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The Navy’s Next Heavy-Duty Helicopter Can Carry 27,000 Pounds
Aviation

The Navy’s Next Heavy-Duty Helicopter Can Carry 27,000 Pounds

Plus, a new armored SUV

Whatever Happened to Francis Crick?
Health

Whatever Happened to Francis Crick?

2 Percent Of People Can Multitask Well. Are You A Supertasker?
Psychology

2 Percent Of People Can Multitask Well. Are You A Supertasker?

Now that I have your undivided attention...

Better Know A Plague: Smallpox
Diseases

Better Know A Plague: Smallpox

Watch: Isabella Rossellini Has A New Series Of Animal Seduction Videos
Animals

Watch: Isabella Rossellini Has A New Series Of Animal Seduction Videos

We are very excited to learn about how snakes get to know each other, and also to be kind of weirded out.

Giant Anemone Eats Seabird
Birds

Giant Anemone Eats Seabird

I will never again underestimate sea anemones.

Chinese Air Force Deploys Monkeys… For Real
Military

Chinese Air Force Deploys Monkeys… For Real

How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us
NASA

How We’re Finding Asteroids Before They Find Us

Massive space rocks hurtle past Earth with frightening regularity. Some scientists want to deflect them. Others want to drag one closer.

Subtle, Yet Sexy: How Pheromones Can Change Your Perception of Attractiveness
Health

Subtle, Yet Sexy: How Pheromones Can Change Your Perception of Attractiveness

The Conspiracy Theorist Who Duped The World’s Biggest Physicists
Science

The Conspiracy Theorist Who Duped The World’s Biggest Physicists

Popular Science spoke with Rick DeLano, whose movie The Principle shows the world's most famous cosmologists promoting the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe.

Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Trump Drugs For Severe Depression
Mental Health

Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Trump Drugs For Severe Depression

For people with treatment-resistant depression, that is.

Why Would You Put Brominated Vegetable Oil in Soda?
Health

Why Would You Put Brominated Vegetable Oil in Soda?

How Humans And Squid Evolved To Have The Same Eyes
Animals

How Humans And Squid Evolved To Have The Same Eyes

I see how you see.

Flooded VW Bug
Science

Climate Change Already Having Wide-Ranging Effects On U.S., Report Finds

People are already grappling with drought, heat, flooding, and sea level rise.

Nick Offerman On Why We Should Build Stuff
DIY

Nick Offerman On Why We Should Build Stuff

The Parks and Recreation star talks about tinkering.

How Mountains In Our Solar System Compare [Infographic]
Space

How Mountains In Our Solar System Compare [Infographic]

Good luck scaling Olympus Mons on Mars

IBM’s Watson Can Now Argue For You
Technology

IBM’s Watson Can Now Argue For You

The supercomputer has been programmed to lay out the pros and cons of an argument. Thanksgiving is saved!

Middle Initials Make You Seem Smarter
Science

Middle Initials Make You Seem Smarter

There’s still a chance to make up for your not-so-intelligent first name.

Rise, O Machines: Why Hollywood’s Best Robot Stories Are About Slavery
Robots

Rise, O Machines: Why Hollywood’s Best Robot Stories Are About Slavery

CDC Confirms First Case of MERS Within U.S.
Health

CDC Confirms First Case of MERS Within U.S.