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88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV. Why?

When it comes to tech, I like to think I'm a pretty hoopy frood. I added the System Tuner UI to my Android...

Galactic cosmic ray model works without physics, and that is bad

Way back when the world was young and I still attended physics conferences, I got very excited by galactic cosmic rays. There seemed...

It’s been 20 years since scientists made first MRI images of human copulation

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special...

Why the 2010s were the Facebook Decade

By the end of 2009, Facebook—under the control of its then 25-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg—was clearly on the rise. It more than doubled...

GPS is going places

You might think you’re an expert at navigating through city traffic, smartphone at your side. You might even hike with a GPS device...

We calculated emissions due to electricity loss on the power grid

When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of reducing wasted energy rarely gets a mention. But...

The 2010s were full of video games we’ll gladly revisit for decades to come

As the 2010s come to a close, looking back on the thousands and thousands of video games that were made over the last...

The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet

Scientists are not immune to the alluringly aloof charms of the domestic cat. Sure, Erwin Schrödinger could be accused of animal cruelty for his...

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