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Tech Hacks

Stop iPhone apps from accessing all your contacts in iOS 18

Apple's software update comes with an important security update.

Chinese lunar spacesuit
Moons

China debuts its moon mission spacesuits

CMSA astronauts from could land on the lunar surface by 2030.

Group of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on haulout, Vaygach island, Barents sea
Archaeology

Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit

Norse sailing routes needed to avoid seasonal sea ice.

woman riding a motorcycle in a green field
Electric Vehicles

Can-Am’s first motorcycles in decades set the (handle)bar high for e-motorbikes

You won't even miss the booming vroom vroom sound.

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Science

Mount Everest is still growing taller

Merging rivers may have thrust Earth’s highest mountain upwards by as much as 164 feet.

Tesla electric Cybertruck parked in the shopping plaza. Front view.
Electric Vehicles

$8,000 ‘Full Self-Driving Mode’ is finally in select Cybertrucks

‘I’m just so excited that the thing I paid for six months ago is finally on my truck now.’

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Tech Hacks

7 helpful iPhone features to use on your next vacation

The iPhone comes with plenty of built-in features for travelers.

a bright green meteor streaks across the sky over cliffs
Solar System

October’s skies bring an oddball meteor and a shiny new comet–if you’re lucky

Remember, comets are like cats.

Artwork of cubesats in the sky.
Technology

CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system

Satellites are rapidly becoming the backbone of space research.

the moment a jaguar delivers a fatal bite to the head of a caiman in a muddy river. 
Wildlife

11 unforgettable scenes from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

Serene, fierce, whimsical: Nature has it all.

Hummingbirds draw the eye with their bright colors and busy, hovering flight. Biologists are drawn to understand the suite of adaptations they have evolved to survive extreme lifestyles.
Science

Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.

Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ tiny physiques prove mighty.

variety of phones
Tech Hacks

6 iOS 18 settings you might want to change ASAP

Don't settle for iPhone defaults.

Dataset relating to "Corpus: Omens and Portents"
AI

Do AI-generated images have the capacity to further estrange, if not profoundly alienate, us from the world?

Uncanny returns: Trevor Paglen and the hallucinatory domain of generative AI.

a woman with blonde hair that floats near a window overlooking earth from above
Space X

Polaris Dawn crew shares stunning new images from historic space mission

The crew completed the first commercial spacewalk in history.

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas raises an American flag as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins looks on during their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 202
Space

At Earth’s most extreme locales, astronauts find ideal places to prep for space

From digging at Iceland volcanos to 'moonwalking' in the deserts of Arizona.

Popular Science, December 1943
Biology

In 1928, the discovery of ‘mold juice’ would go on to save 500 million lives

But not until 1943 would 'Popular Science' finally celebrate the discovery of penicillin.

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.
Projects

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

Attracting pollinators to your backyard starts with knowing what flowers to plant.

Two Fingered Sloth close-up
Global Warming

Sloths may be in danger by the end of the century

The existential threat of warmer temperatures will likely be 'profound.’

poppy seed bagel
Ask Us Anything

What causes positive drug tests? It’s not just drugs… or poppy seeds.

Experts say rapid testing for controlled substances isn't always accurate.

The Best Electric Mountain Bikes
Fitness Gear

The best electric mountain bikes, tested and reviewed

Race you to the top!