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AirPods Pro 2 Black Friday Deal
Audio

You can still get the best Apple products at the best prices … if you act fast

By Brandt Ranj

Close up of hand filling out paper tax filing form
Internet

The IRS delayed its controversial new policy regarding digital payment platforms

By Andrew Paul

Army ants building living bridge between two ledges in lab
Animals

Army ants could teach robots a thing or two

By Andrew Paul

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.
AI

Actually, never mind, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI’s CEO

By Andrew Paul

Robot dog at Hyundai factory working on car
AI

Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational

By Andrew Paul

Black and white photo of merchant ship encountering rogue wave
AI

An equation co-written with AI reveals monster rogue waves form ‘all the time’

By Andrew Paul

Lucid Gravity EV SUV
Electric Vehicles

Lucid says its new all-electric SUV beats Tesla Model X range by nearly 100 miles

By Kristin Shaw

Cruise robotaxi action shot at night
AI

Controversial ‘robotaxi’ startup loses CEO

By Andrew Paul

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.
AI

OpenAI chaos explained: What it could mean for the future of artificial intelligence

By Harry Guinness

Close-up of SpaceX Starship Falcon rockets igniting during liftoff
NASA

Another SpaceX Starship blew up

By Andrew Paul

NASA Psyche spacecraft surrounded by engineers in lab
Deep Space

NASA’s Psyche wins first deep space laser relay

By Andrew Paul

A detailed view of a drain cover on the track as seen from the McLaren VISTA during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 16, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Engineering

Formula One race car cracks a drain cover during Las Vegas Grand Prix practice run

By Andrew Paul

Bentley Bantayga seats
Technology

Bentley’s deluxe seats know you’re about to sweat before you do

By Kristin Shaw

Computer simulation of Apollo 12 lunar lander effects on lunar surface
Engineering

Watch NASA’s supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 lunar landing

By Andrew Paul

Four examples of the best point-and-shoot cameras on a white background
Cameras

The best point-and-shoot cameras in 2024

By Abby Ferguson

Close up of doctor's hand attaching wearable soft stethoscope patch to patient's chest
Health

This tiny wireless wearable continuously monitors your body’s internal soundtrack

By Andrew Paul

A black and white photograph of the The HMAS Culgoa. The vessel was a Modified River Class Frigate, sometimes known as the Bay Class. The Australian naval vessel was launched in September 1945 and was decommissioned in April 1954.
Cancer

Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure

By Laura Baisas

Side by side of 3D printed robot hand gripping pen and bottle
Engineering

This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has ‘bones,’ ‘ligaments,’ and ‘tendons’

By Andrew Paul

Research paper examples of AI and human faces against blurry crowd background
AI

Some people think white AI-generated faces look more real than photographs

By Andrew Paul

Storm coming in over farm field
AI

Google DeepMind’s AI forecasting is outperforming the ‘gold standard’ model

By Andrew Paul

NASA ISS toolbag floating away above Earth
International Space Station

This tool bag is floating in space

By Andrew Paul

Person sitting outside of a coffee house on a sunny day, drinking from a green cup and reading from an open MacBook.
DIY

All the ways you can use your phone as a mobile hotspot

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The best iPad keyboards
Gear

The best iPad Pro Keyboards of 2024, tested and reviewed

By Brandt Ranj

a Ford Mach-E electric car parked in front of the woods in autumn
Electric Vehicles

How do electric cars work? By harnessing the magic of magnetism.

By Rob Verger

Person laying on a gray couch in a living room, working on a MacBook
DIY

6 ways to customize your Mac’s Menu Bar, and another to make it disappear

By Justin Pot

a person's hands typing on a laptop keyboard
AI

How do chatbots work?

By Popular Science Team

antenna array
Engineering

Why scientists used these radio transmitters to create artificial auroras

By Charlotte Hu

Side-by-side of multicolor Apple logo and first gen iPhone in original packaging against blue background
Internet

No one bought Apple’s iconic HQ logo sign

By Andrew Paul

Pathfinder 1 outside of Hangar 2
Engineering

Giant electric airships could one day deliver humanitarian aid

By Harry Guinness

Gas stoves are dangerous
Energy

How gas stove companies used Big Tobacco’s PR playbook

By Jonathan Levy / The Conversation

NASA's Super Guppy rocket transport prop plane landing on tarmac in Alabama
Aviation

Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama

By Andrew Paul

A person holding a phone in a very dark room, with Google Bard on the screen, and the Google Bard logo illuminated in the background.
AI

How to use Bard AI for Gmail, YouTube, Google Flights, and more

By David Nield

A young man wearing an orange plaid shirt focusing intently on an iPhone he's holding in front of him, as if he needs to make the keyboard bigger to see what he's typing.
DIY

How to make the keyboard bigger on an iPhone, so you can finally see what you’re doing

By Debbie Wolfe

A man and a woman sitting next to each other playing games on their phones.
DIY

The best Android games for unlocking new worlds

By John Alexander

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles
Military

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Rimac Nevera hypercar action shot driving in reverse
Electric Vehicles

Rimac’s electric speed demon tore through a world record in reverse

By Andrew Paul

Image of kilobots atop photo of bees
Animals

These robots reached a team consensus like a swarm of bees

By Andrew Paul

A hand holding a Pixel phone with the home screen unlocked.
DIY

12 hidden Android features you should be using

By David Nield, Sandra Gutierrez G.

waze app on phone on car dashboard
AI

Waze will start warning drivers about the most dangerous roads

By Harry Guinness

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape
Engineering

Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its ‘city of yesterday’

By Andrew Paul

A sunny wooden desk where an iPhone is propped up and showing StandBy Mode on screen.
DIY

Turn your iPhone into a bedside clock with StandBy mode

By David Nield

Close-up of Roman follis coins found off Italian coast
Archaeology

Divers recovered a treasure trove of more than 30,000 ancient, bronze coins off the Italian coast

By Andrew Paul

Volvo's EX30 electric car
Electric Vehicles

Volvo’s new EV could include recycled blue jeans, pine resin, or flax

By Kristin Shaw

A lineup of the best Arduino starter kits on a white background
Computers

The best Arduino starter kits

By Bob Beacham

Over shoulder image of US soldiers saluting
Military

Data brokers selling military members’ personal data is a national security risk

By Andrew Paul

Screenshot of star from NASA+ show 'Space Out'
Internet

NASA’s free streaming platform launches this week. Here’s what to watch.

By Andrew Paul

A hand holding a phone over a wooden table. The phone screen is blue and shoes the logo for the Venmo app.
DIY

It’s time to make your Venmo transactions private

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

elephant seal wearing tag like a hat
Animals

Seals with funny hats are helping map the Antarctic seascape

By Charlotte Hu

Man doomscrolling in bed alone at night
Technology

Why we can’t stop doomscrolling

By Erik Davis/MIT Press Reader

A scuba diver shines a flashlight in a flooded cave filled with stalactites and stalagmites.
Photography

The Red Bull photo contest illuminates epic landscapes and adrenaline-pumping scenes

By Abby Ferguson

An open MacBook on a desktop showing the MacOS desktop and the results from a Siri query
DIY

How to text Siri instead of talking to it out loud

By Justin Pot

How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost
Electric Vehicles

How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost

By Rob Verger

It’s easier than ever to get prescription drugs online. Should regulators be paying more attention?
Health

It’s easier than ever to get prescription drugs online. Should regulators be paying more attention?

By Teresa Carr/Undark

Test subject tilting in spatial disorientation machine
Aviation

These wearables might protect astronauts from space ‘death spirals’

By Andrew Paul

VPN app turned on display on phone screen
Internet

How does a VPN work? Here’s how one can protect your privacy.

By Charlotte Hu

Person sat on a wooden desk working on a open Chromebook laptop
DIY

You should learn how to take screenshots on a Chromebook (and edit them)

By David Nield

the signal display on a home wifi router
DIY

What is a router? It’s like your WiFi’s post office.

By Harry Guinness

The particle accelerator on a one-cent coin.
Particle Physics

How physicists built the world’s smallest particle accelerator

By Rahul Rao

The synthetic melanin is being applied to Inflamed skin. Just under the surface of the skin are green free radicals, also known as ROS, or "reactive oxygen species."
Health

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection

By Laura Baisas

The Beatles, English music group
AI

Listen to ‘Now and Then’ by The Beatles, a ‘new’ song recorded using AI

By Andrew Paul

Nightvision camera shot of a UAP
Aviation

Want to report a UAP sighting? US government workers can now use this website.

By Andrew Paul

digital hand wiping digital curtain away from hiding person; illustration
DARPA

Can we find hackers by the clues they leave in their code?

By Sarah Scoles

Piloting a hovercraft means Ian Cragg has to make important decisions on the fly.
Technology

What does a hovercraft operator do?

By As told to Shereen Lee / Hakai Magazine

The Samsung Health Monitor, a photoplethysmographic technology that allows blood pressure measurement through the Samsung Galaxy Watch, was approved as a medical device by the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in April 2020.
Health

New devices could change the way we measure blood pressure

By Matías A. Loewy / Knowable Magazine

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