• Use This Extension to Change Your iPhone’s Default Maps App

    Use This Extension to Change Your iPhone’s Default Maps App

    You can change the default browser on your iPhone, but you still can’t change the default maps app—at least, not officially. This is annoying for those who prefer using something like Waze, which has superior traffic data and a slew of other features. If you get a navigation link in iMessage, it’s going to open…


  • Optometry Research Projects Nearly Half the World Will Need Glasses by 2050

    Optometry Research Projects Nearly Half the World Will Need Glasses by 2050

    Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic. Optometry researchers estimate that about half of the global population will need corrective lenses to offset myopia by 2050 if current rates continue –…


  • Bee Facts: Why Do Some Bees Die After Stinging?

    Bee Facts: Why Do Some Bees Die After Stinging?

    Most of us have been stung by a bee and we know it’s not much fun. But maybe we also felt a tinge of regret, or vindication, knowing the offending bee will die. Right? Well, for 99.96% of bee species, that’s not actually the case. Only eight out of almost 21,000 bee species in the…