Technology

Most of the time when you go to log on to your home or public WiFi, the other available networks don’t catch your eye. They’re named for businesses or they’re the numbers that were assigned to networks and routers before they were installed, or they’re people’s last names (boring!). Some people, though, never pass up...

For decades, scientists have been trying to discover different ways to build the perfect nuclear reactor. The fascination with fusion has led to the creation of more than 200 reactors in an effort to unlock unlimited carbon-free power. But after more than 30 years of experimentation and research, it appears the world’s most expensive fusion...

When it comes to Microsoft Office users, there are the single-spacers and the double-spacers. No matter what side of the line you fall on, your world is about to change. And if you happen to support single spacing, you’re in for a real treat. Microsoft Word will start identifying double spaces between sentences as an...

Children around the world—and even some adults—have had to adapt their educational experience due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of going to school every day to learn from a teacher face-to-face, students have been forced to rely on technology to try and continue their schooling. Of course, that’s put a lot of pressure on parents...

One of the world’s greatest mysteries, right up there alongside Stonehenge and the Bermuda Triangle, is why cats love cardboard boxes so much. Get them all the toys you want but at the end of the day, they’ll probably be chilling in a shoebox you tossed aside. You know what they say: “If I fits,...

We love to look at images from long ago, I think because it makes us feel more connected to the humans we came from, however many years are in between us. That said, photography is a fairly new inventions, which means the older the image, the harder is can be to make out the lines...

While many people are using their newfound free time to binge Netflix, bake bread, plant gardens, or take up new hobbies, Rob Arnold is spending a stupid amount of hours sorting through litter washing up on the beach. Look at this haul! It’s a good deed, of course, but he’s also learning that there are...

If you suddenly find yourself homeschooling your children for the first time, you might be at a total loss. Where to even begin? Don’t teachers have years of schooling and experience for this stuff? How on earth are parents supposed to catch up? The Illinois Board of Education heard your cries and decided to offer...