What does it take to get on the inside of a prank? Writer Bob Parks and PopSci Deputy Editor Jake Ward sit down with host Chuck Cage to discover the story behind the story of one of the biggest college pranks in history.

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In the newest episode of the PopSci podcast, Chuck Cage and "Shock to the System" author, Eric Hagerman discuss the new and unsettling breed of injuries plaguing recent vets.

In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Michael Moyer and Kalee Thompson--the editor and writer of Carbon Discredit. Learn more about how one of the most elaborate missions to reverse climate change was felled by environmentalists, and how the story took the shape it did.

Chuck Cage sits down with editor Nicole Dyer and writer Cliff Kuang to get the inside scoop on the future of the environment. In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, the three tear open the eco-friendly green megalopolis to learn more about the pod cars, maglevs, energy-generating sidewalks and more.

Tiny nukes to power towns, a hair club for plants and gasoline that can be pulled from thin air. On this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with the editors and writers of "10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet" and discusses how science's most outlandish ideas could prove to be our salvation.

On this week's podcast, host Chuck Cage leads the Invention Awards roundup. The editors and writers of the special feature join the party to discuss the seemingly-impossible tumor killing machine, the mold-breaking rocket engine, the zero-emissions motor unicycle and more.

On this week's episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage and articles editor Michael Moyer sit down with Mara Hvistendahl, author of "The Space Archaeologists" to find out why archeology has gone high-tech and how the future might save the past.

They're not just chock-a-block with action. This summer's biggest blockbusters are backed by some of the most advanced technology on the planet. On this week's Cocktail Party Science, Chuck Cage sits down with writer Corey Binns and editor Martha Harbison to discuss the art and science of Speed Racer and its implications for the future of film.