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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Though Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis) live only on a few Indonesian islands—including the aptly named island of Komodo—they’re pretty famous reptiles. That’s because they are the largest and heaviest lizards in the world, growing up to eight to ten feet long and weighing between 100 and 150 pounds on average. With a forked tongue, long claws, and a strong venomous bite, they certainly live up to their mythological name.  However,  Komodo Dragons aren’t invincible. In fact, they’re currently endangered. Climate change and human activities including agricultural…

The best new restaurants in New York City right now are, frankly, among the Big Apple’s very best full stop. This is not something that we say lightly. If you’re visiting the city and have precious few meals to enjoy here, we could sleep easy by sending you to dine at the tried-and-true establishments that have fed the city, and fed it well, for years. But, in our second year of testing new restaurants around town, we’ve realized that some (not all) of these entrants, even in their infancy, are far from being just the hot new thing. The buzz…

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Compare Our PicksOthers TestedPhotograph: Simon HillHoover HF4 Hydro for £199: For UK folks in flats or small houses with a mix of carpet and hard floor, this cordless, space-saving vacuum and mop from Hoover could be a smart pick. You get a standard cordless stick vac with around half an hour of battery life, but you can switch the head to mop. It’s excellent for cleaning hard floors, with a shape that gets right into corners and two rotating pads to lift stains. But the water tank, contained within the head, is tiny, the vacuum is only moderately powerful at…

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D may have ended more than five years ago, but its stars are still haunted by memories of being covered in “poo water” while shooting a season 1 episode.   Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, and Chloe Bennet were all visibly disgusted as they recalled the smell of the liquid used to create the snow their characters were forced to walk through in the scene during an appearance at 2025’s New York Comic Con. “It was one of our many journeys into the arctic,” said Gregg, who played Phil Coulson on the series. “They used reclaimed water for…

An SEC showdown on Saturday has the No. 5 Texas A&M Aggies looking to stay undefeated as the Florida Gators come to town. The Aggies (5-0, 2-0 SEC) entered the Week 7 college football schedule as one of 15 unbeaten teams, and they’re coming off a 31-9 victory over Mississippi State. The Gators (2-3, 1-1 SEC) will become the first team since 1968 to play four straight games versus Top-10 ranked teams, and Florida upset then-ranked No. 9 Texas, 29-21, last Saturday.Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET from Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. A&M prevailed 33-20 when these teams…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

No survivors are expected to be found after a major explosion at a Tennessee munitions factory on Friday that has left 18 people unaccounted for.Recovery teams are still clinging to hope of finding any of the missing alive, but assume they are deceased, said Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis.”As we get into this, we find it even more devastating than we thought initially,” he told a news conference.It’s still unclear what caused the explosion at the plant in Bucksnort, Tennessee – roughly 56 miles (90km) south-west of Nashville. The facility specialises in the development and manufacture of explosives.Video footage taken…

Simon Williams/Wonder Man (Yahya Adbul-Mateen II) in “Wonder Man.”Marvel TelevisionThe first official trailer for Marvel’s new TV series, Wonder Man, has finally arrived.The new footage debuted during the Marvel Television and Marvel Animation panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. “I’m very, very excited to be a part of the MCU. I think we’re really gonna tear it up,” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who stars as Simon Williams/Wonder Man, said while joined onstage by costar Ben Kingsley.The trailer shows Abdul-Mateen’s Simon, a working actor, learning that an old project called Wonder Man is being rebooted by a renowned and reclusive…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysOnly 23% of shoppers bought gifts during October Prime Day.Meanwhile, 28% of shoppers said they purchased everyday items.The most popular products purchased by ZDNET readers were inexpensive tech devices. Shoppers used this week’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, which ran from Oct. 7-8, to stock up on sale items and purchase everyday goods instead of big holiday gift purchases, according to a new tracking survey of over 5,000 October Prime Day shoppers conducted by data company Numerator.Also: The best October Prime Day deals still liveIn September, Amazon said the Prime Big…