Nintendo Switch Lite Tips: 11 Ways to Get the Most Out of It
Congratulations on the new Switch Lite! Now let's get to work. Whether you got a Switch Lite as a gift...
Randy Garrison
The big science and environment stories of 2019
This year, millions of people around the world mobilised in protest to highlight the dire emergency facing our planet. Could...
The 10 Tech Products That Defined This Decade
Of course, as Uber has expanded around the world, its problems have also grown. Its serious internal culture issues were...
How Set Up New Devices: iPhone, Amazon Echo, Google Home, TV
Photograph: Apple What a lovely new iPhone you have! Here’s how to get acquainted with it to ensure a two-to-four...
How to Return Gifts to Amazon, Apple, Walmart, and More
Everyone returns a gift now and then. Maybe the item doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t suit your taste. Or maybe...
Communities in Calderdale ‘traumatised’ by 2015 floods
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some of the most striking images of the 2015 floods were in Mytholmroyd Flooding...
Why I spend my weekends ringing birds
Image caption Special pliers are used to ring the birds - this is a redwing which has migrated to the...
New engine tech that could get us to Mars faster
Image copyright Lockheed Martin Image caption Mars Base Camp: one concept of an orbiting outpost at the Red Planet by...
The 10 Worst Tech Product Launches of the 2010s
The 2010s are nearly in the books, and while the decade has seen its share of megahits—The Cloud! Chromebooks! Instagram!—there...
Measuring the cost of an invasive tree killer
Image copyright SPL Image caption The tiny emerald ash borer arrived in the US in 2002 and has since killed...
Inventing sign language for space
British sign language is receiving an astronomical update thanks to a unique collaboration between a space scientist and a group...
9 Extremely Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Procrastinators
In a world where two-day shipping abounds, somehow you ran out of time. It's OK, you're not alone. Whether you...
Lewis stone circle has star-shaped lightning strike
Image copyright University of St Andrews Image caption Evidence of the strike at the centre of the stone circle was...
Beats Solo Pro Review: More Than a Fashion Statement
The only thing I dislike about the Beats Solo Pro—the company’s new noise-canceling on-ear headphones—is how they require a lightning...
The Firefox Browser Settings You Should Tweak Right Now
Even if you've been with Firefox since the very beginning—2002, to be precise—there are always new tricks and features to...
‘The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel’
Image copyright David Vaughan Finding out how fast Antarctic ice is melting is critical to understanding the scale of the...
The teenage activists taking after Greta Thunberg
From climate change protester Greta Thunberg to Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, young people have been making headlines this...
Best Kids Travel Gear: Strollers, Flasks, Toys, and More
Parenting involves more than a little magical thinking. If I go anywhere that parents gather, sooner or later a desperate...
