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The Best Browser Extensions to Get More Out of You Tube
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (793+ words) From wedding speeches to music videos, from DIY tutorials to movie clips, from celebrity interviews to remote wilderness adventures, it's all on You Tube. Per You Tube's official figures, more than 20 million videos are uploaded every day to the platform....
This Backpack From Topo Designs Will Happily Tag Along to Europe, Down a Dusty Trail, or to Starbucks
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (291+ words) As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs. Today, reviewer Martin Cizmar raves about his Topo Designs backpack. You can also check out other Bag Check stories where…...
These Robots Are Making Meals for a Nonprofit in San Francisco's Tenderloin
14+ hour, 19+ min ago (947+ words) These potato-salad-slinging AI chefs aren't taking anyone's jobs. Not yet, anyway. They're just here as volunteers. Project Open Hand, a nonprofit founded in 1985 by local grandmother and HIV-awareness advocate Ruth Brinker, prepares and packages meals to meet the diverse nutritional…...
14 New Tools for Taking on the Great Outdoors Properly
15+ hour, 19+ min ago (68+ words) WIRED Outdoor plans are getting ambitious. With airfares on the rise, it's time to explore the unknown in your own backyard and further afield. But as we're generally carrying more kit, and staying away longer, your gear has to keep…...
Why Garlic Repels Mosquitoes and Keeps Them From Breeding
15+ hour, 49+ min ago (393+ words) Garlic has been considered a natural mosquito repellent for centuries. In popular culture, it is believed that its pungent smell repels these insects, which, in addition to causing sleepless nights, transmit diseases such as dengue fever or malaria. Now, this…...
A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned
16+ hour, 19+ min ago (634+ words) Aerodynamic drag is a major "barrier" in high-speed airplanes, automobiles, and bullet trains. This is because a design with less aerodynamic drag allows the aircraft to move at higher speeds with less energy. When an aircraft or car body moves…...
The Universe Is Full of "Impossible" Black Holes. Scientists Now Know Why
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (321+ words) Between these two extremes lies a contested category: black holes with masses between 40 and 100 solar masses. They are too heavy to be born after the death of a star, but they do not reach the necessary dimensions to emerge from…...
Some of Dyson's Top Vacuums Are on Sale for Memorial Day
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (97+ words) Several Dyson models I love are on sale for the long weekend. This weekend's sale includes Dyson's newest robot vacuum and the Pencil Vac that I can't stop using, and my overall favorites like the V15 Detect and Gen5 Detect, and more…...
L. L. Bean's Rugged, Water-Resistant Tote Bag Is Tough Enough to Survive Baggage Claim
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (372+ words) As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs. Today, reviewer Michael Calore raves about his do-it-all L. L. Bean tote bag. You can also check out other Bag Check stories…...
The Robots Are Watering the Yard Now
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (415+ words) Planting a garden or laying down sod for your yard is the easy part. Keeping that foliage appropriately hydrated, that's the real challenge'and it's one that just keeps going and going, only getting more complicated as the seasons change. Be…...