Scientists Watch Atoms Fall to See Earth’s Changing Structure

Of the four fundamental forces, gravity is the most familiar—seemingly unchanging, ubiquitous, and maybe even a little boring. We first meet gravity while dropping our first toys, and later get to know it from the thrill of a rollercoaster and the scabs on our knees. As the years go by, it keeps our feet on…

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Yamaha’s Wabash E-Bike Is Ready for Gravel Trails, Kinda

As I stood at a popular Portland trailhead, screwing the front wheel back on the Yamaha Wabash, friendly greetings from fellow cyclists morphed into skeptical stares when they saw the battery on my bike.The whole concept of an electric gravel bike is a little strange. You can’t race with them and the whole point of…

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xkcd’s Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)

Based on the 2001–2018 average, 1 out of every 1.5 billion humans is in space at any given time, most of them on board the International Space Station.ISS crew members ferry packages down from the station by putting them in the spacecraft carrying crew back to Earth. But if there’s no planned departure for Earth…

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Essential Gear for Surviving Freshman Year

A lidded and vacuum-insulated mug like this one is essential for dorm life, where you'll be consuming many hot things you want to keep hot and even more cold things you'll want to keep frosty. The extra-wide mouth on this 14-ouncer not only gives you plenty of room to spoon your late-night oatmeal, it also…

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Google releases Android 10

Android 10 is now available, assuming you have a phone that already supports Google’s latest version of its mobile operating system. For now, that’s mostly Google’s own Pixel phones, though…

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