tomeqs/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most underrated gadgets for PC users is probably not what you’d expect. It has to do with hotkeys, or macros. Keyboards are great, and while you can buy them with a ton of unique hotkeys, likeContinue Reading
Workers dig out the snow from underneath an elevated train line after the blizzard of 1888. Image: Bettmann / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In March 1888, a deadly blizzard clobbered New York City. The snowContinue Reading
Moving to or from an iPhone? Here’s what to consider. Image: James A. Molnar/Unsplash Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. At this point in the smartphone age, many of us have committed our loyalty to one phone brand—but is theContinue Reading
An archaeological site in the Middle East now stands as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of Africa, a distinction that has been set in stone by snails and ancient sediments. The site of ‘Ubeidiya, located just south of the Sea of Galilee in the Jordan Valley,Continue Reading
Overture Films If there’s one thing scarier than a classic horror movie, it’s when Hollywood dares to try to remake them. In some cases, legendary big-screen nightmares have had their reputations tarnished by foolhardy attempts to replicate the terror of the original through remakes. Occasionally, that has paid off, withContinue Reading
As far as human history is concerned, no one knows exactly how far back the practice of dancing goes. However, the Bhimbetka rock shelters in central India contain cave paintings that are at least 10,000 years old and clearly depict human beings dancing. While these ancient images show our deepContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As evening settles over Indore, the narrow lanes of Sarafa Bazaar undergo a nightly transformation. Jewellery shops pull down their shutters and burners are lit; woks clatter, cooking oil heats and the air fills with the rich aroma of sizzling streetContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Idris Gawr was an early-medieval king of Merionydd — at that time, a kingdom in the southern mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia). According to folklore, he also happened to be a giant whose nightly habit was to climb the great mountain thatContinue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the calm, bright morning, the frontier settlement of Puerto Natales feels like it’s catching its breath. Beyond the wind-raked waters of Last Hope Sound, the Paine massif rises — a snow-bound cathedral of glaciers and granite spires. Their beauty drawsContinue Reading
Surrounded by green hills and rugged coastlines home to albatrosses, penguins and seals, the South Island’s second-largest city is also one of New Zealand’s most distinctive. Roughly 225 miles south of the city of Christchurch, Dunedin sits in the Otago region on the wild southeastern coast. The area was populatedContinue Reading
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