There are still at least a few more opportunities to save on tech gifts for loved ones (or yourself; we won’t tell) before the winter holidays arrive. Retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, and Samsung are hosting daily deals on their online stores that could be your best opportunity to score a low price if you missed out on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

As daily deals become available, we’ll compile them below. Keep in mind that these deals will only be active for the day that they are announced. Items in bold are what we think are the deals worth checking out.

Amazon

Amazon’s “12 Days of Deals” is underway, and it will last until December 14th. Each day, Amazon runs with a new theme, so you might not find something that interests you.

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The LIGO and Virgo collaborations have now confidently detected gravitational waves from a total of 10 stellar-mass binary black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars, which are the dense, spherical remains of stellar explosions. Six of the black hole merger events had been reported before, while four are newly announced.

New research has found that prescribed burning, a controversial technique where fires are intentionally used to manage vegetation, is not as damaging to peat growth as previously thought if carried out on a sensible rotation, and can produce several positive outcomes.

Astronomers using a combination of ground and space based telescopes have reported more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) in only three months. These planets are quite diverse and expected to play a large role in developing the research field of exoplanets and life in the Universe.

This time, the ride went smoothly and without interruption.

There’s a trim for everyone, from penny pinchers to folks who spend like it’s going out of style.