David Pogue

Titanic: Visiting the most famous shipwreck in the world

Maybe you've heard the story of the Titanic. I think there was a movie about it? For the most part, the only people who've ever seen the Titanic since the night of April 15, 1912, when it sunk beneath the North Atlantic, have been scientists. Until…

The secret behind baby carrots

You gotta love baby carrots. Don't have to wash 'em, don't have to peel 'em, don't have to cut 'em. But here's the big secret about baby carrots: They're actually pieces of carrots. "Cut into two-inch pieces and peeled, and put in a bag," explained…

Why gerrymandering has gotten worse

Remember when we learned about democracy in school: "One person, one vote," meaning that everyone's vote is as important as everyone else's? Once every ten years, state legislatures redraw their voting district maps to reflect any new information in…

A New York concert hall's triumphant reprise

Lincoln Center is the home of New York City's most famous performing arts institutions: ballet, opera, theater, and music. But from the day it opened in 1962, its reputation was haunted by two aspects of its creation: First, as the 2021 remake of…

DART mission: How NASA hit the bullseye

Little asteroids strike the Earth's atmosphere every single day. It's the big ones we worry about, as depicted in such Hollywood extravaganzas as "Armageddon" and "Don't Look Up." "I've never been able to sit still watching any of the asteroid movies…

The Queen's Six: Giving pop music the royal treatment

Tomorrow, in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth will be laid to rest. And the Choir of St. George's Chapel will fill the room with song, as it has at royal events for nearly 700 years. "The choir was founded in 1352, so it's quite…

"Greedflation": Is corporate profit-taking driving prices higher?

At Sugar Hill Creamery, in Harlem, the hand-made ice cream will cost you more these days, because, according to owner Petrushka Bazin Larsen, everything costs her more. "Everything is going up, from dairy, milk and cream, to just our cups," she

Meet Marcel, a tiny shell - and now a big movie star

There are plenty of BIG movies this summer, from "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Jurassic World: Dominion" to "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." But the highest-rated one of all on Rotten Tomatoes is very, very small, with a main character no…

A fix for McDonald's soft-serve machines?

You'll have no trouble buying burgers at McDonald's. But ice cream? That's another story, as correspondent David Pogue discovered at one franchise's drive-through. "I'm sorry," he was told, "we actually don't have any ice cream at the moment." Broken…

Self-tracking your health data

When you were growing up, the closest you ever got to a personal medical data-collection device was probably a thermometer, or a bathroom scale. But these days, health trackers are a lot more sophisticated – and a lot more wearable. Smartwatches from…

Paths to avoid crippling student debt

Twenty-eight-year-old Kera Cheney works for the government, lives in a basement apartment with her boyfriend in San Francisco, and stresses about her college loans. Her student debt now stands at around $280,000. She followed the classic recipe for…

The resurgence of unions and the fight against Amazon

The number of Americans who belong to labor unions had been dropping for decades. But suddenly, in the last year or so, the winds have changed. Unionization efforts are underway at tech companies like Apple and Google; media organizations like The…

Uncovering a dumpster full of art worth millions

In 2017 a barn cleanout in Connecticut revealed a treasure trove of artworks, by an obscure artist who'd died the year before. Now, experts say the dumpster art could be worth millions. Correspondent David Pogue delves into the intriguing tale of how…

"Crypto for dummies": The how, what and why of using virtual currency

If you haven't heard of crypto, you clearly haven't been following the news lately. If you're not quite sure what crypto is, or what you should do with it, correspondent David Pogue is here to teach you (just about) everything there is to know about…

Buster Keaton, the "Great Stone Face"

Now arriving back on the scene, it's Buster Keaton – silent film star, comedian, acrobat, director, special-effects innovator, and now the subject of two new biographies and an upcoming movie. "He was way ahead of his time, even as a sort of film…

How free speech is under attack in the U.S.

When someone says something we disagree with, should we shut them up? In 1927, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis had an answer: "The remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." Well, in that case, the internet should have solved…

Vince Guaraldi's classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" music

How did this song ever become a classic? It's kind of a melancholy waltz, and the chords are really complicated. It's not "Jingle Bells" … it's jazz! It's called "Christmas Time Is Here": It's story begins in 1965, when CBS asked producer Lee…

Vince Guaraldi's classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" music

How did this song ever become a classic? It's kind of a melancholy waltz, and the chords are really complicated. It's not "Jingle Bells" … it's jazz! It's called "Christmas Time Is Here": It's story begins in 1965, when CBS asked producer Lee…

The James Webb Space Telescope: Looking back towards the beginning of time

In 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope. It had faced years of delays and cost overruns, but it proved the existence of black holes, calculated the age of the universe, and delivered astonishing views of deep space. But now, NASA has built…

This $85 Night Cam Turned My Backyard Into an Episode of Nova

You’d never guess our backyard is a teeming wildlife wonderland. We live in a Connecticut suburb, not the Maine backwoods. But about a month into the homebound boredom of lockdown, I started scraping off my kids’ dinner plates into the grass at the…