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Best breaded chicken alternative: SIMULATE chicken NUGGSBest vegan taco meat: Gardein Beefless Ground CrumblesBest meatless meat burger: Beyond BurgerBest vegetarian meat: MorningStar Farms Veggie Bacon StripsBest vegan meat substitutes: Upton’s Naturals Jackfruit Best for stir-fry and salads: Hodo TofuBest plant-based sauce/dressing/marinade: Haven’s Kitchen How we chose the best meat alternatives To get to the meat of this matter, we relied primarily on personal experience. There are multiple vegetarians on the PopSci staff, but also grillmasters, so we gathered opinions from those who both do and do not eat meat regularly to learn what they considered most satisfying as a 1:1 swap and what stood out as its own thing....

Best tactics game for PC: XCOM 2Best strategy game for PC: Civilization VIBest esport: Dota 2Best MMORPG: Final Fantasy XIVBest RTS for PC: Starcraft IIBest Isometic RPG for PC: Divinity: Original Sin 2 How we selected the best PC games As a former game critic, I’ve played a lot of games on many platforms. That means I have a better-than-average knowledge of the games out there. I’ve also reviewed lots of gaming peripherals—including mice, keyboards, and controllers—so I have a strong understanding of their strengths and weaknesses....

A pressure washer is essentially a power hose connected to a water pump powered by an electric motor or gas engine. It blasts out water at hundreds of times the pressure of the air we breathe, helping users to get both high and low surfaces as clean as possible while standing upright. It’s a garden tool, patio cleaner, and concrete cleaner rolled into one that works on lawn furniture, barbecue grills, cars, and even the outside walls of the house....

Best overall: Logitech G915 Lightspeed Best for gaming: Razer Blackwidow V3 Mini HyperspeedBest for the office: Razer Pro Type UltraBest for programmers: Happy Hacking Keyboard Hybrid Type-SBest compact: Nuphy Air75Best budget: Keychron K8 How we selected the best wireless mechanical keyboards I’ve been a keyboard enthusiast since 2015 when I purchased the Logitech G710+ with Cherry MX Brown switches. Since then, I’ve reviewed dozens of mechanical keyboards for sites including IGN, Tom’s Hardware, and MMORPG....

It directs the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to collaborate with other agencies to develop cybersecurity performance standards for companies across the US that provide essential services like power, water, and transportation. When systems that control these vital infrastructures malfunction or are interrupted because of an incident such as a ransomware attack, it can jeopardize national security, economic security, as well as public health and safety....

The new exhibit, which takes its cues from Stanford evolutionary biology Joan Roughgarden, argues that sex and sexuality in the animal kingdom are far more diverse than biology class has let on. Bisexual deer, porn-loving pandas and even a gay, necrophiliac mallard, are just some examples the exhibit cites as proof of a natural world where non-reproductive sex acts are as common as copulation for the sake of procreation. While some of material in the exhibit is fairly graphic (one sculpture shows two dolphins engaging in a form of congress impossible for animals without a blowhole) it is approached in the dry and detached tone of science....

Part of Project Convergence was Project Crimson, which involved drones dropping medical relief to field medics in a simulated mass casualty scenario. “Project Crimson is a project to take a common unmanned air system and adapt it to support a medical mission,” said Nathan Fisher, medical robotics and autonomous systems division chief at the US Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, in a release. “This drone supports medical field care when casualty evacuation isn’t an option....

There are plenty of appropriate places to test a flagship pair of wireless headphones such as the $400 Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. An open office, for example, is a great spot to try the upgraded noise-cancelling mode that has 10 selectable levels of intensity. A crowded train full of tipsy, shouting baseball fans is another great opportunity to evaluate the long-term comfort of the soft, synthetic leather ear cups....

Last week, Facebook confirmed that data from up to 87 million of its users ended up in the wrong hands. Specifically, it found its way into the digital coffers of Cambridge Analytica, a research company connected with the 2016 presidential election. The natural question, then, is whether or not your personal data is included in that trove. Here’s how to find out. The simplest way to check on your status is to click this link....

When bacteria are starved or exposed to other stressors, they release a chemical that kills off some of the colony so that the rest can survive. But, according to Eshel Ben-Jacob of TAU, co-author of the study, they exhibit a kind of “rudimentary social intelligence” which prevents them from killing the entire colony. The new research exploits that idea by exposing two neighboring sibling colonies to the same chemical signal....

Pendleton is a household name for a reason. These queen-sized blankets are warm and cozy with a classic, Pacific Northwest-inspired look worthy of any Van Life Instagram account. The wool-cotton blend is perfect for indoor or outdoor usage, and it will look spiffy as a living room throw after your road trip is over. If you’ve ever unzipped your sleeping bag to use as a blanket and wished for a more light-weight, double sided version, this one’s for you....

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All of this is going to be really great when there’s actually 8K content to watch. Samsung’s has new robots and exoskeletons to help turn you into a gadget There was a “one more thing” at the end of Samsung’s CES press event. The company announced a new robotics platform with a variety of products to help users (and also sell them stuff). The most intriguing is the Bot Care, which is an adorable little android that’s meant to cohabit with elderly people and remind them to do stuff like check their blood pressure or take their medication....

While the engine’s placement has changed, the hardware itself keeps with the Corvette tradition. The 6.2-liter LT2 small-block V8 engine is naturally aspirated and generates 495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque. Attached to the engine, you’ll find Chevy’s first 8-speed, dual-clutch transmission. A low first gear maximizes traction off the line (reducing tire spin), while tall seventh and eighth gears make it efficient on long tours. Chevy is adamant that despite its new performance-oriented build, it’s still a capable ride for extended trips....

Only 10 percent of the world population is under five years old, but those kids bear 40 percent of the burden of environmentally related diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Further, policy makers don’t give sufficient attention to the benefits for children when evaluating how well regulations put forth to reduce fossil fuel emissions are working, says Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. That’s even though there is strong evidence that exposure to particulate matter and other airborne pollutants, like nitrous oxide, generated by burning fossil fuels, likely cause childhood health effects such as preterm birth, low birth weight, autism, and asthma, noted Perera and colleagues in a new review published in the journal Environmental Research....

Targeted to start flying by 2030, the LM-9 has a diameter of 10 meters, a height of 100 meters, 6000 tons of thrust from four first stage engines, and four booster rockets. With this size and lift, China’s Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) Chief Designer Long Lehao announced that the Long March 9 will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons to low Earth orbit (LEO), 50 tons to Earth-Moon transfer orbit, and 44 tons to Earth-Mars transfer orbit (140 tons is right between the projected lifts of NASA’s Space Launch System (130 tons) and SpaceX’s 150 ton BFR)....

At a Television Critics Association panel Friday morning, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Chris Carter, and Joel McHale, a newcomer to the series, appeared on a panel to discuss the reboot and spill the beans (in as spoiler-free a way as possible) on what to look for when the show airs on Sunday, January 24th. Carter wrote the script for a third X-Files movie After the 2008 sequel to Fight the Future (1998) completely flopped, it seemed like the end of all things Mulder-Scully related....

This cheesy game for kids ages 6 and up gives a lesson or two in chain reactions and construction in addition to more traditional gameplay. The premise is simple—just gather up (and even steal) cheese without landing in a mouse trap. However, the 24 parts that elaborately work together to capture tiny cheese rustlers in the act are a bridge to STEM and more advanced creative games. If you grew up with this riveting strategy game, the 60th-anniversary edition for ages 10 and up is a beautifully designed treat....

The Florida-sized Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, nicknamed the “doomsday glacier,” is already losing 50 billion tons of ice each year. That in itself accounts for around 4 percent of annual global sea level rise. But unpublished research shared at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting this week shows that the thinning ice shelf extending from Thwaites could shatter within the next three to five years. Behind Thwaites lies an even larger body of ice that, if the glacier melts, will be exposed to increasingly warm waters....