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To grow food in space, we had to start in the Antarctic
NASA recorded a black hole’s song, and you can listen to it
After two failed attempts, Boeing’s Starliner will try again this week to reach the ISS
Racial and economic barriers kept Carolyn Beatrice Parker from realizing her full potential
From the archives: Inside the tantalizing quest to sense gravity waves
Martian beavers, intentional explosions, and other weird facts from 150 years of PopSci
The summer issue of PopSci is extremely metal
Sex and gender binaries don’t tell the entire story of life
Chien-Shiung Wu’s work defied the laws of physics
From the archives: The discovery of electrons breaks open the subatomic era
The souped-up Large Hadron Collider is back to take on its weightiest questions yet
These laser scans show how fires have changed Yosemite’s forests
Don’t miss this weekend’s total lunar eclipse
Helen Thompson Woolley showed biology does not define gender
Tonga’s historic volcanic eruption could help predict when tsunamis strike land
We now have proof that plants can grow in moon dirt
The Human Cell Atlas is pinpointing where our bodies break down
Gaze upon the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy
The resurgence of open public streets is a centuries-old idea
From the archives: The Theory of Relativity gains speed
Agnes Chase, a grass scientist, showed us what ‘holds the earth together’
A viral descendent of the deadly 1918 flu is probably still going around
With the arrival of Africa’s next radio telescope, Namibia sees a new dawn in astronomy
Why NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter briefly went dark on Mars
From the archives: NASA dispatches drone to help rescue the ozone layer
The standard model of particle physics may be broken
Take a peek at how Amazon is prepping Alexa for space
Edward A. Bouchet paved a path for generations of Black students
NASA’s 747 space observatory is reaching the end of its flight plan
The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start blowing our minds
From the archives: ‘Do beavers rule on Mars?’
Lunar soil could help us make oxygen in space
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
We have a lot to learn from Indigenous people’s oyster-shucking practices
A helicopter caught and released a rocket this week
From the archives: The germ theory of disease breaks through
From the archives: A 1930s adventure inside an active volcano
As PopSci turns 150, we reflect on the highs and lows of our long history
How to read the Popular Science archives
Why astronomers are blasting Earth’s location to potential intelligent aliens
These levitating beads can teach physicists about spinning celestial objects
The biggest myth about dog breeds
Expect NASA to probe Uranus within the next 10 years
Humans naturally fall into energy-efficient speeds when they run
This one-way superconductor could be a step toward eternal electricity
Meteorites older than the solar system contain key ingredients for life
Jupiter’s largest moon wrestles for attention with its Big Red Spot
The fiery end of the dinosaurs kicked off the golden age of mammals
The biggest particle collider in the world gets back to work
The unbelievably gross things that we regularly eat by accident
NASA’s new moon rocket is leaking fuel, but that’s not a setback
Crows and ravens flexed smarts and strength for world dominance
NASA is watching California’s groundwater crisis from space
Inside NASA’s plan to switch to private communications satellites
Astronomers just caught a ‘micronova’—a small but mighty star explosion
What ancient graves can teach us about the history of inequality
A thousands-year-old meteor shower will peak in the night sky this week
What MIT’s new ‘Oreometer’ revealed about twisting Oreos
How science came to rely on the humble lab rat
In its visit to Psyche, NASA hopes to glimpse the center of the Earth
What tangled headphones can teach us about DNA
Do we still need to save the bees?
This satellite has high hopes—the transformation of Finland’s space industry
The sleek, shiny transport van NASA never built
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