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a blue lobster
Science

22 Popular Science stories you loved in 2024

Transparent Doritos mice, Sun garbage, and everything in between captured your attention this year.

icebergs melting
Environment

Spending Christmas with ‘Dr. Doom’

How my climate-obsessed dad brought our family closer together.

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Tech Hacks

How to set up and use Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

All the AI features you can make use of in iOS 18.

Pyramids in Giza
Archaeology

Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA

'This is the first reported prehistoric Y. pestis genome outside Eurasia.’

Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron
Electric Vehicles

2025 Audi Q6 e-Tron harnesses EV architecture from Porsche

Built on a brand-new dedicated EV platform, Audi’s new crossover gets up to 321 miles of range. 

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Ask Us Anything

Why do we still have to use airplane mode?

The EU lifted a ban on cell phones in 2022. Why hasn't the US?

'Eric the Robot' in 1930.
Robots

In 1928, Eric the Robot promised the robo-butler of the future

'The mechanical man ... will rid humanity of much drudgery and thousands of congenial tasks.'

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Science

Vaccine misinformation threatens public health

A biochemist explains how dubious claims from politicians distorts science.

a black and white photograph of NASA mission control. several men are sitting at various screens and work stations
NASA

On Christmas Eve 1968, millions watched the Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast from space

Their message to ‘all of you on the good Earth’ endures.

The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on November 20, 2024 it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables.
Internet

The mystery surrounding two severed Baltic subsea internet cables is getting murkier

‘Nobody believes that these cables were severed by accident.’

Aerial shot of Viking grave site
Archaeology

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’

'From a research perspective, this is a small treasure trove.’

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video
Robots

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video

The videos prove the new, slimmer Atlas has some of the same acrobatic abilities as its beefier predecessor.

An adult female chimpanzee cracks an oil palm nut with a stone hammer and anvil while her infant son looks at the camera.
Wildlife

Some chimpanzees are great nutcrackers

The primates use stone tools to crack into nutritious nuts with a range of results.

an SUV rides off road on dirt
Vehicles

Nissan’s revitalized Armada has cameras so comprehensive, you can (almost) drive blindfolded

The 360-degree cameras are just one way Nissan reworked its engineering with an off-road focus.

The first brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way.
Space Telescope

Swirling galaxy arms, a cosmic sombrero, and a dead supernova: Our favorite JWST images from 2024

Look back at the best views the powerful NASA space telescope captured.

Scientists are studying squirrels and hibernation that could help humans get to deep space
Deep Space

Hibernation scientists studying squirrels could get humans to deep space

The biological phenomenon borders on sci-fi.

In open-net-pen aquaculture, marine life is raised in nets suspended in the ocean. It involves a lot of equipment that needs to be removed when the work is done.
Environment

The destructive legacy of failed aquaculture

Removing abandoned infrastructure is challenging, time-consuming, and costly.

screensaver options on apple
DIY

​​Is there any reason to use a screensaver anymore?

Screensavers don't need to be practical anymore.

black caviar
Fish

Caviar pizzas, new money, and the death of an ancient fish

Fancy fish eggs have become the latest luxury good to go viral on social media, raising questions about the future of sturgeon.

Chaunacops fish with 2024 Look Back article headline
Archaeology

Ghost ships to ghost sharks: 10 wildest underwater discoveries of 2024

Don't forget grumpy fish.