Amazon unloaded an entire delivery truck’s worth of products at a private event today. Here are some of the many, many smart home products that were announced. The Amazon Smart Thermostat: Way cheaper than the competition Amazon’s thermostat. [credit: Amazon ] Lookout Nest! Amazon is stepping on Google’s turf (and its old thermostat partner, Ecobee) […]
Enlarge / Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 3400-year-old city just outside Luxor, dating back to the reign of Amenhotop III, grandfather to King Tut. (credit: Zahi Hawass) A team of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed what some describe as an industrial royal metropolis just north of modern-day Luxor, which incorporates what was once the ancient Egyptian […]
Enlarge / A call for radical empathy: In her 2021 book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction , Maia Szalavitz argues for adopting the controversial practice of harm reduction when treating addiction. (credit: iStock / Getty Image) There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that […]