “As Seen On TV” (or “As Seen On TikTok,” more likely). The White Elephant rules are relatively simple. You pick from a pool of random wrapped gifts but then, once you’ve revealed your gift, have the opportunity to “steal” (aka, exchange for) someone else’s gift....
On Monday, the committee announced the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. There were three winners, all of whom developed anti-parasitic therapies: Tu Youyou for her discovery of a malaria treatment, and William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their therapies that target roundworms. Parasites don’t show up very often in the prize’s 114-year-history. In fact, the last award that involved a parasite was back in 1926, when Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger was honored for his discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma (now called Gongylonema neoplasticum), a parasitic nematode....
Boaty McBoatface, famously named as such because of an internet contest gone awry, is one of many autonomous underwater vehicles that researchers at the UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) use to collect data from the ocean. The 11-foot-long sub completed a mission at the Thwaites “doomsday glacier” in late March. “My understanding is that from a technical perspective, that was highly successful. It did achieve its objectives,” says Matthew Palmer, chief scientist for Marine Autonomous & Robotic Systems (MARS) at the NOC....
But a name as apocalyptic as bomb cyclone begs explanation. How bad will this storm be, exactly? I mean, “bomb” is generally a qualifier you want attached to something like “frostings,” not “cyclone.” The phrase doesn’t refer to the storm itself. Instead, “bomb cyclone” refers to a phenomenon expected to occur as this weather event unfolds. The official term is explosive cyclogenesis, or bombogenesis which—in addition to being my new favorite word—is actually really common....
Kombucha 101: the truth and the hype Even though its popularity in the western world only dates back several decades, kombucha has a more ancient origin. Reports say it dates back to 220 B.C. China (not at all surprising considering Asian cuisine has mastered fermentation), where it was used as medicine. It then made its way through trade routes to Russia and Eastern Europe, and finally over to America. Hippies in the U....
Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz: Turning food waste into filtersSangeetha Reddy: Harnessing the power of immunotherapy for breast cancerMohammad Hajiesmaili: Decarbonizing the internetRachael Bay: Predicting how wildlife will adapt to climate changeJohn Blazeck: Building an immune system from scratchDaniella Mendoza DellaGiustina: Spying our future in near-asteroid flybysSamitha Samaranayake: Making transit sustainable and equitableChantell Evans: Finding the roots of neurodegenerative diseaseAaron Streets: Mapping every human cellDaniel Larremore: Crunching the numbers to get ahead of outbreaks...
And in the past two years it has helped millions access crucial public health information, do their jobs, or stay in touch with family and friends. But subscribing to and negotiating with broadband service companies, which include giants like Xfinity and Verizon, can be an infuriating process and cost people hundreds of dollars in hidden or changing fees. It is a hassle that we’ve all become familiar with, but the situation might be set to improve this year thanks to a new act approved last month by the U....
But even if innovation-packed games emerge year after year, new and old gamers alike still find themselves going back to games they loved growing up, even if very little has changed regarding its gameplay. One of them is the ever-popular Super Mario. To build your own Mario game, grab the ByteBoi: DIY Advanced Game Console for just $109.99 (reg. $119). Super Mario has become so iconic that it has its own holiday, March 10 (Mar10, get it?...
For a limited time, during our early Black Friday price drops, you can package the Alpha Z PRO 4K and Flying Fox 4K wide angle dual camera drones for the low cost of only $110 (reg. $398) without any coupons required. There’s no need to wait for a better deal because Black Friday pricing is already here for these items and inventory is limited. This tandem of highly capable drones comes equipped with 4K front cameras and 720p bottom cameras....
THE BENEFIT Depending on the gadget, drivers can monitor engine performance, find their car in a crowded lot, or issue voice commands to their phones while blocking incoming calls. A single cell-connected gadget can replace several older auto accessories, including Bluetooth headsets and GPS systems. The devices require no professional installation, and owners can easily move them between cars. Mavia by Mavizon The Mavia dongle enables car owners to diagnose engine troubles and track their vehicles remotely....
This technique, called the Haber-Bosch process, is how nitrogen is captured from the air and reacted with hydrogen to produce ammonia, an effective fertilizer that plants can absorb from the soil. This process is the standard industrial procedure for making ammonia today, but it accounts for about 1.4 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. “The hydrogen in ammonia is sourced from fossil fuels, such as natural gas, and nitrogen is sourced from air,” says Saurajyoti Kar, a postdoctoral researcher at the Argonne National Laboratory....
The amount of oil transported by rail within Canada drastically increased this past year, partly as a result of several pipeline proposals being blocked, including the controversial Trans Mountain and Keystone XL. That also means that more Canadian oil is now being exported via rail to the United States, and with it a host of safety concerns. Moving oil via rail is riskier than pushing it through a pipeline: Spills are more than twice as likely, according to a 2017 report by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think tank....
What is it? 4K is a new, higher resolution for screens and projectors, with roughly 4352 x 2176 pixels. It’s about four times as pixel-dense as 1080p. Cool! That means more detail–you can get your greasy face right up next to a screen and it’s still crystal clear. This is a higher resolution even than what’s in most movie theaters. Why should you care? The pictures look amazing from up close....
Images that just surfaced online show a new-built J-20 with stealthy WS-10 turbofan engines, which are developed and manufactured in China. These engines are distinguished by their serrated afterburner nozzles and interior flaps for manipulating the exhaust flow. Once these new J-20s enter service, China will have comprehensively mastered the major parts of fighter technology, including radars, stealthy fuselage, missiles, computers, and engines. Both prototype and production models of the J-20 fighter currently rely on an advanced variant of the Russian Al-31 turbofan engine....
That means two things: first that CO2 levels in the atmosphere have skyrocketed around 50 percent since the late 19th century or so; and second, that they match the balmy conditions of the Pliocene Climatic Optimum, a prehistoric period between 4.1 and 4.5 million years ago when sabertooth cats and giant sloths ruled the planet. According to the American Society of Meteorology, during this time, sea levels were around 35 meters higher than they currently are, the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps all but melted, and southern Florida was fully underwater....
We are reaching these benchmarks faster and faster. The global death toll didn’t reach 1 million until September, 2020, nearly 7 months after the pandemic started. Almost four months later, in January 2021, it reached 2 million, then 3 million in April. The last million people have all passed in less than 3 months. Just three countries account for almost 40 percent of all deaths. The US, Brazil, and India lead the death count with 606,000, 528,000, and 405,000 deaths respectively....
J Mocco, a Mount Sinai neurosurgeon, and his colleagues are among the three sets of researchers who are publishing data on this still poorly understood element of COVID-19, The Washington Post reports. His team started looking into a potential connection between infection with coronavirus and an increased risk of stroke in late March and early April, when New York City’s COVID-19 patient numbers spiked—along with it, the numbers of major strokes....
How to manage data settings on Android Android gives you a detailed look at your overall data usage—just go to the Settings, Network & Internet, and SIMs. If you use more than one chip, choose the one you want to consult and then go to App data usage (if you’re not using stock Android, you should see something similar). There are a few helpful tools here: You can obviously see your current data stats, but if you tap on the cog icon next to the period range, you can also set a level at which Android displays an alert about your consumption....
But Moonfall also asks a question that real-life astronauts and flight surgeons have to face every single day: What happens if you get diarrhea in space? Okay, so the movie doesn’t actually feature any instances of extraterrestrial gastrointestinal distress. But it does involve a conspiracy-theorist-turned-amateur-astronaut with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) who finds himself launched into space with nary a bathroom break beforehand. Mika McKinnon, a geophysicist and disaster researcher who served as the film’s scientific advisor, is pleased to report that topsy turvy tummies are perfectly welcome on the International Space Station (ISS)....
