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SAVE $300: The Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet air purifier with formaldehyde filtration (BP06) is on sale at Amazon for $599.99, down from the normal price of $899.99. That's a 33% discount and the lowest price we've spotted at Amazon.

Opens in a new window Credit: Dyson Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet Formaldehyde air purifier (BP06) $599.99 at Amazon
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We all have plenty to worry about. There's erratic weather, the disappearing hours in the day, and also that dog we saw online that needs surgery. But thanks to Amazon's sale today, you can check "indoor air quality" off your list of concerns.

As of Jan. 29, the Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet air purifier with formaldehyde filtration (BP06) is marked down at Amazon to $599.99 which saves you $300 compared to the list price of $899.99. That's a 33% discount that also happens to be the lowest price we've seen at Amazon.

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Like the name suggests, the Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet air purifier focuses on cleaning the air in a large space while operating at a quiet noise level. The 1.44-inch LCD screen displays the current carbon dioxide reading, giving you better insight into the health of your indoor air. With one touch on the LCD screen, control the purifier's airflow mode, choosing between a low and high setting.

The HEPA filter used in the Dyson is designed to capture indoor air pollutants like dust, pollen, dander, and traffic emissions. It can also help rid your home of virus particles that are so common during winter.

This Dyson air purifier is also designed to cut down on formaldehyde, which can cause indoor air problems and is a known carcinogen. Common household items like furniture fabrics can emit formaldehyde into the air. Cigarette smoke is also a contributor to formaldehyde, according to the American Lung Association, as are some paints.

A catalytic converter in the Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet traps and breaks down formaldehyde into water and carbon dioxide. Plus, this element of the air purifier never needs to be replaced.

If you live in an area that's prone to wildfire smoke, investing in the Dyson HEPA Big + Quiet air purifier could make a huge difference when it comes to breathing clean air inside your home. Snag it while it's in stock and on sale for 33% off the normal price.

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Jan. 29: OUR TOP PICK Anker Soundcore P20i earbuds $19.99 (save $20) Get Deal BEST VALENTINES DAY GIFT DEAL Lego Botanicals Bouquet of Roses $47.99 (save $12) Get Deal BEST SPEAKER DEAL Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian $99.99 (save $49.96) Get Deal BEST PORTABLE MONITOR DEAL ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-inch portable monitor $149 (save $50) Get Deal

Got retail therapy on the mind? Head over to Amazon to save some money on your splurges. Whether you're looking for a Bluetooth speaker to drown out the latest news cycle or a Valentine's Day gift that'll impress your lover, there's something in the mix for you.

We've sorted through the chaos and handpicked some impressive discounts to shop on Jan. 29. Here are our top picks for the best Amazon deals of the day. If none of these catch your eye, be sure to take a look back at our picks from Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. Many of those deals are still live, including the 11-inch iPad Air at its best price ever and half-price tax software from H&R Block.

Our top pick: Anker Soundcore P20i earbuds Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Anker Soundcore P20i earbuds $19.99 at Amazon
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If you aren't trying to drop a ton of money on headphones, our favorite budget earbuds — the Soundcore P20i buds — are on sale for only $19.99 at Amazon as of Jan. 29. That's 50% off and matches their best price ever. We tested these babies out and were shocked at how impressive they were for the price. Thanks to equalizer presets on the companion app, they're able to produce the kind of well-rounded sound you'd expect from pricier earbuds. The app also lets you set up to three touch controls on each earbud and locate each one using a "find device" feature. Not to mention, they bested AirPods in battery life, with up to 10 hours of playback per charge.

Lego Botanicals Bouquet of Roses Opens in a new window Credit: Lego Lego Botanicals Bouquet of Roses $47.99 at Amazon
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Those grocery store blooms will wilt, but Lego building blocks will last forever. Whether you're looking for a Valentine's Day gift or some quirky decor for your home, the Lego Botanicals Bouquet of Roses set is a solid pick — and it's on sale for just $47.99 instead of $59.99. That's 20% in savings. It includes 822 pieces that build out to a dozen roses with four sprigs of baby's breath to complete the bouquet. For accuracy, the roses vary in stages of flowering — four are in full bloom, four are blossoming, and four are buds.

Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian Opens in a new window Credit: Beats Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian $99.99 at Amazon
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The Beats Pill got a much-needed upgrade last year and addressed all of the downfalls of its predecessor. The new model features angled drivers, hefty bass, a capable speakerphone, a waterproof design, and impressive 24-hour battery life. Our pals at PCMag (also owned by Ziff Davis) tested it and gave it an Editors' Choice award, "thanks to its portable, outdoor-ready design, high-quality wired and wireless sound, and seamless compatibility with Apple's product ecosystem." As of Jan. 29, it's back down to just $99.99, its lowest price on record. That's 33% in savings.

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-inch portable monitor Opens in a new window Credit: ASUS ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-inch portable monitor $149.00 at Amazon
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An extra monitor to spread out your work on is a total game changer, particularly when you're on the go and stuck with just a 13-inch laptop screen. The ASUS ZenScreen offers an extra 15.6 inches of screen real estate in a slim 10.5 mm package that you can bring along with you to work on the go. It simply plugs into your laptop's USB-C or USB-A port for connectivity, so you won't need to charge it, and extends your workspace instantly. Its built-in kickstand makes it easy to prop it up on any surface, and the protective sleeve will keep it unharmed in transit. As of Jan. 29, you can snag it on sale for just $149 at Amazon and save 25%. That matches its best price on record.

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SAVE $50: As of Jan. 29, grab the Levoit cordless vacuum cleaner for just $149.99, down from $199.99, at Amazon. That's a 25% discount.

Opens in a new window Credit: LEVOIT Levoit Cordless Vacuum Cleaner $149.99 at Amazon
$199.99 Save $50.00 with on-screen coupon Get Deal

Vacuums can be expensive, but they’re a necessity if you have carpets, pets, or children (or all three). If you’re looking for a cheaper cordless vacuum that’ll get the job done without emptying your bank account, Levoit has a cordless option that comes with two attachments, and it’s on sale right now for $50 off.

As of Jan. 29, you can score the LVAC-200 cordless vacuum for $149.99 at Amazon. It typically retails for $199.99, but with an on-screen coupon, you can get it for $50 off. That's a 25% discount.

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This vacuum is ideal for anyone with a small to medium-sized home who wants a lightweight, maneuverable vacuum that won’t die before you're finished. It runs for up to 50 minutes on a single charge using Eco mode and the crevice or pet tool, or 30 minutes with the vacuum head. That should be enough time to clean your floors, furniture, and hard-to-reach areas. Plus, the five-stage filtration system is 99.9% effective at filtering particles down to 0.3 microns in size.

It has a one-touch emptying feature (which pet owners will appreciate) and a wall-mounted charging base to keep it powered up and ready to go.

Levoit isn't a big-name brand like Dyson or Shark, and it's mostly known for its air purifiers, but it makes high-quality vacuums at affordable prices, too — and this discount is a great reason to scoop one up.

SAVE $400: As of Jan. 28, get the Google Pixel 8 Pro for $599 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $999. That's a discount of 40%.

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If you've been holding off on grabbing a new phone for a while, it might finally be time to go ahead and do it. Put your old phone to rest and move on with something new and flashy that you can save some big bucks on today: the Google Pixel 8 Pro. You can head over to Amazon right now to score a significant discount, and get a great new phone in the process.

As of Jan. 28, you can get the Google Pixel 8 Pro at Amazon for $599. That's $400 off its usual price of $999 and a discount of $40. This price currently applies to the Bay and Obsidian colorways.

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The Pixel 8 Pro is a powerhouse of a phone, with a 6.7-inch 120Hz display powered by the Google Tensor G2 processor under the hood, as well as 12GB of RAM. It has a 50MP camera and a 5,050mAh battery, so you can use it for lengthy periods of time without having to stop and recharge.

Mashable's Alex Perry found it to be a great performer and praised its "good battery life" as well as its options in terms of AI features, particularly for anyone who loves to take photos (and has fun editing them, too). It doesn't feature a wide variety of upgrades from the previous Google Pixel 7 Pro phone model, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth putting the cash down on.

If you're ready to give a new phone a try, you should capitalize on this discount soon, before like the last time it appeared for this price, it went away in the blink of an eye.

Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, some of which have never been found in space rocks.

A team at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History discovered a salty residue left over from an ancient brine. Through evaporation, it formed minerals rich in sodium, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, and fluorine. Finding these ingredients shows that the conditions to make them existed earlier and more widely in the solar system than previously thought.

Another study led by NASA scientists identified several different types of amino acids — tiny building blocks that make up proteins essential for life — in the asteroid material. Those findings included 14 of the 20 amino acids that Earth life uses to build proteins. These same amino acids have also been found in meteorites.

The new research helps build the case that space rocks brought chemicals necessary for life to emerge on this planet through collisions in ancient cosmic history. The pair of papers were published separately in Nature and Nature Astronomy on Wednesday. 

"If water-rich asteroids were commonly producing these elements, and we know that asteroids bombarded the surfaces of planets and moons early in their history," Tim McCoy, one of the Smithsonian paper's lead authors, told Mashable, "these primitive asteroids almost certainly delivered both water and prebiotic organics to Earth, Mars, and other planets and moons in our solar system."

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NASA's $800 million OSIRIS-Rex mission, short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security Regolith Explorer, launched in 2016. The robotic spacecraft completed its 4-billion-mile trip when it dropped the capsule from 63,000 miles above Earth onto a patch of Utah desert seven years later. It's the first U.S. mission to grab a sample of an asteroid. 

These are the most precious space souvenirs NASA has obtained since the Apollo moon rocks, gathered between 1969 and 1972. The mission succeeded in bringing home about a half-cup of crushed Bennu rocks and dirt. So far researchers haven't been disappointed with their bounty. 

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that asteroids hold molecules believed to be the precursors to these chemicals. By studying the Bennu samples, they hope to gain more insight into how these ingredients could have evolved. 

An important reason NASA selected Bennu for the sample return mission is because of its relatively close proximity, making the endeavor achievable. It also has a very remote chance of hitting Earth in the coming centuries. Learning about the asteroid could be helpful in future efforts to redirect it. 

The Bennu rocks are the most precious space souvenirs NASA has obtained since the Apollo moon rocks, gathered between 1969 and 1972. Credit: Robert Markowitz

But the team also chose Bennu to investigate the chemical origins of life. Some of its mineral fragments could be older than the 4.6 billion-year-old solar system. These grains of stardust could have come from dying stars or supernovas that eventually led to the formation of the sun and planets.

The museum team was especially surprised to find traces of water-bearing sodium carbonate compounds, commonly known as soda ash, in the Bennu sample. These chemicals have never been found in asteroids or meteorites before. They naturally crust in dried lake beds, such as Searles Lake in the Mojave Desert.

But a key difference between the brine and soda lakes is an abundance of phosphorus in the former, and scientists have been keen to follow the phosphates for more clues on the genesis of life. These compounds are crucial, forming the backbone of DNA, yet they're relatively rare compared to the other five main elements — hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur — in biology. 

Scientists propose that similar brines probably still exist in other distant worlds, including Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, where spacecraft have detected sodium carbonate.

The museum team was especially surprised to find traces of water-bearing sodium carbonate compounds, commonly known as soda ash, in the Bennu sample. Credit: Rob Wardell / Tim Gooding / Tim McCoy / Smithsonian

"From a biological perspective, phosphate is one of the essential building blocks – along with sugar – of the single and double helix that make up RNA and DNA," McCoy said. "Without a phosphate-rich system, these complex molecules that make up living things simply could have never formed."

In the NASA-led study, scientists detected multiple protein-building amino acids and five nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA. 

The researchers think Bennu may have come from a larger icy source, perhaps like the dwarf planet Ceres. This is because Bennu contains chemicals like ammonium and carbonate salts, as well as organic carbon, suggesting liquid water once ran through it, even in the asteroid's extremely cold conditions. 

Some of asteroid Bennu's mineral fragments could be older than the 4.6 billion-year-old solar system. Credit: NASA

The paper posits that minerals found in the rocks formed in stages as water carried dissolved substances: first calcium and magnesium carbonates, phosphates, then sodium carbonates, followed by salts like table salt and sulfates. High amounts of ammonium salts in Bennu may have kept the water flowing, even at temperatures as low as -143 degrees Fahrenheit. This means important chemical reactions for life could have continued long after the asteroid’s heat faded. 

Previously, Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-Rex's principal investigator, said his dream discovery from the Bennu rocks would be evidence of peptides, signaling protein evolution.

"While the detection of amino acids in the Bennu samples is an important discovery," he told Mashable, "we have not yet detected peptides — amino acids linking together — within the samples." 

But scientists say this is only the beginning, with the Bennu rocks likely yielding decades of more discoveries.

The first trailer for director Dito Montiel's Riff Raff promises heaps of dark gangster comedy — and a highly uncomfortable family reunion.

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Riff Raff, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, centers on ex-criminal Vincent (Ed Harris, Love Lies Bleeding), who's established a new, loving life with his wife Sandy (Gabrielle Union, The Perfect Find) and son DJ (Miles J. Harvey). But their peaceful winter break takes a turn when Vincent's ex-wife Ruth (Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus), his disowned son Rocco (Lewis Pullman, Salem's Lot), and Rocco's girlfriend Marina (Emanuela Postacchini) crash the party. They've got some bad news for Vincent: Gangsters Leftie (Bill Murray, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) and Lonnie (Pete Davidson, Bupkis) are on their way to take out the family.

Watch the full trailer above to see Murray and Davidson's bickering odd-couple gangsters in action, along with Coolidge's Ruth's misguided attempts to seduce Vincent in the face of danger.

Riff Raff hits theaters March 7.

SAVE $500: The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (AMD Ryzen 8945HS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) is on sale for just $1,099.99 at Best Buy as of Jan. 29. That's 31% off its $1,599.99 MSRP, $100 lower than its Cyber Monday deal, and the lowest price we've ever seen it hit.

Opens in a new window Credit: Asus Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (AMD Ryzen 8945HS, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) $1,099.99 at Best Buy
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Until MacBooks get better for gaming, at least we have the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. The 2024 model was one of the best gaming laptops we tested last year, largely in part because it looks a lot like an Apple computer (while packing enough power for Triple-A games): thin, light, and sleek in aluminum. "[It] has a MacBook Pro-esque design, allowing it into blend into office spaces for work," wrote former Tech Editor Kim Gedeon, "but it transforms into a gaming beast by night."

As of Jan. 29, one configuration of the ROG Zephyrus G14 is on sale at its best price to date. The Platinum White model with an AMD Ryzen 8945HS processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics, 16GB of memory, and 1TB of storage is marked down to just $1,099.99 at Best Buy — a 31% discount on its $1,599.99 sticker price, and a $100 one-up of its Cyber Monday deal from December.

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Design aesthetics aside, Gedeon was also impressed by the ROG Zephyrus G14's ample port selection, detailed 3K OLED display, springy RGB keyboard, great speakers, and solid mid-range performance. Overall, she rated it at 4.3/5, knocking it down a few tenths of a point for its slightly dim screen and tendency to get hot underneath. (That's your main trade-off for such a slim machine.) Its battery life also kind of sucks — it lasted an hour and 17 minutes in our testing — but that's hardly abnormal for a gaming laptop.

For those who want slightly better graphics and more memory, an RTX 4070 model with 32GB of RAM was on sale for $1,649.99 at Best Buy, or 18% off. (We haven't tested that one.)

A quick FYI that a newer ROG Zephyrus G14 with a next-gen AMD CPU, GeForce RTX 50-series graphics, and a new cooling setup is set to launch sometime later this year, having debuted at CES 2025. It'll probably be a really nice machine, but it also probably won't cost anywhere near $1,100: At the time of writing, two configurations were "coming soon" to Best Buy for $2,199.99 and $2,999.99.