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Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?
Animals

Which Animal Species Would Fare Best After Noah’s Ark?

In which Popular Science worries about inbreeding.

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome
Engineering

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome

We're constructing ever-more-complicated creatures in labs.

Oh, the Lonesome, Woesome Tumbleweed
Science

Oh, the Lonesome, Woesome Tumbleweed

First Asteroid-Like Object Discovered With Rings
Science

First Asteroid-Like Object Discovered With Rings

The most hip-hop of the small orbiters

Do Insects Sleep?
Diseases

Do Insects Sleep?

Painted Sunsets Hold Record of Volcanic Eruptions, Pollution
Science

Painted Sunsets Hold Record of Volcanic Eruptions, Pollution

From the Renaissance to the present, the colors master painters choose to depict sunsets tell us what's in the air

Ebola: Looking Beyond the Pucker Factor
Diseases

Ebola: Looking Beyond the Pucker Factor

Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies
Technology

Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies

Inside the communications infrastructure of the ultraviolent syndicate

Technology

Giant Robot Crab Walks, Is Probably Coming Right For You

Next stop: ocean floor.

5 Bar Tricks You Can Do With Science
Projects

5 Bar Tricks You Can Do With Science

Courtesy of Tim Shaw, whose television show launches tonight

South Florida Adapting Infrastructure to Rising Sea Levels
Global Warming

South Florida Adapting Infrastructure to Rising Sea Levels

Updates for climate change resilience may allow communities like Miami Beach to survive the century, but they're costing millions of dollars

What Happens To Your Body When You Get Drunk And Stoned At The Same Time?
Ask Us Anything

What Happens To Your Body When You Get Drunk And Stoned At The Same Time?

The science of the spins

Faces, Spaces, Siblings: What Do Babies See All Day Long?
Science

Faces, Spaces, Siblings: What Do Babies See All Day Long?

A Life-Size LEGO Car You Can Actually Drive
Vehicles

A Life-Size LEGO Car You Can Actually Drive

We call shotgun.

How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile?
Space

How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile?

Court Rulings “They” Don’t Want You to Know About
Science

Court Rulings “They” Don’t Want You to Know About

It’s a Bug! It’s a Pain! It’s Super-Lice!
Diseases

It’s a Bug! It’s a Pain! It’s Super-Lice!

Stop Looking For ‘Hardwired’ Differences In Male And Female Brains
Science

Stop Looking For ‘Hardwired’ Differences In Male And Female Brains

Breaking the binary

Do Microbes Sleep?
Diseases

Do Microbes Sleep?

The Editor’s Letter From The April 2014 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine
Science

The Editor’s Letter From The April 2014 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine

The virtues of curiosity