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Natural stones are typically considered a green and sustainable building material because of their optimal durability and adaptability. Although marble is usually more expensive than granite or limestone, the elegance of its unique veiny pattern in addition to its longevity makes it a popular choice for homeowners. However, there’s so much that goes on before marble can be used for highly coveted countertops. Excavating marble can be ecologically harmful and energy intensive Marble is mined at quarries across Italy, Greece, and the United States, among others....

So, he spent a day at work pulling together information on body alignment from several bodybuilding websites and organizing it into one handy spreadsheet that’s intuitive and easy to use. On the first page, Baumann’s sheet describes common misalignments, like a forward-leaning head or a hunched back. Once the viewer finds their ailment, the second page shows them which of their muscles are tight and which are underperforming, along with exercises that can stretch the former and strengthen the latter....

After reviewing all Facebook and Twitter content posted by every Republican running this year for Senate, Congress, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, the report found that the two platforms, despite previously flagging election falsehoods, “did not have any context added to the misleading posts” at the time of analysis. These posts were identified via trawling for keywords and phrases like “rigged election” and “illegitimate president,” and vastly outperformed candidates’ content about other subjects like border security and the economy....

Rogers’ team of designers and engineers at Local Motors in Phoenix built the car, nicknamed FLYPmode, from scratch in less than four months, unveiling it for President Obama last week before delivering it to the military’s mad-science division in Virginia. If makers like Rogers get their way, the first Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle, or XC2V, just might be the future of the military industrial supply chain. But Rogers and his advocates face some hurdles first....

Many people have had real experiences like this one. Cancer is still one of the scariest words you can hear in a diagnosis. And chances are, you know someone who has heard it—almost 40 percent of adults are diagnosed with some form of it during their lifetime. Every patient’s story is different, and they don’t all have a happy ending. But because of decades of research into how cancer works, patients diagnosed with cancer today have a much better chance of survival than ever before....

The new year may already be here, but it can be hard to imagine reinventing yourself when you’re still coming out of a ham- and egg-nog-induced lethargy. After weeks of inundating our bodies with treats and drinks, nothing is more enticing that the hope of a quick fix, the promise that you’ll be back to your best with a little activated charcoal, green juice, herbal tea, or apple cider vinegar....

It makes sense that YouTube does this—it’s in their interest that I stay on the site. But it’s not in my interest that I do that. So, I took some steps to make those tempting pages less addictive—consider making these changes yourself. You’ll find the autoplay button to the left of the closed captioning button at the bottom of whatever video you’re watching online. In the app, you may need to tap the video to bring it up, but you’ll see it in the upper right corner....

We’ve all had that moment when we’re far from home and low on data, but still need to finish up some work (or catch up on some Netflix episodes). Free WiFi is everywhere, yet paradoxically, it’s hard to actually find a hotspot when you really need one. Even if you locate a network, you may not trust that it’s secure. Here’s how to find free WiFi wherever you go, without compromising your privacy....

Tech companies know that, so they’ve armed a lot of their apps with the ability to automatically filter out communications that don’t seem to be from people you know. By moving these messages to a ‘hidden’ inbox, platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram aim to prevent you from getting overwhelmed with random messages. But the automation is not perfect, so sometimes you might miss messages from people you actually want to get in touch with: Long-lost school friends, potential new clients, or relatives with new social media accounts....

With so much of our daily lives revolving around our smartphones, it can be frustrating when something goes wrong. But despair not—you might be able to fix the problem yourself. Problem: your battery life seems shorter If your iPhone’s battery life hasn’t been the same since the upgrade to iOS 13, you’re not alone—battery woes seem to be a perennial pain point after major operating system updates. You should first make sure your apps and iOS itself are up to date (from the App Store and iOS Settings, respectively)....

Click the link Your first exposure to any pseudoscientific claim will almost certainly come in the form of a catchy headline—perhaps a little too catchy. John Gregory, a researcher for the online fact-checking service NewsGuard, warns that fully capitalized words, exclamation points, or strong opinions in the headline of an article are some of the first signs that its contents may be misleading. “One of the dead giveaways is the use of really emotional language,” he says, adding that the key difference between a factual and misleading story is what evidence its authors use to back up the headline’s claim....

But the result of that technique will only be good for cold drinks and smoothies. If you dare heat it up, your oat milk will acquire a flan-like consistency. That’s not necessarily a bad thing (especially if you’re into bouncy desserts), but there’s no dispute—you can’t drink that. This is where science comes to the rescue. Adding enzymes to the mix will render oat milk that’s not only less slimy when heated, but also more sweet....

Those flowers may have looked good when you first received them, but despite your best efforts, you can’t keep them fresh forever. If you really want to preserve your blooms, you need to remove their moisture with a process like air-drying, pressing, or nuking them in the microwave. (You can also try dipping them in wax, but that method is harder to pull off.) “There are many quirky and unconventional techniques out there,” Alfred Palomares, vice president of merchandising at floral retailer 1-800-Flowers, told Popular Science in an email....

Downloading your photos If you want to grab all your stuff, you’ll have to request a dump of your data from Flickr directly. You can do that by going into your settings, and hitting the “Your Flickr Data” section of the page in the bottom right. There, you can click the link to request your data. If you use the service with any regularity, your Flickr haul is likely a ton of data....

“The pandemic-related switch to digital has important environmental benefits, such as the reduction of travel-related carbon emissions, but the transition to a more digitally-centered world is not as clean as one might think,” Kaveh Madani, the Henry Hart Rice Senior Fellow at the Council on Middle East Studies at Yale’s MacMillan Center who led a study that outlined the internet’s environmental impacts, told Yale News. The emissions caused by websites comes from the hosting company that ensures that websites are up and running when users search for them, on their server....

One reason drowning is so deadly: It doesn’t look that bad. When movies and television shows portray someone going under, they may show the victim calling for help or splashing heavily. But in reality, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t be able to tell a drowning child from one playing in the water. So before you head to the pool this summer, familiarize yourself with drowning, and what you can do to prevent it....

Enable “Reachability” or “One-Handed” modes You may be surprised to learn that your phone actually has a one-handed mode built right in, designed to make all those icons easier to reach. The iPhone’s version is called Reachability mode, and I find most people enable it by accident and think it’s some sort of glitch, rather than a useful feature. There are, however, a few tricks and tools—many of them lesser-known—designed to help your short thumbs deal with those large screens....

We all know why the first two happen—kids are excited for a day off of school filled with hot chocolate and snowmen. Adults are stocking up on necessities. But what’s up with those trucks? They’re working to protect drivers from slippery conditions by spraying rock salt or a solution of salt water to prevent ice formation. This salt is very similar to the salt you have on your dinner table—it’s the same sodium chloride, NaCl....

The “superbubble,” as NASA calls it, is 250 light years wide, and scientists are not quite sure exactly why it exists. The dark expanse dotted with stars inside this nebula is a bit of a mystery, although at least one theory for this gaping center exists. One posits that massive stars inside the bubble produce stellar winds that may have blown surrounding gas away, creating the blob. Not everything about this theory quite makes sense, though, because the wind velocities measured within the bubble don’t seem strong enough to do this....

Click here to view the full illustration. 21st century: Worldwide We toss more than 40 million tons of cracked phone carcasses and other e-waste each year. Much is shipped to developing countries, where workers strip precious bits—​like rare-earth ­metals—​and chuck the rest. This “recycling” will leave mountains of petrified plastic, toxic ­chemicals, and metal scraps. 20th century: United States Plastics popularized during World War II began to take over our lives when soldiers came home....