Sat, Jan 23 2021

Jason Steffen studies planets in other solar systems. His most famous work—OK, second-most famous work—was with NASA 's Kepler Mission, a survey of planetary systems. But you're more likely to have heard of Steffen, a professor at the…

We continued to hear a lot more about Apple's plans for its Mac lineup this week, including word of a high-end redesigned MacBook Air and the return of an SD card slot as part of the upcoming MacBook Pro redesign. It also sounds like Apple has been…

Jimmy Choi's TikTok page is filled with the typical videos of a high-level athlete: clips of himself doing one-armed pushups, climbing ropes, holding planks with weights on his back. If you look closely, though, you'll notice that even before he…

A few weeks ago, our furnace (technically a heat pump) stopped working at the worst possible time of the year. But at least one room stays nice and toasty all winter long — thanks to my gaming PC. Now, The Wall Street Journal is reporting…

When Frieda Belinfante was a child, she was teased for her small hands—but no one who mocked her could ever have imagined what she would achieve with them. Before her life was over, Belinfante would use her hands to master instruments…