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10-Foot Sea Level Rise Now Unstoppable Due To Glacier Collapse
Climate Change

10-Foot Sea Level Rise Now Unstoppable Due To Glacier Collapse

Two new studies describe extensive glacier melting as inevitable.

The Women Who Removed Birds From People’s Hats
Health

The Women Who Removed Birds From People’s Hats

The Mathematics of Murder: Should a Robot Sacrifice Your Life to Save Two?
Robots

The Mathematics of Murder: Should a Robot Sacrifice Your Life to Save Two?

A Tractor Beam Made Of Sound Waves
Science

A Tractor Beam Made Of Sound Waves

The device can move around centimeter-sized objects.

I Got It From My Momma: 4 Surprising Things To Thank Mom For
Science

I Got It From My Momma: 4 Surprising Things To Thank Mom For

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.