Most of us have a drawer full of old gadgets lying around. Letting them pile up and collect dust isn’t just a waste of money but also a missed opportunity. You’d be surprised by how many useful things your old phone is capable of. In this Komando DIY, we've got four things you can do with your old smartphones after you upgrade.

If you want to lose weight, you could eat fewer carbs or try a fad diet. Or, you could just move to the Hudson Bay Area in Canada. That's because there is less gravity in that area than anywhere else on Earth. This might sound crazy, but the science behind it is pretty spot on.

Augmented reality is on our phones and is coming to our cars. Now imagine seeing it through your eyes. No, not with glasses like Google Glass, but with contact lenses. AR startup Mojo Vision wants to bring this technology into our lives in a whole new way. Kim talks with CEO Drew Perkins and SVP Steve Sinclair about this truly immersive experience.

Scientists have used many different methods to discover new things. Whether that means using a high-tech tool or putting a combination of items together to create something spectacular. You won't believe the simple technique that was used to create some cool stuff. By licking things.

When you think about the color blue, many different things we see in our world every day come to mind. The sky and the ocean, to name a couple. So why don’t we see ancient cultures acknowledging that the color exists? It turns out there is an excellent reason for this phenomenon.

One of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in the last decade has been the discovery and use of CRISPR. While some may know it as the gene-editing process, there are many applications to this technology that scientists have yet to discover.

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