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5 new features coming to your Apple devices
Technology

5 new features coming to your Apple devices

By Rob Verger

The UK’s wee military recon drones will double as cartographers
Technology

The UK’s wee military recon drones will double as cartographers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Training autonomous cars to drive off-road is as hard as it looks
Technology

Training autonomous cars to drive off-road is as hard as it looks

By Hazel Southwell/The Drive

A blonde woman stretching or doing yoga on a yoga mat on a wood floor in front of a couch with a gray Macbook laptop in front of her.
DIY

Tips and apps for finding a virtual personal trainer

By Amanda Svachula

Opulence and displays galore: Meet the EQS 580 EV and its ‘Hyperscreen’
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Opulence and displays galore: Meet the EQS 580 EV and its ‘Hyperscreen’

By Bradley Iger

tim hortons mobile app
Technology

There’s a privacy hole in this popular doughnut chain’s app

By Colleen Hagerty

The Spring 2020: Calm issue of PopSci on a tablet with a sea-green background
Science

A step-by-step guide to accessing your Popular Science digital subscription

By PopSci Editors

Microsoft word app icon
Technology

What to know about a malicious new Microsoft Office vulnerability

By Harry Guinness

Buick is going all-electric with its throwback Electra line
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Buick is going all-electric with its throwback Electra line

By Bradley Brownell

an electric airplane in flight
Technology

An electric aircraft just completed a journey of 1,403 miles

By Rob Verger

hatchback-trunk-with-luggage-for-summer-vacation
DIY

The best way to pack your car for any road trip

By Alisha McDarris

Children standing by school bus
Environment

Biden’s infrastructure bill is funding the switch to electric school buses

By Carla Delgado

hand holding phone showing screen with sensitive content on twitter
DIY

Tweeting a spoiler? Put a content warning on it.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

two drones flying
Technology

The Army is testing out ‘wolfpacks’ of swarming drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

the frontier supercomputer system at oak ridge national laboratory
Technology

The new Frontier supercomputer will be the fastest in the world

By Charlotte Hu

putting paper in election box
Technology

Connecticut will pay a security analyst 150k to monitor election memes for misinformation

By Colleen Hagerty

Jars containing various materials from battery recycling.
Technology

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

By Jake Bittle

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries
Technology

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries

By Bradley Brownell

Images from the February 1947 issue of Popular Science.
Gear

From the archives: When the US first caught TV fever

By Bill Gourgey

Insta360
Gear

The Insta360 Sphere easily captures amazing 360-degree drone footage

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

gladys west
Gear

Gladys West’s mathematical prowess helped make GPS possible

By Tatyana Woodall

A handy glossary to all the military aviation terms in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Technology

A handy glossary to all the military aviation terms in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

By Rob Verger

Images from the November 1922 issue of Popular Science.
Technology

From the archives: This talking gadget from the 1920s measured water levels

By Bill Gourgey

The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer
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The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer

By Kelsey D. Atherton

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter concept is a modern spin on a Soviet seaplane
Technology

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter concept is a modern spin on a Soviet seaplane

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Images from the February 1969 issue of Popular Science.
Science

From the archives: Jacques Cousteau shows off his underwater film technology

By Bill Gourgey

How data brokers threaten your privacy
Technology

How data brokers threaten your privacy

By Harry Guinness

tiny microrobot on top of a coin
Technology

A tiny crabby robot gets its scuttling orders from lasers

By Charlotte Hu

firefighter in a field
Technology

A network of 1,000 cameras is watching for Western wildfires—and you can, too

By Colleen Hagerty

new street view camera prototype mounted on a red car
Technology

Google Street View just unveiled its new camera—and it looks like an owl

By Charlotte Hu

a purple and black and white stylized image of a historic foldable flying car with newspaper clippings in the background
Technology

What it would take for cars to actually fly

By Bill Gourgey

Ball of copper wire on green background
Technology

Can this MIT metallurgist clean up copper production?

By Andrew Zaleski

Images from the February 1989 issue of Popular Science from an article on "brain-style" computers.
Technology

From the archives: A forecast on artificial intelligence, from the 1980s and beyond

By Bill Gourgey

a person using a phone
DIY

You should switch to a browser that has its own VPN

By David Nield

MBARI's eDNA robot in the ocean
Technology

These seawater-sipping robots use drifting genes to make ocean guest logs

By Charlotte Hu

smartphone on a person's hand
Technology

The dangers of digital health monitoring in a post-Roe world

By Shira Feder

Power lines against cloudy sunset sky.
Environment

AI can help fight climate change—but it can also make it worse

By Thor Benson

hand-holding-phone-with-google-maps-app
DIY

8 tips for navigating Google Maps like a pro

By David Nield

A unique new ‘Nettuno’ engine powers this $212,000 Maserati
Technology

A unique new ‘Nettuno’ engine powers this $212,000 Maserati

By Bradley Iger

A photo of steelmaking.
Environment

Steelmaking is a major source of emissions. These companies are racing to fix it.

By Marcello Rossi / Undark

a French military vehicle
Technology

The French military has three beastly new vehicles

By Christina Mackenzie

iphone low battery signal
Technology

What researchers discovered about iPhones in low-power mode

By Harry Guinness

Images from the June 1923 issue of Popular Science featuring Rube Goldberg.
Technology

From the archives: Rube Goldberg machines are serious business

By Bill Gourgey

This laser-armed Stryker vehicle can shoot down drones and mortar rounds
Technology

This laser-armed Stryker vehicle can shoot down drones and mortar rounds

By Kelsey D. Atherton

broken windshield
Technology

It’s an especially dangerous time to be a pedestrian in America

By Rob Verger

Undersea fiber optic cables can be used to sense earthquakes.
Technology

Deep-sea internet cables could help sense distant earthquake rumbles

By Rahul Rao

Images from the May 1962 article in Popular Science about Zeppelins.
Technology

From the archives: A grand tribute and eulogy for Zeppelins

By Bill Gourgey

remora fish attached to swimming manta ray
Environment

This amphibious drone hitchhikes like a suckerfish

By Charlotte Hu

Confused about Elon Musk’s Twitter bot tirade? Here’s a breakdown.
Technology

Confused about Elon Musk’s Twitter bot tirade? Here’s a breakdown.

By Harry Guinness

A new Air Force weapon just successfully reached Mach 5
Technology

A new Air Force weapon just successfully reached Mach 5

By Kelsey D. Atherton

apple airtag
Technology

Ohio bill proposes to criminalize electronic stalking and tracking

By Colleen Hagerty

Rock containing cobalt
Environment

Can Idaho’s newest cobalt mine dig responsibly?

By Andrew Zaleski

Sachin Kansal, vp of product at uber, introduces charging maps feature in the app
Technology

Uber’s latest goals involve more delivery and more EVs

By Charlotte Hu

A new AT&T update could make 911 calls more effective
Technology

A new AT&T update could make 911 calls more effective

By Rob Verger

battery
Technology

Swappable batteries can help spur electric scooter use across the globe

By Bradley Brownell

Inside the Pentagon’s quest to help create cheap drones for soldiers
Technology

Inside the Pentagon’s quest to help create cheap drones for soldiers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

We’re sorry to report that NFTs are coming to Instagram
Technology

We’re sorry to report that NFTs are coming to Instagram

By Harry Guinness

Saab’s latest weapon is like a high-tech bazooka
Technology

Saab’s latest weapon is like a high-tech bazooka

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A mockup of a person holding a phone using the FordPass app.
Technology

How Ford is trying to fix public EV charging

By John Voelcker / The Drive

Mark Zuckerberg just showed off Meta’s next mixed-reality gadget
Technology

Mark Zuckerberg just showed off Meta’s next mixed-reality gadget

By Colleen Hagerty

A demonstration of "lens-less" photography.
Technology

Tokyo researchers developed a novel lensless camera

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

"Scene exploration" was teased as a new feature coming to Google search
Technology

Google I/O recap: All the cool AI-powered projects in the works

By Charlotte Hu

A closeup photo of the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium nouns, named after the Nouns DAO.
Technology

A crypto group named a new frog species, and people aren’t thrilled

By Kristine Liao

Ford’s electric Lightning still drives like an F-150 truck, but better
Technology

Ford’s electric Lightning still drives like an F-150 truck, but better

By Dan Carney

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