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Ever since it opened its giant infrared eye on the cosmos after its December 2021 launch, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a shocking surfeit of bright galaxies that stretch back to the very early universe. Their brightness—a proxy for their numbers of stars and hence their mass—is deeply puzzling because galaxies shouldn’t have had enough time to become so bulky in such early cosmic epochs. Imagine visiting a foreign land and finding that many of its toddlers weighed as much as teenagers. You might have…

Last week, Stanley landed itself in hot water after a safety advocate went viral for pointing out that the company uses toxic lead in cups, tumblers, and other products. The internet, which spent recent months celebrating Stanleys as the must-have hot girl product, went ballistic. Stories about the leaded Stanley cups cropped up everywhere from the New York Times to the TODAY show, and Hydro Flask—Stanley’s chief competitor—seized the opportunity. Hydro Flask ran posts on social media boasting about its lead-free…

Samsung's official shipping date for the Galaxy S24 Ultra is today, even though we've seen it become available a bit early in some places. So now that you can just go and grab one from a store without the need to pre-order, you may be wondering how that titanium build holds up - the new Gorilla Armor too. Thankfully, Zack over at JerryRigEverything has just the video for you, making the S24 Ultra undergo his traditional 'durability test' which involves scratches, burns, and of course - the bend test. Let's grab some…

Image: NetflixNickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender saw Aang and the rest of Team Avatar travel the world so he could master all four elements from different bending masters. For all they went through, there was always a looming threat overhead in the form of Sozin’s Comet, a celestial phenomenon which served as a massive power boost for firebenders. Whenever the show drew attention to the comet, it made you feel how much Team Avatar wanted to be ready by the time of its arrival.How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette…

NASA's next Moon landing may have been put back a year, but that hasn't stopped Axiom from showing off the practical version of its Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Better known as a space suit, it will protect next-gen Moonwalkers.No one has set foot on the Moon in over half a century and no finished design of a suit for such a task has been completed in that time. Even the space suits that have been made since then have been for very different reasons, including protecting astronauts against sudden cabin…

A couple of days ago nubia's Red Magic 9 Pro was officially launched outside of China, where it was initially introduced last month. We've already put the gaming beast through the paces of our usual in-depth review, so go take a look at that if you haven't already. Also as usual, Zack from the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything has taken out the tools and subjected the Red Magic 9 Pro to his customary 'durability test' to see how it can withstand scratches, burns, and bends. Spoiler alert: very well, as it turns out.…

OnePlus Open durability testOnePlus Open is the next victim of YouTuber JerryRigEverything’s (Zack Nelson) durability test. It starts with the usual screen scratches with Zack’s knife. The OnePlus Open’s outer screen starts showing scratches at level 6, while the inner screen starts immediately at level 2. This has been a common occurrence with other foldable phones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTMxQJuWxEThe foldable phone comes with an aluminium frame that is also quite susceptible to knife scratches. OnePlus Open…

The latest phone to be put through the now-traditional durability testing by Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything is the OnePlus Open, OnePlus' first foldable smartphone. Unsurprisingly, the cover display has glass on top, which, like all glass, scratches at level 6 on the Mohs hardness scale, with deeper grooves at level 7. The inside screen is similar to every other foldable display - it's covered by a plastic protector, which scratches at level 2 and gets deeper grooves at level 3.…

Last month Motorola made the Razr 40 Ultra foldable smartphone official for international markets, and the same device is being marketed in the US as the Razr+. It's one and the same, so when Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel performs his trademark durability test on a Razr+, know that if you aren't in North America what you're seeing applies to the Razr 40 Ultra as well. Now that we got that necessary bit of clarification out of the way (thanks, Motorola!), let's get right to it. As usual, Zack subjects…

Moto Razr 40 Ultra bend testThe Moto Razr 40 Ultra (Razr+) goes through JerryRigEverything’s durability test of scratches, burns and lots of bending (wink wink). Starting with the scratch test, the Moto Razr 40 Ultra’s interior 6.9-inch FHD+ display gives out very early at just level two with more visible scratches at three. This is with a screen protector that comes with the phone. The 3.6-inch cover display does a much better job by showing scratches only at level seven. The cover display could also withstand the…