Are You Using Your Stud Finder Correctly? Here's How to Nail It Every Time.

It’s easy to mistake pipes, wiring, and more for a stud if you’re inexperienced. Follow our best tips for success every time.

A centuries-old map is returned to Mexico after it was recovered in Santa Fe

The FBI has handed over a centuries-old map to Mexican officials after it was discovered by a librarian in New Mexico ...

Rats and humans both rely on a neural 'pedometer' to judge distance

Humans use lots of different types of information to make sure we don't get lost. We can look out for familiar landmarks and ...

A Simple Test Strip That Reveals the Invisible Nanoplastic Threat

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created an “optical sieve” capable of detecting minute nanoplastic particles. Functioning much like a test strip, this innovation is designed to provide ...
Quanta Magazine

A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question — how hard is it to untie a knot? — has a complicated answer.

Google Maps travel time accuracy: How exactly does it know the distance and time of your trip

Google Maps estimates travel time using a blend of technology and data. It calculates distance, considers speed limits, and ...
WSB Radio

Using pollen to make paper, sponges and more

At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like a typical research facility — scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the ...
Alaska Public Media

The Pentagon told trans troops to get diagnosed. It's using the paper trail to kick them out

Eight years ago — under President Trump's first term — Air Force Master Sgt. Logan Ireland needed a doctor's note diagnosing him with gender dysphoria to continue serving his country. Now, that same ...
Forbes

From Paper Price Tags To AI Decisions: The Future Of Grocery Pricing

As founder and CTO of BetterBasket, working on grocery pricing, I’ve had the opportunity to experience firsthand the operational burden and obscurity that characterizes price setting within a grocery ...
Summit County

Summit County commissioners to consider using lodging tax revenue to fund road repairs via ballot measure seeking voter approval

When Summit County’s road and bridge department presented a “wish list” 2026 budget proposal Aug. 19 to the Board of County Commissioners, the board and staff discussed the funding challenges it would ...
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WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: AI doppelgängers in the workplace, and using lidar to measure climate disasters

Plus: Meta did not seek celebrities' permission before making flirty chatbots of them This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in ...