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Dealing with modern headlights at night is starting to feel like staring directly into a supernova. Between the blinding LEDs of newer SUVs and the blue-white glare that leaves “ghost spots” on your vision, night driving can be genuinely hazardous. In response, a lot of drivers have started reaching for …

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Android phones, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra wasn’t the first phone to feature …

If you asked me a few years ago about switching to an electric or induction stove, I would have scoffed. I grew up working in restaurants and kitchens. Professional chefs, many of whom I looked up to, largely regarded anything but gas as a joke. Cut to last year. As a new …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Is living in a leafy neighborhood enough to improve your mental health? Not necessarily. What matters most is frequent exposure to nature across different settings, especially while being physically active. That’s the takeaway from a study led by Université de Montréal postdoctoral fellow Corentin Montiel, …

[ The participants’ decision-making task required them to determine which of two possible gems was more abundant (screenshot of the task on the Brain Explorer app, https://brainexplorer.net/). They were free to uncover as much evidence as they wished, by tapping on locations on the grid, until they decided to commit …

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about wind turbines and phishing …

[ Electronic cigarettes—or vapes—can release puffs of vapor in aromatic clouds. The health risks of breathing in this secondhand or passive vapor aren’t fully understood. So, researchers reporting in Environmental Science & Technology conducted a preliminary study on lingering vape plumes in indoor environments. They found that aged vapor contained …

The moment you make your first AI music track can feel quite magical, especially if you are as profoundly unmusical as me. I cannot hold a note or even reliably maintain a beat, yet in 30 seconds I can now make an entire pop song, lyrics and all. Or a …

NASA is poised to send astronauts around the moon and back for the first time in more than 50 years. The space agency’s Artemis II mission will take the crew further than humans ‍have ever ventured in space before. The mission is planned for as soon as 6 February, but …

[ Credit: Nutrients (2026). DOI: 10.3390/nu18020221 Being more active in the morning or afternoon is not just a matter of personal preference. Chronotype, which is each person’s biological tendency to function better at certain times of the day, can play a significant role in preserving muscle mass, as well as …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2023, more than half of all suicide deaths in the United States involved firearms. “Red flag” laws—also called Extreme Risk Protection Orders or ERPOs—are designed to reduce these deaths by authorizing temporary firearm removal from individuals deemed at high risk of harming themselves or …

[ Filamentous cyanobacteria produce mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) that protect cells from ultraviolet radiation and serve as the natural source of the compounds examined in this study. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory from Openverse Researchers have discovered that natural “sunscreen” compounds found in algae and cyanobacteria may also support skin and …

[ Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels The class of anti-inflammatory drugs known as TNF-inhibitors has brought relief to many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, but they don’t work for up to 4 of every 10 patients. New research led by Washington State University may have discovered why: a “backdoor” pathway of …

[ University of Chicago fourth-year student Bella Summe collects neural data using fNIRS (Functional Near-InfraRed Spectroscopy) as study participants listen to stories. Summe is contributing to research which reveals how AI prediction errors mirror the patterns of surprise in human brains. Credit: University of Chicago We build AI systems to …

The genes you inherit play a bigger role in determining your lifespan than previously thought, according to a new study. Previous studies have concluded genetics plays a 6% to 33% role in how long a person lives – but new research published in the journal, Science, has boosted that figure …

It would be “outrageous” to use the Parliament Act to force through the assisted dying bill without the approval of the House of Lords, a leading opponent of the bill has said. It comes after the backer in the Lords admitted using the procedure would be “unprecedented” but justified to …

Eleanor Dalley didn’t think she’d live to see 50 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2019. There is no cure, and most people die within a few years as they lose their ability to move, eat, talk and breathe. But for Eleanor, there was a lifeline – …

AI-supported mammography results in fewer aggressive and advanced breast cancers, according to a study. It detected more women with clinically relevant cancers and the authors say there’s a case for implementing it in screening programmes. The randomised control trial involved more than 100,000 Swedish women. Cancer diagnoses after AI-supported mammography …

[ by I. Edwards If green tea is already part of your daily routine, you may be giving your health a boost without even realizing it. New research suggests that drinking tea, especially green tea, is linked to a lower risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and several types of …

The US is now leading a global surge in new gas power plants being built in large part to satisfy growing energy demand for data centers. And more gas means more planet-heating pollution. Gas-fired power generation in development globally rose by 31 percent in 2025. Almost a quarter of that …