How My Robot Vacuum Got Me Through the Pandemic

Like many of you, I spent most of the pandemic buying way too much shit. Dumb shit. Dumb shit that I was positive would maybe! hopefully! make the lockdown I was living through feel like anything other than a personal hell with no end in sight. I can’t say those impulse buys ended up fitting the bill, except for one:…

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Scientists glean planet formation secrets by studying a young and chaotic star system

Scientists have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study a very young star system called Elias 2-27. The team has shed light on some mysteries of planet formation by confirming that gravitational instabilities play a key role in planet formation. For the first time, researchers directly measured the mass of a protoplanetary disk using gas velocity data. Protoplanetary … Continue reading

MIT creates a stent inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami

Kirigami is a Japanese art form that involves cutting paper to create three-dimensional structures. Researchers at MIT have created a new type of stent that can be used inside the human body that was inspired by kirigami. The stent can be used to deliver drugs to the G.I. tract, respiratory tract, or other tubular organs within the body. MIT’s stent … Continue reading

Mercedes me Charge recharging ecosystem debuts in the Mercedes EQS luxury EV

Mercedes-Benz has formed a strategic partnership with ChargePoint to streamline the charging process for its upcoming EQS luxury EV. As a result, Mercedes me Charge is now the official charging ecosystem of the latest EQS and other future electric mobility products from the German premium automaker. Mercedes me Charge comes loaded with exciting innovations to take the guesswork off finding … Continue reading

Physicists cooled a 10-kilogram object to a near quantum state

When you sit at your desk in the office or at home, you probably have several things sitting on your desktop surface that, to our eyes, appear to be standing still. However, researchers at MIT say if you could look at those seemingly stationary objects through a quantum lens, you would see that they’re actually made up of moving vast … Continue reading

Engadget Podcast: Windows 11's surprise leak and the best of E3

We dive into what makes the Windows 11 leak so interesting.

Tucker Carlson And The Far Right Want To Recast Jan. 6 As A Deep State Conspiracy

Right-wing media and elected Republicans are now claiming the insurrection was organized by the FBI.

Democrats Have A Plan To Slash Child Poverty — But It Goes Through A Shoddy Website

A badly designed government website stands between America’s poorest families and much-needed monthly checks.

SKETCHY: GOP ‘Audit’ Of Arizona Election Takes Voting Data To Secret Montana Hideout

The liaison for the controversial audit conceded the data may contain “sensitive” personal information about voters.

NBA Legend’s Wild Anti-Vaccine Video Gets Booed By Fans

The former Utah Jazz star boasted he had done “significant amount of research.” But Twitter called foul.