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A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people.

Weighted blankets are comforting, but they’re usually pricey. We found discounts on one for kids, a model that looks like a cocoon, and more.

Today’s home kits are stylish, smart, and easier to use than ever. Here’s how to get started.

The company's oversight board failed to mention one thing in its ruling this week: Facebook's responsibility for making the tools to wield undue influence and power.

Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

In his new book, political reporter Matthew Yglesias imagines a future America that's revitalized itself by tripling its population.

This week’s antitrust trial against Apple reveals in new detail how the Fortnite developer aimed to take on the industry's titans.

Get LOLs out of anything else, I’m begging you.

Plus: The iPhone before the App Store, the threat of digital enhancement, and the unlikely darling of the liberals.

Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu is only the latest in a long line of the series’ strong—and sometimes conflicted—female characters.

When this iconic horror franchise veers from single-player stories, the results are often scary—and not in a good way.

This week, we go deep on the law that shaped the modern internet with our resident legal eagle, Gilad Edelman.

To test bats’ sense of the speed of sound, researchers put them in an atmosphere that alters it. No word on whether the helium made the bats sound funny.

The documentary follows the women who, throughout the 20th century, captured the sound of a newly electrified world.

This electric kick scooter is heavy and spendy, but its dual motors can get close to 40 miles per hour.

In this essay from Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard reflects on parenting, climate change, and the networks at the heart of the forest.

Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it.

Ready or not, the world is opening up. Creating a daily rhythm calendar can help you take it all in at your own pace.

Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving automaton, came out victorious at last week's national tournament—but human solvers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.

The KEF LS50 Wireless II are audiophile-grade companions for the streaming era. And they play nice with TVs too.

Hashtags have provided a kind of emergency hotline—but the need for mutual aid on social media is also a rebuke to the government.

They’re really very good, and they’re the only way out of the pandemic. But a tour through the numbers could bring the vaccine-hesitant into the tent.

These hallowed 26 words shield internet companies from being held responsible for what people post and share. But the web’s most sacred law is a false idol.

The company reveals a process that it says can cram two-thirds more transistors on a semiconductor, heralding faster and more efficient electronic devices.

A 6-year-old died after being pulled under the Tread+. It’s unclear what the next move will be for the connected-fitness-equipment maker.

The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors.

The decision on Trump is the clearest indication yet that the board does not want to be Facebook’s flunky.

Dropping a bunch of cash and relearning game controls just to play a few new levels isn’t worth it anymore.

A surge in interest for large-screen slates has prompted the company to inject an “Entertainment Space” into the user interface.

The Facebook Oversight Board is referring its most controversial case back to the company.

There's more to helping someone succeed than giving top-down advice. Megan explains.

While parents focus on Facebook and Twitter, children often turn to apps that allow users to remain anonymous, aren't moderated, and that adults have never heard of.

The author of the hit sci-fi novel explains how he’s swapped physics for planetary science and astrobiology.

A hazy atmosphere makes data ricochet all over the place. Now scientists think they can use that signal to better predict severe smoke events.

The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children.

Covid-19 is still raging, but so are efforts to nip its successor in the bud—thanks to data sharing, political cooperation, or a multimillion-dollar challenge.

Most digital productivity tools focus on what you have yet to do, but never celebrate what you've accomplished.

It’s all about how you define the market.

When failure is the only option, characters—even beloved ones—are left with no place to go.

The social network has rules about what can be shown to minors. The Tech Transparency Project found that they aren’t being enforced.

When tech companies first adopted the technique, there was hardly any science supporting it. Now researchers know when gamelike features help—and when they hurt.

Finally! An air conditioner I don't want to bash out of my window with a hammer.

This simple electrical device does much of the fundamental work of modern civilization, and it does so modestly and invisibly.

It’s Literally Just Mowing, a simple mobile game, has become part of my mental health tool kit. May it inspire you to find one that works for you.

Shopping online means fewer unplanned purchases. Manufacturers and retailers are testing tactics to bring impulse buying to the web.

A family-run psychotherapy startup grew into a health care giant. It was a huge success—until the data breach and the anonymous ransom notes sent to clients.

May the 4th be with you! If you're hitching a ride on the Millennium Falcon today, you should know a little bit about the bumpy physics of acceleration.

The company tells Apple users that tracking helps keep those platforms “free of charge,” but opting out now doesn't mean paying up later.