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dog flies through the air to catch a toy
Pets

35 delightful images from the 2026 International Pet Photography Awards

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Young mother sitting and holding her newborn child while breastfeeding her child on sofa. She is looking at her baby with eyes contact.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Nursing babies spit backwash into the breast—and that’s a good thing 

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a tiger in water near mangroves
Wildlife

18 stunning wildlife images from the Mangrove Photography Awards

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two bald eagles and their chicks
Birds

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise $10 million to save habitat

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people sitting in crowded airplane.
Ask Us Anything

Airplane seats really are getting smaller

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The broken circuit breaker switch that nearly ended Apollo 11 (below) and the pen that saved the crew and the mission.
Space

Pen that saved the Apollo 11 astronauts sells for over $800K at auction

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Plate of sliced mushrooms.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

We don’t actually know who pulled the greatest con in mushroom history 

By Popular Science Team

Library of Congress, Washington DC, America The Library of Congress is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Yes, there really is cocaine in the Library of Congress  

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bald eagle chick
Birds

One of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks accidentally left the nest

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bird flies with frog in its mouth
Environment

16 gorgeous images from the 1839 Awards’ Color Photography Contest

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african american male hand showing empty palm and handshake gesture on blue isolated background, closeup
Evolution

Why 90% of us are right-handed

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Round sourdough bread loaf, with a crispy crust, dusted with flour, resting on a rustic linen cloth on a wooden surface. Home bakery, traditional baking concept.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Scientists used melted mummy juice to make sourdough bread

By Popular Science Team

A little boy in a striped shirt holding a sparkler in front of a lakeshore.
Ask Us Anything

Why summer flies by as an adult—but lasted forever when you were 10

By Popular Science Team

two young eagles in a nest
Birds

Jackie and Shadow’s chicks’ genders revealed: It’s a boy…and a girl!

By Popular Science Team

a whale underwater
Wildlife

11 captivating images from the Exposure One Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

Queen Marie Antoinette of France and two of her Children Walking in The Park of Trianon, 1785.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Marie Antoinette probably got braces to straighten her teeth

By Popular Science Team

three birds in a nest
Birds

Bald eagle Jackie shoos away Fiona the squirrel

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two adult eagles and two babies in nest
Birds

Jackie and Shadow’s chicks no longer sleep with mom in the nest bowl

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a sunset over a glacier
Climate Change

10 images of Iceland’s changing landscape

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a swimming hippo
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

There’s more than one way to sterilize a cocaine hippo. Unfortunately, both ways suck. 

By Popular Science Team