If you don’t already have a jump starter in the back of your car, you should get one. You never know when you’ll be stranded without a friendly stranger around to assist. This two-in-one car jump starter and 8000mAh power bank from Roav is currently $25 off with the code ROAVR320 at checkout. It can jump-start your car 15 times on a single charge, is water-resistant, and features a bright, built-in LED (essential for jumping your car at night)....

“It’s well-reported that crisis pregnancy centers do not offer abortion services, and it’s been shown that many provide misleading information in an attempt to steer people seeking abortion care to other options,” Yelp’s VP of User Operations, Noorie Malik, wrote in a press release this morning. “With this new consumer notice we’re aiming to further protect consumers from the potential of being misled or confused.” Crisis centers are often billed as equivalent alternatives to abortion care providers....

Inspirator, which is not currently available on Android or Windows devices, starts out by showing you a series of videos, narrated by a man with a soothing accent and lovely voice. I’m not entirely sure what he was saying, but it involved words like “inspiration” and “extraordinary.” The videos transitioned between linen blowing in the breeze on a beach (which I apparently had a slight reaction to, meaning my Bentley should have a “Linen and Beluga split” hide interior), to a shot of wine barrels in a dark stone basement (and my facial response to that means I love the color Piano Black)....

This article was originally published in the November 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Sculptures with a Life of Their Own.”

Don’t get carried away. The paper does not present any evidence of the sort—it’s basically an attempt to explain some of the object’s weird behavior with an unrealistic hypothesis. The entire riff-raff over the new paper is a good example of why extreme ideas, even from those who hail from the most prestigious institutions in the world, should be treated with caution. Here’s the deal: one year ago, ‘Oumuamua came from interstellar space for a quick visit to the solar system, zipping through at 196,000 miles per hour for what was basically, in cosmic terms, a weekend trip....

Today, two years after the object receded from sight, researchers are still puzzling over ‘oumuamua’s inexplicable behavior. Too agile to be a rocky asteroid but too dry to be an icy comet, the interloper didn’t fit into either of the usual boxes. The reason, an emerging but controversial theory contends, is that ‘oumuamua could have had a porous consistency that made it so light, even sunbeams could push it around....

The app, which Franco announced yesterday for both Apple’s iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Google’s Android, is super straight-forward in execution, showing a list of the day’s available videos. At the time of this article, there were four videos including a welcome from the actor. It also includes his latest social posts. James promises he’ll also upload one original video per week where he’ll directly address the audience. From the app description: It’s still unclear what purpose the app serves besides providing a place for Franco to share his own content, not to mention where that content will live after it’s been taken off of the app....

We were half a dozen strangers in Glacier for a Stellermeet—a gathering of the photography-inclined sponsored by a startup called Steller Stories. Unlike Instagram, the popular image sharing app of the moment, Steller’s multimedia templates are taking the idea of longform to social media. Users create look-books by combining photos, videos, and text in tailored layouts. The app has become popular among food bloggers, photojournalists, and even extreme athletes because of its sleek story design—actor Jared Leto is one of Steller’s early adopters, and recently published a viral story about climbing in Yosemite with legendary free-climber Alex Honnold....

“A tremendous amount of resources go into the food that we produce,” says Edward Spang, a professor of food science at the University of California at Davis, “and the food system also generates significant greenhouse gases emissions and air/water pollution. So when food is wasted, all of these environmental impacts occur without any corresponding tangible benefits to society.” A new study out last week from the UN Environment Programme has found that between our homes, restaurants, and food shops, 17 percent of all our food just gets, well, dumped—that’s about a sixth of all of the food we have....

Fast-forward a few hundred years. The first-generation Honda Fit arrived in the US in 2006 with a similar agile, connected feel. Refined, well-appointed and put together like a German microscope, the subcompact had a coltish charm recalling all the late-70s Japanese cars critics of the time termed “energetic,” “peppy” and, well, “coltish,” condescension pistols set on stun. Time marches onward, and the colt’s grown into a fine ridgling. That, if you’re wondering, is a non-castrated male horse, four years or more, with an undescended testicle....

Spikeball The action in this recently revived sport is quick and unpredictable. Slap the hollow rubber ball into the 36-inch-wide net and watch out for a devastating return. Your rivals can dive to keep the volley going; if they whiff, you earn a point. Kan Jam Space the 20-inch-tall barrels 50 feet apart, with one member of each team posted at the targets. Score by hitting the sides with a disc—your partner can help tip it midflight....

1. Buy Greener Want to see just how much of that ream of paper is recycled, or find a highlighter with reduced chemical content? Thegreenoffice.com rates its entire inventory of office supplies based on biodegradability and other environmental factors. 2. Print Smarter Now that you’ve stocked up on paper, try sparing a few sheets. Software from GreenPrint (printgreener.com) lets you scrub banner ads, legalese and other Web dreck when you print a page....

There are three types of Dropbox plans for individual users, with the main difference between them being the amount of available storage and the price. There’s the free plan (2GB of cloud storage), Dropbox Plus ($12 a month for 2TB of cloud storage), and Dropbox Professional ($20 month for 3TB of cloud storage). Of course, some features are only available as part of certain plans, so if your current tier doesn’t support some of these tips, we’ll tell you which ones do....

This is one of the steepest discounts I’ve seen on smart lighting products. Today, save up to 70 percent on Sylvania LED bulbs, flexible LED light strips—the same ones I wrote about in my article on smart LED lighting to make your house like a club—a smart plug, and in-wall smart dimmer switches. Sylvania makes separate products for Apple and Android phones, so just make sure you check in the product description....

Here are a few shocking facts about the species to celebrate her auspicious (and vicious) ascent to the throne: There can only be one (queen) Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are what scientists call eusocial animals: adults live in groups and care for their young cooperatively, and only certain individuals get the privilege of producing those young. Ants and bees are more famous examples—the behavior is mostly seen among insects....

This article was originally published in the Fall 2018 Tiny issue of Popular Science.

Researchers at Stanford University have designed a smart bandage capable of monitoring wounds’ healing in real time, as well as accelerate tissue growth and blood flow around them while reducing scar severity. First described today through findings published in Nature Biotechnology, the team’s new material is only 100 microns thick (equivalent to a single layer of latex paint), yet contains radio antenna, electrical stimulator, biosensors, and other components resting atop a skin-like polymer known as a hydrogel....

“The study demonstrates again that imagery rehearsal therapy alone works to improve the nightmare disorder,” says Thomas Kilkenny, the director of the Institute Sleep Medicine at Northwell Health in New York City, who was not affiliated with the study. “But the new twist is that the addition of targeted memory reactivation to the imagery rehearsal therapy not only improves the nightmare disorder, but also increases the amount of positive dream experiences....

The funding will support the creation of a long-duration storage system with the capacity to provide up to 10 hours of microgrid power on-demand. The goal is for this to serve as backup energy for the Viejas community to utilize during power outages, with the bonus potential of the tribe being able to use this system instead of the statewide electric grid when that source is under stress. John Christman, Chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, also noted the importance of such a system that provides clean, renewable energy....