Laptop makers are adding small physical switches that disconnect cameras and microphones at the hardware level, giving users a privacy guarantee.

The most useful smart home device may turn out to be a simple dashboard.

Wild bees, hoverflies and other pollinating insects often have to cross large, open fields where food and shelter can be scarce for much of the year.

Astronomers are beginning to treat the largest exoplanets not as static points of data but as worlds with changing weather.

An electric car parked on a driveway holds enough electricity to run an average home for several days, and a growing number of households can now.