Read the latest articles from Popular Science (Page 34)

Products under $25 for Amazon prime Day
Gear

28 name-brand Prime Day deals under $25, starting at $11

From a $13 Blink camera to $25 noise-cancelling earbuds, these are the name-brand picks worth grabbing before the sale ends June 26.

People standing on a patio near a solo stove.
Home

Traeger, YETI, Solo Stove, and 90 more outdoor and patio deals worth grabbing this Prime Day

From Traeger pellet smokers and YETI coolers to EGO mowers and smokeless fire pits, here are 90-plus outdoor deals at all-time lows, ranked priciest to cheapest.

Gold coins and jewelry recovered from the wreck of the ‘Dom van Keulen.’
Archaeology

400 gold coins help crack a centuries-old shipwreck mystery

The Dutch ship ‘Dom van Keulen’ sank off the coast of England in 1633.

Walmart's summer sale drops prices across the board
Home

These are the best deals from Walmart’s huge site-wide summer sale

Walmart's summer sale undercuts Prime Day by a day, with no membership required. These are the picks worth your money, from Beats to a Walmart-exclusive Dyson.

wine grapes growing on a vine
International Space Station

Grape seeds from Texas are going to space

Your next bottle of red could come from seeds that orbited Planet Earth.

Vacuums on sale at Walmart during its annual sale
Home

Walmart has just about every vacuum it sells on sale up to 66% off right now

From the ECOVACS DEEBOT T30S Pro to a Walmart-exclusive Dyson V8, the cleaning deals actually worth buying.

a 3D illustration of sperm cells, with white rounds heads and long, wavy tails
Insects

Fruit fly sperm is enormous

Keeping them untangled is an evolutionary wonder.

A group of dwarf mongooses under threat from a rival group.
Wildlife

Dwarf mongooses don’t just wait for danger

Closeup of a pink color zipper on pink background.
Technology

Why are buttons and zippers on different sides of men’s and women’s clothes?

It all comes down to traditional female and male clothes.

a vet examines a lion on a surgery table
Wildlife

Lion undergoes double cataract surgery

‘The surgery itself is almost identical to modern human cataract surgery.’

four baby birds with long beaks on the back of a larger bird
Wildlife

6 animal fathers who go the distance

From carrying eggs in their mouths to building hidden nests, these animal dads do it all.

A colorized vintage black and white film still showing a man walking in pajamas down a hallway and a young boy hiding from him at the side.
Psychology

Why only humans sleepwalk

It's a trait evolution forgot to get rid of.

Bottom up view of sunflower plant in front of steel rebar at construction site against blue sky.
Science

Humans are changing how nature smells, with risks for wildlife

A growing body of research shows how air pollution, fertilizers, and fungicides are altering the chemical signals that plants and animals use to communicate. Scientists warn that insect reproduction, foraging, navigation, and even the pollination of crops could be affected.

an illustration of four silver forks with four different bugs on them
Insects

You may actually like eating bugs

Volunteers in a new study preferred an insect protein bar over a cereal bar.

A hand uses metal tweezers to hold a tick that was recently removed from a pet. The background features a blurred white Bichon Frise dog resting in a pet bed.
Projects

How to keep ticks off your dog (and out of your home)

Your dog is a tick magnet.

Collage showing a red pizza truck with the words 'Pizza on wheels' with several slices of pizza floating in the background on newspaper prints.
Technology

In 1962 Wisconsin, delivery pizzas were cooked in traffic

Mobile kitchens ensured that pizzas arrived piping hot. Why didn't it last?

jackie and shadow in their nest
Birds

10 things you might not know about bald eagles Jackie and Shadow

Five of Jackie's chicks have successfully left the nest.

claude on phone
Tech Hacks

9 Claude tips and tricks to get more out of the AI chatbot

Don't limit yourself to just the basics.

Drawer for recycling
Technology

Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

The drawer problem.

a humpback whale breaches in the arabian sea with desert hills in the distance
Ocean

For the first time, biologists observe a humpback whale crossing the Arabian Sea

A female Arabian Sea humpback whale called Luban covered about 4,350 miles on her return trip.