The second-generation AirPods are a very solid pair of true wireless earbuds, especially if you pair them to another Apple device. The buds have hardshell tips, so they’ll fit in almost any ear, offer up to five hours of music playback per charge, and are compatible with devices running iOS, Android, MacOS, and Windows. If you connect the earbuds to an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, the earbuds will automatically be linked to your AppleID, which means they’ll immediately be available on any Apple device....

We already knew that not everything that comes out of your body stays in the porcelain bank after you make a deposit. When you flush, the force of the swirling water sends an invisible plume of aerosolized particles ballooning up and outwards through the room. Those particles can be inhaled, but the thing that has public health professor Kathleen Aithinne of the University of Oklahoma most concerned is the fact they also land on surfaces, where it’s been shown that SARS-CoV-2 can survive for hours or even days....

If you are someone who is interested in being able to fly and doing it at a reasonable price, then Dollar Flight Club’s Premium Plus+ Lifetime Subscription is a great option for you. Right now you can get Dollar Flight Club Premium Plus for just $69.99 exclusively as a part of our Deal Days promotion, an alternative to Prime Day. There’s plenty of other great deals to capitalize on as well, but make sure you purchase before Deal Days ends on 10/12!...

But some past experiences can keep haunting you for years. Life-threatening events—things like getting mugged or escaping from a fire—can be impossible to forget, even if you make every possible effort. Recent developments in the Supreme Court nomination hearings and the associated #WhyIDidntReport action on social media have rattled the public and raised questions about the nature, role, and impact of these kinds of traumatic memories. Leaving politics aside, what do psychiatrists and neuroscientists like me understand about how past traumas can remain present and persistent in our lives through memories?...

CI brought the scientific method to cooking: Take a hypothesis, test it, see if it comes out like you expect, and learn from it, improving your method next time. If a recipe doesn’t work, adjust it. And don’t worry about buying artisan bread and hand-cutting your hydrangeas to fit individual bud vases–that’s pretentious. Compared to other glossy food magazines, this was a revelation. This excellent, recent New York Times profile of editor Christopher Kimball–a must-read for CI fans–will give any reader some insight into their methods....

In this age of global travel and trade, it’s more important than ever to cut down on possible routes of infection and to stop bacteria and viruses spreading from person to person. Part of that means making sure your phone isn’t transmitting anything more than data. And besides the potential health risks of a dirty phone, the gunk and dust gathering in your phone’s ports or around the buttons can make it harder to use....

The first trailer dropped over the weekend, and the film, slated for a June 2016 release, returns much of the original cast. Look, there’s Judd Hirsch and Randy Quaid! Hello Jeff Goldblum! And even Bill Pullman is back, sporting a nicely curated silver-fox beard. The premise — as best we can tell from the two minute-plus trailer — is as follows: Earth always knew the alien force would return so we used their technology to bolster our extraterrestrial defenses....

Humanity has known Earth is round for a few millenia, and I’ve been meaning to show more methods that prove the world is not flat. I’ve had a few ideas on how to do that, but recently got an interesting incentive, when Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer, wrote about a recently published BBC article about “The Flat Earth” society. (Most recently, rapper B.o.B. went on a Twitter rant on the topic....

Among the changes, the operating system is debuting redesigned menus, which, if you sit in front of a Windows computer every day, you’ll want to set up to your standards. From repositioning the Start menu to checking external monitor settings, you can modify your newly updated system by clicking the Windows button on the taskbar and choosing Settings. 1. Put the Start menu back on the left One of the most noticeable changes you’ll see in Windows 11 is that the Start menu button (and all your other pinned shortcuts) are centered on the taskbar....

Sure, it seems like manufacturers like Motion Pro, Alpinestars, Shoei, and Yoshimura have all the bases covered when it comes to inventing cool stuff for motorcycles, but there are lots of great products that are highly useful that were not intended for motorcycle riders. Here is an eclectic mix of gadgets and items that we think can be great for riders but you might not have considered before.

1. Clear out old photos If you’re using Google Photos (on Android or iOS) or iCloud Photos (on iOS) to back up your pictures and videos to the cloud, you can clear the local copies off your phone and free up some serious storage space. In Google Photos, tap your profile picture (top right), then choose Free up space. Take the time to make your life better and easier with these handy hints for Android and iOS....

If you’re due for an upgrade, you’ll find no shortage of excellent options. Many people, though, spend too much time focusing on things like display resolution, random access memory (RAM), and hard drive capacity, ultimately spending too much money. And while there’s something to be said for buying the best PC you can afford, smart laptop buyers should also be aware of their actual needs so they don’t overspend. In our experience, here are the main hardware attributes people tend to weigh too heavily, leading them down a path that ends in overkill....

Frampton isn’t the only physicist to get caught up in a love scandal. Though most of them haven’t ended up in an Argentine prison, some did have awkward run-ins with the media. Check out these physicists who probably wish their sex lives were as invisible as dark matter. Albert Einstein’s theory of relatives The father of relativity wasn’t very good to his first wife, Mileva Maric. He made her do all the housework, and in return, she got… well, nothing much in the love department....

Strollon Stroller: Yanko Design, 2013 (above) A space-age stroller for the luckiest kid in the world! French designer Amir Labidi knows how much children love vehicles. So why not make a stroller with a windshield, side windows, a removable door, and a sporty exterior? Done! Welcome to the future, wee human. “Happy kids make happy parents.” So it says on the Strollon website. (And yes, I can attest that it certainly helps....

1: Astronomers in the 1930s realized that if they added up all the visible matter in a galaxy cluster, the combined gravity would not be enough to hold everything together. There had to be something else there—and there had to be a lot of it. Scientists initially referred to it as the missing mass but have since dubbed it “dark matter.” 2: The Large Hadron Collider—the world’s most powerful particle accelerator—is expected to identify dark matter once and for all....

The Swiss-made craft took off on an early morning flight out of Washington en route to New York on Saturday, in what was supposed to be something of a victory lap, according to the team. But by Saturday afternoon, the pilots reported balance problems with the wings, and an 8-foot hole was discovered in fabric covering Solar Impulse. The team considered emergency options, like bailing over the Atlantic, but ultimately opted to land the plane three hours ahead of schedule at John F....

Her latest collection brings 3-D printing to Paris Fashion Week. For VOLTAGE, van Herpen collaborated with 3-D printing manufacturers, an architect and a professor from MIT’s Media Lab. Her multi-material skirt-and-cape combo and a lacy dress made using laser sintering launch high fashion into a whole new dimension. Click here to enter the gallery

The asteroid 163899, also known as 2003 SD220, will pass by Earth at a harmless distance of 6.7 million miles–that’s about 28 times as far as the moon. It’s a big asteroid, estimated to be between 0.5 and 1.5 miles wide, and it’s zooming around at about 5 miles per second. (Beat that, Rudolph.) When it passes by on Christmas Eve, you’ll need a telescope and some amateur astronomy experience to find it....

Among those who appreciate the craft, the skateboarding video is a cherished art form that has long been associated with unconventional filmmaking methods. This beautifully executed Czech production is no exception, shot via the versatile perspective of a camera-equipped hexacopter drone that captures an underlit, Tron-like skateboard (and rider) traversing a barren cityscape at night. What’s especially amazing is that this video would have cost tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of dollars to shoot, with cranes and helicopters and who knows what else, by now it can be done with an off-the-shelf drone....

What’s more, the drug targets a hormonal pathway that hasn’t been used in antidepressants in the past. As a result, experts say, brexanolone opens up a new avenue for research—both for postpartum depression, and for major depressive disorder. Postpartum depression, unlike major depressive disorder, has a very specific cause: giving birth. The new drug is a synthetic form of the hormone allopregnanolone, which drops dramatically after birth. The hormone—and therefore, the drug—regulates the neurotransmitter GABA, which is implicated in depression and mood changes....