PopSci’s 6th Annual Brilliant Ten By Gregory Mone, Melinda Wenner, Kalee Thompson, Lauren Aaronson and Elizabeth Svoboda
Ask Us Anything Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how. By Kat Eschner
Biology These newly discovered bioluminescent sea worms are named after Japanese folklore By Laura Baisas
Biology A 15-million-year-old beaver was just named after an iconic convenience store By Laura Baisas
Biology Two newly discovered Andes Mountain plant species have an appetite for insects By Laura Baisas
Science Fiction Ancient frozen viruses don’t pose a threat to your health—yet By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Science Fiction ‘The Memory of Tomatoes,’ a short story from an alternate future By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Space April’s skies boast the full pink moon, Lyrid meteor shower, and a total solar eclipse By Laura Baisas
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week Goldfish learned to drive tanks on wheels—and that’s not even the best part By PopSci Staff
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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week These long-fingered lemurs pick and eat their boogers, just like humans By PopSci Staff
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The Brilliant 10: The top up-and-coming minds in science By Mara Grunbaum , Yasmin Tayag / Oct 19, 2022
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome By Laura Baisas / Oct 3, 2022
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