Scientific American
Upright Heart
Here's how your heart knows you've stood up
2 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Discerning Chicks
A bird-brained \"bouba\" and \"kiki\" study challenges ideas of human language evolution
3 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Ancient Lexicon
Stone Age art may reveal a 40,000-year-old precursor to writing
2 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Do you think you can tell?
Wish You Were Here isn't my favorite Pink Floyd album, but I can't deny its success or how often it has played within earshot over the course of my life. Released mid-1975 to mixed reviews, time worked in its favor: Today many consider it a peer to the group's masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon.
4 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
How Birds Survived THE DINOSAURS' DOOMSDAY
Scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
The end of the road for Megadeth
After ignominious dismissal from Metallica shortly before that band's debut recording, guitarist Dave Mustaine could have easily become a Greg Walls-esque footnote in metal history.
4 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Ingenuity in Timekeeping
Modern luxury watches hold decades of innovation and artistic craft
6 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
The Chemistry of Desire
Inside the secretive laboratories where scientists build novel molecules to make luxury fragrance feel like pure emotion
5 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
The show must go on
All “serious” music fans know pop music is kid’s stuff: too simple, too accessible, the embodiment of that cringeworthy moniker “disposable.”
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Marten Mingus Septet Statement Edition
As I prepared this review of the Marten Mingus Septet Statement Edition loudspeaker ($199,000/pair), I asked the Marten people to tell me something about the company and its values.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Listening to the Violet
When I was a child, my favorite trips were on a northwest-bound train called the Red Arrow.
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
NEW BIG SPEAKERS FROM ATC AND MAGICO
ATC and Magico make loudspeakers that are highly regarded in the audiophile world.
2 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
The Quiet Math Problem That Runs the Planet
How Diffie-Hellman key exchange secures everything from your text messages to government secrets
7 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Meet America's Native Bees
Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.
5 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
ESOTERIC UPDATES ITS STREAMING PREAMP AND CLASS-A POWER AMP
While total music-business revenues grew 3.5% to $11.5 billion last year, vinyl surged ahead 9.3% to a cool $1 billion, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The last time vinyl sales topped $1 billion was 1983, according to historical RIAA data.²
1 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
dCS Varèse Transport
CD/SACD TRANSPORT FOR VARÈSE MUSIC SYSTEM
10+ min |
May 2026
Stereophile
Nordost QNet7
In the opinion of this hi-fi reviewer, the debate over the efficacy of audio-quality network switches should be over. As logic would dictate, when connections are made via a network switch, the quality of its inputs, outputs, oscillators (clocks), power supplies, and pathways affects the sound of everything downstream. It’s clearly audible.
6 min |
May 2026
Flight Journal
RESCUE CATS -PBY Catalina crews save airmen from hostile seas
\"TO A COLD, WET AND HUNGRY AIRMAN, sitting in a rubber dinghy in enemy waters, 600 miles from the nearest friendly base and 600 yards from the nearest enemy installation, the PBY is a breathtakingly beautiful sight.
10+ min |
May - June 2026
Flight Journal
A ROLL OF THE DICE
A lucky Liberator crew survives
10+ min |
May - June 2026
Scientific American
Melting Marvel
A strange substance bends the rules of glass and plastic
2 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Boosting Science
Inside NASA's audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope
4 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
Trunk Sense
Elephants' peculiar whiskers help them feel the world around them
2 min |
May 2026
Scientific American
The Hubble Space Telescope Is Still Awesome
Hubble is going strong despite its decades in space and next-generation successors
4 min |
May 2026
Stereophile
STELLAVOX FOUNDER GEORGES QUELLET DIES
Georges Quellet, developer of the Stellavox tape recorders, died on February 26 at age 96.
2 min |
May 2026
Entrepreneur US
WHAT CONSUMERS WANT NOW
These hot franchise trends all capture something about the way we live now.
10 min |
Startups - Spring 2026
Entrepreneur US
How to Think More Clearly
Big decisions can feel overwhelming. This simple mindset shift will help you focus.
2 min |
Startups - Spring 2026
Entrepreneur US
Yes, You Can Afford a Franchise
It doesn't matter what budget you have. There's a great business out there for you.
1 min |
Startups - Spring 2026
Entrepreneur US
To VC or Not to VC
Kevin Carter has invested in over 1,000 companies, dozens of which have gone on to billion-dollar valuations. He says that if venture capital is right for your business, you'll know it. The harder part will be knowing whom you should take it from.
3 min |
Startups - Spring 2026
Flight Journal
DH Sea Vixen
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CLASSIC JETS, even nearly seven decades after the type entered service, surely is the DH Sea Vixen “Foxy Lady” XP924 (civil registration G-CVIX).
2 min |
May - June 2026
Scientific American
Thermal Breakthrough
A new super heat conductor challenges fundamental physics
2 min |