Common sense is of no help in studying reality at the atomic scale.
While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in the way of benefits to the average person.

Anker’s SleepLab speaker promises to track and enhance sleep without a wearable. It uses millimeter-wave radar (60GHz) blasting from your nightstand to track micro-movements in your chest and body to continuously monitor your heart rate and breathing to enhance whatever sleep stage you’re in. It also embeds lots of hippie shit. If I’m understanding things […]
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.
Psychologists find the best shared hobby for couples isn’t the one you both love — it’s the one neither of you has done before. Here’s what the research says.
Priced at $100, this “Barbie of tomorrow” aims to keep the iconic doll ready for the robot age. It will be available starting Friday.
Edgar Nolasco pledged to dress as the Tooth Fairy if his community raised $12,500 for a dental X-ray machine for the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center. It did.

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. My mom was a dramatic woman prone to overreacting. When I was a snotty teen, I told her she needed […]
Tropical Storm Eduoard is creating dangerous flood conditions in Texas. Here is the latest on this breaking weather story.
Bighorn sheep rams collide at 20 mph. Layered horn, porous bone and a braced spine absorb the blow — but new brain research suggests they don’t escape it clean.