Most of us think of espresso as a hot, high-pressure ritual. Finely ground coffee goes into a machine, boiling water is forced through it, and in about 30 seconds we get a concentrated shot with crema ...

At least $60 million in U.S. National Park Service (NPS) funds are going toward Washington, D.C.-based projects as President Trump seeks to “beautify” the city ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, ...

MIT engineers have created an ultrasonic device that rapidly frees water from materials designed to absorb moisture from the air. Instead of waiting hours for heat to evaporate the trapped water, the ...

Could AI be hooked directly to your house? Premier tech company, Nvidia, is teaming up with a start-up to put artificial intelligence data centers into personal homes and businesses. California-based ...

In “Project Maven,” Katrina Manson shows us how close we are to artificial intelligence picking targets and dropping bombs without human input. By Fred Kaplan Fred Kaplan, Slate’s War Stories ...

Austin’s rapid growth in the past few decades has reshaped its skyline — and much more. These days, it can seem like the weirdest thing about Austin is how fast it changes. Now, from the ...

OpenAI continues to ship new models with the release of GPT-5.4 mini and nano, its “most capable small models yet.” ChatGPT users can start using GPT-5.4 mini today. These flavors of GPT-5.4 are ...

The hedgehog is one of Europe’s most familiar and well-loved wild mammals. Many people encounter them in gardens, hear their snuffling at dusk, or glimpse their spiny shapes moving through the night.

After failing to prevent Donald Trump from winning the presidency for the second time in 2024, campaign finance records show that the Lincoln Project — a political committee founded by anti-Trump ...

I tried a techy new knife at CES 2026. Here's my take on whether this pricey blade is worthy of the hype. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, ...

Here’s a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics — an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot. The video assumes you already have one ...