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Physics
How High-Jumping Works
![New Virtual Telescope Online](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/2VGL2ZGWQQFWVUUBVUDE6JRC34.jpg?w=720)
Deep Space
New Virtual Telescope Online
![The Science of Scotch](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/B55I6N3LQIY2XGBAUMHLDR5F3A.jpg?w=299)
Science
The Science of Scotch
![Why Race Horses Are Dying](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/KXEBDBFYPUHIOCLYGYT3E26SLY.jpg?w=450)
Science
Why Race Horses Are Dying
![The Littlest Big Bang](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XMHFB4ECVXDCMBL2HDRQV62VDU.jpg?w=300)
Physics
The Littlest Big Bang
Physics
The Physics of Beer Pong
![Bull Fight](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/FRDQ2VEADJHZL2KN327COLLKHU.jpg?w=693)
Animals
The Doping of the Bulls
Science
The Science of Sci-Fi
![Inside the Tsunami Factory](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/WQPBBPSOTZCMO3RFCVOWERB3IE.jpg?w=972)
Environment
Inside the Tsunami Factory
![Happy Birthday Hubble](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XVKHRA7KT5COSAV362IS4I27OA.jpg?w=450)
Deep Space
Happy Birthday Hubble
![The Lunar Habitat Hauler](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/75O7TQLBA4RVFW7JGXD3YXNMOM.jpg?w=630)
Moons
The Lunar Habitat Hauler
![The Cup Stops Here](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/ROUTKUQALKU5XP4MJRLSZQ7IO4.jpg?w=485)
Science
The Cup Stops Here
![Can Testosterone Make You Rich?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/PRYZ4BWUX6YRT2EP4XKRZMUMQU.jpg?w=660)
Science
Can Testosterone Make You Rich?
![Oldest Human DNA Found in the Americas](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/UDLE3R5G7JUP7EQWQRIAJORQFQ.jpg?w=427)
Archaeology
Oldest Human DNA Found in the Americas
![The Octopus Dating Game](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/K775UDPYAMYCF22LDD2B3Z57XU.jpg?w=677)
Animals
The Octopus Dating Game
![Could a Moon Have Moons?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/W7ACNAJRI4RDLQWDBJ6MJJW5IE.jpg?w=500)
Ask Us Anything
Could a Moon Have Moons?
![Who’s Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/F3MROGVVIO3A7L4RHNIOE5FFC4.jpg?w=425)
Ask Us Anything
Who’s Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women?
![Can a Swimsuit Be Too Good?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/DW4GWYBKTIC3GD42XSQ5NHG544.jpg?w=300)
Science
Can a Swimsuit Be Too Good?
![Pathologizing the Hobbit](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/SGMKAZXNRMQV43AHTZXLQJDWGE.jpg?w=588)
Science
Pathologizing the Hobbit
![Color and Language](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/USJ5R7MMWSIM6Z2WRDG7CQBBR4.jpg?w=702)
Science
Color and Language
![Nuclear Olympics](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/RHRDUORMHMDGPROWWFAK7W63RY.jpg?w=400)
Science
Nuclear Olympics
![Kite Power](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/3ZZMLI5UR4W3OHYJEKL4K5GDTA.jpg?w=740)
Science
Kite Power
![Cyber Goggles for Human Tagging](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/IGTV5Q37664CQIFFRPDL42ZSD4.jpg?w=468)
Science
Cyber Goggles for Human Tagging
![Raising the (Energy) Bar](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/6MMZOV4LIY57PHKZZHUKO54BTU.jpg?w=400)
Science
Raising the (Energy) Bar
![Space Kimchi!](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/BJHVIRZIIO7SAETCNOBK6S2UIA.jpg?w=265)
International Space Station
Space Kimchi!
Science
A Balancing Act
![What’s Really in Swimming Pools?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/BPHVL3JQQZY3EVUBGKQWNAINDQ.jpg?w=500)
Science
What’s Really in Swimming Pools?
![Science + Design = Art](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/K75VSFDULUE5YZA76U7Z4HMEZI.gif?w=706)
Science
Science + Design = Art
![What’s the Biggest Thing a Carnivorous Plant Will Eat?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/AMM6EOXGUQPUP46ZKHJT5XPIBU.jpg?w=485)
Ask Us Anything
What’s the Biggest Thing a Carnivorous Plant Will Eat?
![The Buddy System](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/OYKLCK36LXHJQHZ6OKYPL6Z3J4.jpg?w=500)
International Space Station
The Buddy System
![The Science of Superheroes](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/4KKMKPAKCSHNYSRNKHFORR2RLE.jpg?w=485)
Physics
The Science of Superheroes
![A propane torch blowing gas onto a catalytic converter, heating the ceramic red-hot.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/5EC35MDAGIA4WQN73BG4HR4AIE.jpg?w=421)
Climate Change
Gray Matter: Fire without flame
![Where Is Your Money?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/T5UBTWX6WNIPAVT4BGARLLR2TQ.jpg?w=477)
Science
Where Is Your Money?
![Sickening Sounds](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/VYT3OI7CA7JWAVRTFU2PS5R2JI.jpg?w=485)
Ask Us Anything
Do Cells Make Noise?
![Virgin Galactic Unveils New Designs](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/KHD7RHRZZASVRUIWU4IDJBTTOM.jpg?w=600)
Private Space Flight