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Eat your heart out, Harry Potter

Or at least the shape of warships

In Iceland, a question of ice and fire

This space probe has a dirty little secret.

MIT team's work could curb toxic waste while contributing to clean power

The bot led to 133 restaurant inspections and 21 shutdowns in a 10-month period.

A mosaic of more than 3,150 high-resolution satellite images creates the best continent-wide view since 1997.

Introducing the services Three Day Rule and PetMatch

A microbiologist explores the distinctive odors of a day at the beach.

When it was completed a century ago, the Panama Canal was an incredible feat of engineering. And, as Popular Science documented in 1913, it was also a big win for public health.

The things that parents do and eat can change what traits they pass on to their unborn babies––but scientists are saying it's too soon to be giving pregnancy advice based on epigenetics studies.

One day, bacteria like this could go into biological-silicon circuits.

Do people have a right to be forgotten?

That's one badass mantis

Experts from NASA say it’s time to stop beating around the bush when it comes to looking for life on Mars—and they’ve started an Indiegogo campaign to do something about it.

Interviews with doctors suggest the Lone Star tick, and the allergy to sugars in red meat that it can cause, is on the rise.

Plus a recipe for turning them into a tasty treat