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This is the most cosmically perfect time in history
The allure and dangers of experimenting with brain-dead bodies
How to photograph the eclipse, according to NASA
Don’t miss your chance to see the cryovolcanic ‘devil comet’
These birds appear to be signaling ‘after you’
Carl Sagan in 1986: ‘Voyager has become a new kind of intelligent being—part robot, part human’
Why we die: Lessons on genes from a lowly worm
The buried treasure that helped take us to the moon
New fluffy longhorn beetle discovered in Australia
New evidence suggests dogs may ‘picture’ objects in their minds, similarly to people
Vernor Vinge, influential sci-fi author who warned of AI ‘Singularity,’ has died
Paleontologists uncover enormous fossilized river dolphin skull in Peru
New proto-amphibian species named after Kermit the Frog
NASA needs your smartphone during April’s solar eclipse
How crafty orca whales hunt near submarine canyons
NASA’s asteroid blaster turned a space rock into an ‘oblong watermelon’
Bronze Age village was ‘pretty cozy’—until Britain’s Pompeii
AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals
EPA rule finally bans the most common form of asbestos
New genetic tools have dramatically changed wildlife conservation
Kissing and eating during the Stone Age ‘could be lethal’
Nature wasn’t healing: What really happened with wildlife during pandemic lockdowns
For nearly $500,000, you too can have dinner in the ‘SpaceBalloon’ above Earth
Sadly, these live-streamed bald eagle eggs likely won’t hatch
Ireland was once home to deer with massive 12-foot antlers
Why do solar eclipses happen?
Uranus is a grizzly bear: Understanding planet mass using animals
‘Spectacular’ new orchid species is pollinated by moths
Scientists propose eating more python
Ancient Greece’s biggest port is older than we thought
Healthy reef soundscapes can help degraded coral reefs grow
Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams
Voyager, Chandrayaan, Curiosity: How do spacecraft get their names?
How citizen scientists are protecting ‘glass eels’
‘Space headaches’ could be a real pain for astronauts
Wildlife care staff wear fox masks to care for orphaned kit
When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate
Sorry, Darwin: Most male mammals aren’t bigger than females
Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals
New squid alert! 100+ species discovered off the coast of New Zealand
15 captivating photos of auroras seen from space
‘Alien’ signal was likely a very big truck
These extinct termites have been stuck in a mating position for 38 million years
Sandy ‘Reef Stars’ help bring life back to coral reefs hurt by dynamite fishing
These legless, egg-laying amphibians secrete ‘milk’ from their butts
World’s oldest known fossilized forest discovered in England
How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life
Big news: Popular Science is back on YouTube
Newly discovered deep-sea worm moves like a ‘living magic carpet’
NASA’s astronaut applications are open again. Do you have what it takes?
The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms
Take a look inside 13,000 animals–no scalpel required
Meet the new king of the ‘living fossils’
Volcano on island in the Galapagos spews lava into the sea
The mysterious ‘star dune’ in the Sahara is on the move
Listen to three breathtaking NASA images
The decades-long quest for lab-grown organs
Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time
Watch: Three bald eagles could hatch any day now
Watch the plasma fly in space capsule’s dramatic fall to Earth
March’s skies shine with the worm moon, a bright Mercury, and penumbral lunar eclipse
Why we don’t have tails
How a single honey bee colony led to a species invasion
Why leap years exist