Best professional: Apogee Element 88Best for livestreaming: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Best for home studios: PreSonus Quantum 2626Best for guitar: IK Multimedia iRig HD 2Best budget: PreSonus AudioBox USB How we selected the best audio interfaces Audio interfaces come in a vast array of configurations and we selected models based on the most common needs of content creators, musicians, livestreamers, and podcasters. Many of our selections are outfitted with super-versatile combo inputs that accommodate XLR and 1/4-inch connections that are compatible with most microphones, instruments, and line-level devices like keyboards....

Best 2-person: NEMO Firefly 2 Person Backpacking TentBest 4-person: Marmot Limestone 4p TentBest 6-person: REI Co-op Base Camp 6 TentBest for Winter: Cabela’s Instinct Alaskan Guide 6-person TentBest budget: Kelty Late Start 2-Person Tent How we chose the best camping tents A tent has just a few jobs, but it needs to do them well: protect you from rain, wind, and bugs; stay standing; provide a place to stash your camping gear....

The best cat trees: Our picks Best overall: Armarkat 77-inch Faux Fleece Cat Tree & Condo The Armarkat stands over six feet high and boasts 10 scratching posts, six platforms, and two comfy condos. This feline fortress is built to handle the more exuberant kitty personalities, with a weight capacity of 80 pounds and a sturdy plywood structure. Your cat can govern from the highest perch of this large cat tree or spend all day snoozing in the privacy of a faux fleece cube....

Best overall: Acer Chromebook Spin 713Best 2-in-1: Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5Best 4K: Asus Chromebook CX9Best 15-inch: Asus Chromebook Flip C536Best for kids: Dell Chromebook 11Best budget: Lenovo Chromebook Duet How we selected the best Chromebooks As a longtime technology journalist for publications like Engadget, Reviewed and Popular Mechanics, I’ve covered Chromebooks since their introduction more than 10 years ago. To make our selections, I relied on my own experience and knowledge, while surveying a long list of professional reviews and consumer commentary to find the best machines out there....

Best for oral hygiene: Greenies Natural Dental Dog TreatsBest vegetarian dental treats: Whimzees Brushzees Natural Dog Dental TreatBest organic dog treats without meat: Wet Noses Organic Crunchy Dog TreatsBest organic treats with meat: Evanger’s Jerky TreatsBest training dog treats: Blue-9 Inspire Training TreatsBest on a budget: DreamBone Grill Masters T-Bones What to look for in the best dog treats It makes sense to want to spoil your dog with the best treats you can find, but there are few important things to keep in mind....

I realize that you may have been burned by Prime Days past. To get the most out of it this year, you need to pick through a lot of lackluster gear and weak sales to find the stuff that’s both heavily discounted and actually worth buying. Luckily for you, we’ve been out here, scouring the gaming hardware deals, and have found quite a few worth considering. Best gaming PC deal: iBuypower Pro SlateMono 237i gaming desktop $1,899 (Was $2,349....

The latest iPhone upgrade can wear cases with innovative stands or glass screen protectors, but there are also options that keep things sleek and sophisticated. From refined leather to practical silicone, there are cases to fit different lifestyles, habits, and personalities. Best overall: Casetify Custom Phone CaseBest leather: Mujjo Full Leather Wallet CaseBest heavy-duty: Raptic iPhone 13 Case – SHIELDBest with screen protector: Caseology StratumBest clear: Speck Presidio Perfect-Clear with Grips Best stand: Moft Case, Stand, & Wallet SetBest with MagSafe: Otterbox Pro Defender Series Pro XT CaseBest value: Spigen Ultra Hybrid...

Best stabilized bike for kids: Raleigh MXR 16Best hybrid bike for kids: Guardian Bike EthosBest budget bike for kids: Schwinn Elm Best balance bike for kids: Strider 12 Sport Balance BikeBest mountain bike for kids: Co-op Cycles’ REV DRT Bike Things to consider before buying a kids bike The best kids’ bike will vary depending on your child’s height, weight, and skill level. Generally speaking, you’ll be looking for bikes by seat height or wheel size between 12 and 24 inches, which will correlate to your kid’s age, height, and inseam....

The best L-shaped desk will be a perfect fit for your home office or workplace, provide enough room for any necessary items with additional storage, and fulfill your aesthetic dreams. Because you sit at a desk at least five days a week, we want to be sure you make a worthy investment that will stick with you in the long run. We’ve created this guide to help you find the best L-shaped desks, with some of our favorite models to get you started....

In addition to thwarting (or at least documenting) crimes, smart video doorbells also provide a level of convenience. Whether you’re stepping out of the shower, or standing in line at the grocery store, you can see who is at your front door, and even enable audio to communicate with them. Best overall: Google Nest Doorbell (Wired)Best for privacy: SimpliSafe Pro Video Doorbell (Battery-Powered)Best package detection: Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 (Wired)Best wireless: Eufy Security Video Doorbell (Battery-Powered)Best budget: Ring Video Doorbell (Wired)Best weatherproof: 360 Video Doorbell (Battery-Powered)...

Best mineral sunscreen: Biossance Squalane + Zinc Sheer Mineral SunscreenBest for sensitive skin: Pipette Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50Best for oily skin: Supergoop! Unseen SunscreenBest for acne-prone skin: EltaMD UV Clear Facial SunscreenBest drugstore sunscreen for face: Neutrogena Sheer Zinc Face Mineral Sunscreen Features to consider when choosing the best sunscreen for face use Sun safety is not just cosmetic: It’s about your health. With the best face sunscreen you can lower the risk of sun damage and skin cancer....

Best overall: Osprey Nebula Best for air travel: Deuter Aviant Pro 40 duffelBest for laptops: Timbuk2 Authority Laptop Backpack DeluxeBest for cameras: Peak Designs Everyday Backpack 30LBest small: Matador Beast 28 Ultralight Technical Backpack Best for business: Briggs and Riley Baseline TravelerMost sustainable: Cotopaxi Allpa 28LBest budget: High Sierra Loop Backpack How we picked the best travel backpacks As a freelance writer and editor covering adventure travel and outdoor gear, I’ve worn and worn out more than my fair share of travel backpacks....

Here’s a list of our favorite tube preamps for live and studio use: Universal Audio SOLO/610 Classic Vacuum Tube Mic Pre & DI Box This single-channel preamp from Universal Audio is a modern, cost-effective version of the legendary 610 preamp from the late 1950s, designed to bring a timeless tone that’s since been used on everything from Frank Sinatra to Arcade Fire into your own studio. Plug a bass or synth directly into the front panel or use it to add depth to any vocal or drum microphone signal you please....

Though HH 46/47 has been studied for about 10 years, new imaging techniques have allowed scientists to see it even more clearly now. The green in this picture shows hydrogen gas molecules and dust, while the blue represents gas energized by those supersonic jets. The red colors show the fast expansion of carbon monoxide gas. JPL

Burns is a prodigious inventor and a staunch supporter of clean energy, but he’s no sentimental environmentalist. He’s an oilman. He made his first fortune in the mid-1970s with oil and gas discoveries off Australia’s northwestern coast. In 1987 he founded the exploration company Hardman Resources, which, after an extremely profitable series of finds off the coast of Africa, was sold in 2006 to another oil company for more than $1 billion....

A lot of the actions proposed in these plans are familiar: scaling up wind and solar power, building more public transit, and restoring natural landscapes to store carbon in trees, plants, and soil. But then there’s talk about “carbon capture and storage,” or CCS, an amorphous, futuristic-sounding technology. Some climate experts think it’s basically impossible to meet goals like keeping warming below 1.5ºC without this tool. But what exactly is it?...

But activity conducted through Tor isn’t entirely untraceable, and there’s increasing evidence that, in exchange for cash, a security research team at Carnegie Mellon turned over information to legal authorities that led to several arrests. Tor lets people use the internet anonymously by routing data through some of the many nodes in a complex network, obscuring the start point and end point. Built from an idea in the mid-1990s to let government officials securely communicate on civilian internet networks without revealing their location, Tor was one of many tools used by activists during the Arab Spring protests of 2011 to communicate while avoiding government scrutiny....

However, a study published today in the journal Pediatrics finds that while too much screen time can slow children and adolescent recovery from concussions, completely banning screen time might not be the answer. The researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Calgary in Canada looked at more than 700 children between eight and 16 year-old in the first seven to 10 days after an injury and their screen time and the symptoms over the following six months....

The project began when another local artist asked de Gouveia if he wanted to create a sculpture for the 2011 Chico Wildflower Century Ride. De Gouveia decided to build an unofficial clock for the bike event. He called on nearby cycling communities to donate used bikes, and once enough junkers rolled into his shop, he held a “disassembly party” to remove their gears, frames, chains, and other components. De Gouveia pieced together the gigantic clock’s skeleton from the scrap metal in roughly three weeks, and then spent another three weeks adding parts and tuning the gears....

A recent demonstration by Alan Willner, an engineer at the University of Southern California, moved 100 terabits (the equivalent of 2,600 DVDs) per second through the air—the fastest data transfer in free space ever. But before the tech will work commercially, engineers need to finish developing a new cable that can carry the light.