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There’s hot gas between galaxy clusters because they keep banging

By Rachel Feltman

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How A Plastic Cup Became A History-Making Mechanism

By Samantha Cole

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Is There A Cure For Color-Blindness?

By Melissa Klein

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Pluto

NASA Is Trying To Figure Out What A Mysterious Object Near Pluto Is

By Christine Jun

MIT has just revealed it's SpaceX Hyperloop commuter pod.
Private Space Flight

MIT Team’s SpaceX Hyperloop Transit Pod Is Finally Revealed

By Christine Jun

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Here are Some of the Best Images of Rosetta’s Dance Around a Comet

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The Best Images of Pluto from New Horizons

By Josh Hrala

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Here’s What Cities Look Like at Night from the Space Station

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Sansa Stark is the Key to Game of Thrones

By Matt Giles

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Watch 7,900 Pounds Of Stuff Launch To The International Space Station Tonight

By Sarah Fecht

A New Material Can Fold And Build Itself
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A New Material Can Fold And Build Itself

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Why Can Humans See In Color?
Animals

Why Can Humans See In Color?

By Alexandra Ossola

If Snow And Rain Come From The Ocean, Why Aren’t They Salty?
Ask Us Anything

If Snow And Rain Come From The Ocean, Why Aren’t They Salty?

By Sophie Bushwick

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This Is An Incredible And Stupendous Headline

By Carl Franzen

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Ticket Sale Was A Fandango Fiasco

By Xavier Harding

Is Vaporized Alcohol The Drink Of The Future?
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Is Vaporized Alcohol The Drink Of The Future?

By Alexandra Ossola

How Do Plants Grow In Zero Gravity?
International Space Station

How Do Plants Grow In Zero Gravity?

By Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida, Robert Ferl

Russia Now: Object 2014-28E, Soviet Anti Satellite weapon concept art
Military

What Would Happen If China Destroyed A U.S. Military Satellite?

By Sarah Fecht

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The Story Of Flavor Chemicals

By Nadia Berenstein

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Private Space Flight

A New Way To Get To Space

By Kalee Thompson

An Inflatable Tent For Camping On The Moon
Gear

An Inflatable Tent For Camping On The Moon

By Charles Q. Choi

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Animator Don Hertzfeldt: Get Paid

By Maki Naro

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What’s The Point Of A Quantum Computer?
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What’s The Point Of A Quantum Computer?

By Rafi Letzter

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What’s The Worst Possible Password?

By Daniel Engber

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Tomb of the Future

By Mary Beth Griggs

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The Worst Jobs In Science

By Bob Parks

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Special Effects 2014: Smaug Appears On ‘The Colbert Report’

By Rafi Letzter

PopSci’s Fourth Annual Brilliant 10
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Can Sour Candy Actually Damage Your Tongue?
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Can Sour Candy Actually Damage Your Tongue?

By Alyssa Clough

Why NASA Should Get Out Of The Rocket Business
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Why NASA Should Get Out Of The Rocket Business

By Loren Grush

The Spread of Misinformation In The Digital Age
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The Spread of Misinformation In The Digital Age

By Lindsey Kratochwill

What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed Towards Earth
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What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed Towards Earth

By Loren Grush

Popular Science Print Subscribers Now Get The iPad Edition Free
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Popular Science Print Subscribers Now Get The iPad Edition Free

By Popular Science Staff

Throwback Thursday: Flip Phones, The Baby Internet, And An Essay By Stephen Hawking
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Throwback Thursday: Flip Phones, The Baby Internet, And An Essay By Stephen Hawking

By Sarah Fecht

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Researchers just measured Jupiter’s stratospheric winds for the first time—and they’re a doozy

By Leto Sapunar

The NASA STS-39 shuttle crew in orange astronaut suits on a space backdrop
Air Force

What did ’90s NASA astronauts pack for space?

By Scott Murdock/Task & Purpose

a man and a woman lay sleeping in bed
Animals

You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)

By Popular Science Team

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Ask Us Anything

Ask Us Anything: Can you actually boost your immune system?

By Claire Maldarelli

illustration of hatchling lamprey
Animals

These fossilized lamprey hatchlings disprove an age-old evolutionary theory

By Philip Kiefer

Perseverance rover SHERLOC
Mars

Was there ever life on Mars? Perseverance’s SHERLOC laser sniffs for microscopic clues

By Charlie Wood

The sun over Maunakea volcano and research observatories in Hawaii
Science

In Hawaii, an ancient observatory offers lessons for modern stargazers

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Animals

Treefrogs have noise-cancelling headphones built into their ears

By Rahul Rao

PXLR, Perseverance Mars rover camera instrument
Biology

Perseverance’s giant ‘hand lens’ will scour Mars for signs of ancient life

By Charlie Wood

A SpaceX Starship rocket falls through the air horizontally during a test.
Mars

SpaceX Starships keep exploding, but it’s all part of Elon Musk’s plan

By Erik Olsen

ferns
Biology

Conservation and ecology research tackles global issues without global input

By Ellie Shechet

a man and woman sit close to each other and share a plate of pancakes
Archaeology

Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old

By Popular Science Team

The MOXIE instrument before it was lowered into NASA's Perseverance Rover, which is currently settled on the surface of Mars.
Biology

With MOXIE, Perseverance will try to make oxygen on Mars

By Charlie Wood

a coral reef
Biology

What underwater sounds can tell us about the state of coral reefs

By Ellie Shechet

Map of 25,000 supermassive black holes
Black Holes

Check out the most extensive map of black holes ever

By Erin Fennessy

microbes being sent into Earth's atmosphere.
Biology

Some of Earth’s tiniest living things could survive on Mars

By Ellie Shechet

Aurora sky over icy winter forest at night
Biology

A geomagnetic curveball 42,000 years ago changed our planet forever

By Sara Kiley Watson

A reimagined prehistoric bird chasing a dragonfly over plants
Animals

Were rocks on the menu for these ancient birds?

By Erin Fennessy

Mars' surface, in high-resolution and color, as captured by the Hazcams on NASA's Perseverance rover.
Biology

See Mars through Perseverance’s eyes

By Rahul Rao

A gloved hand putting a lighter to a snowball
Physics

Why snow doesn’t melt when you set it on fire

By Douglas Main

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Ask Us Anything

Why you can’t trust the calorie count on food labels

By Daniel Engber

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