3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (666+ words) Every video call, cloud backup, and streamed film travels as pulses of light through hair-thin strands of glass buried under oceans and cities. For years, engineers have quietly worried that those strands are filling up. A recent world record from…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (928+ words) There's something that happens when you ask a question on the internet and get a clean, confident answer back in seconds." It feels like progress. You got what you needed without wading through a dozen blog posts, forum threads, and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (949+ words) A quick glance at phone apps can now answer questions people used to ask out loud. Is your partner almost home? Did your friend make it to the airport? Are your kids still at school? Apps that track and share…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (840+ words) U. S. electricity demand stayed nearly flat for almost two decades. Utilities planned around that stability, and major rate increases were relatively rare. Whatever else was happening in the economy, the electricity system was reliably, almost boringly stable. Something shifted over the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1044+ words) It is easy to assume that older people spend less time online mainly because aging makes technology harder to use." But a new study suggests the picture is more complicated. Among adults over 50, differences in internet use seem to be…...

2+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (14+ words) Playing with your child may shape how active they stay later in life'Earth. com...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (795+ words) Scientists have detected a successful first signal captured by a newly built deep-space antenna in Western Australia named "New Norcia 3," confirming the dish can communicate with spacecraft operating far beyond Earth. That first contact immediately expands Europe"s ability to…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (970+ words) A hit song today can explode online almost overnight. But where that explosion happens may shape which kinds of music succeed. Researchers who analyzed two years of Top 100 charts found that Tik Tok and Spotify generate very different types of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1032+ words) The phrase "house of cards" gets used a lot for politics and drama, but its original meaning is simpler and scarier: a system that looks stable right up until the moment it isn't." Sarah Thiele, the study's lead author, was…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (851+ words) Many people think they know how they come across in text messages, but their assumptions are often far from reality." A recent study shows that seeing one's own messaging patterns can quickly correct those blind spots, with real consequences for…...