Xenotransplantation: Can Pig Organs Be Transplanted Into Humans?
Gene-edited pig organs have been transplanted into a small number of people. Here is what has worked, what has not, and what the trials will…
Peter Kalafatis
How Smartphones Evolved From Brick Phones to Today
From an 80-pound car phone to a pocket computer: the networks, devices and software that built the smartphone, with the dates sources agree on.
System76 Adder Pro: What $2,499 Buys in a Linux OLED Gaming Laptop
System76’s Adder Pro starts at $2,499 with Panther Lake, an RTX 5060 or 5070 and a 165 Hz OLED. We explain the numbers and flag…
Anker 341 USB-C Hub Review: Cheap Ports, Real Limits
Anker’s 7-in-1 hub covers HDMI, USB-A and card slots for about $40, but HDMI tops out at 4K 30 Hz and some buyers report reliability…
Wi-Fi 8 Chases Reliability, Not Speed: What Broadcom’s First 802.11bn Silicon Actually Contains
Wi-Fi 8 (IEEE 802.11bn) trades peak speed for steadier latency and fewer dropped packets. Here is what Broadcom’s first Wi-Fi 8 chips contain, what the…
Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans: What We Inherited
Most people outside Africa carry 1 to 2 percent Neanderthal DNA. Here is how it arrived and what it seems to do.
How to Photograph the Orionid Meteor Shower With Just Your Phone
The Orionid meteor shower peaks October 21–22, 2026. Here is a step-by-step plan for capturing Halley’s Comet debris with an iPhone, Pixel, or Galaxy phone.
Off-Target Effects in Gene Editing: How Scientists Find and Measure Them
Off-target effects are unintended gene edits. Here is how prediction, test-tube assays, cell-based methods and deep sequencing find them, and why no one method is…
Garmin Forerunner 165 Review: Great Screen, Fewer Training Tools
The Forerunner 165 gives beginner and intermediate runners an AMOLED screen and accurate tracking at a lower Garmin price. It drops training load and maps….
How do GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide work? What the evidence shows
GLP-1 drugs copy a gut hormone that raises insulin, calms appetite and slows the stomach. This is what trials show and where evidence is thin….