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Internet

Connecticut will pay a security analyst 150k to monitor election memes for misinformation

The state is the latest hoping to quash online rumors before they impact the polls.

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Science

The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family

Often a footnote in PopSci's origin story, our founder's sister amassed a body of work that stands on its own.

Jars containing various materials from battery recycling.
Electric Vehicles

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

Companies are working to find a way to reclaim lithium from dead power cells and put it back on the road.

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Life Skills

It’s time to figure out your real bra size

Heavy is the head that wears the crown—and so is the back that carries around big boobs.

Images from the May 1963 issue of Popular Science.
Biology

From the archives: The discovery of DNA’s structure explained how life ‘knows’ what to do

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and the woman who was left out of the accolades.

Little brown dog lawn sign telling people to curb their dog and pick up dog poop to prevent pollution
Pollution

The planet needs you to pick up your dog’s poop

There are a pile of reasons to scoop, bury, or compost pet waste. Here are just a few.

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries
Electric Vehicles

Carmakers are pouring billions into producing EV batteries

Stellantis is planning a new Indiana factory, and other automakers are investing heavily in making these crucial components for electric vehicles in the US.

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Tech Hacks

How to send and receive texts from the comfort of your computer

Don't let your phone distract you.

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Physics

Physicist Ann Nelson broke barriers—for herself and for those who’d come after her

As a theoretical thinker, Nelson was almost unparalleded in her lifeitme—and her legacy continues to push the field.

Red and blue states race to become hydrogen energy hubs
Renewables

Red and blue states race to become hydrogen energy hubs

As part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, $8 billion will go to new hydrogen projects.

The cryomodule being delivered to SLAC's X-ray facility.
Physics

How to make an X-ray laser that’s colder than space

What's cooler than being cool? This ultra-cold X-ray beam.

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Cats

It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your cat is?

In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats.

The inside of a parked car on the top floor of a parking garage, baking in the heat.
Life Skills

How to keep your car from getting butt-burningly hot this summer

Plus, cool it off quickly when you're ready to hit the road.

Elderly person in glasses and with mustache in blue shirt and brown cap standing in line with arms crossed at a mobile blood donor unit in Uvalde, Texas
Health

The best time to donate blood for a disaster is before it happens

‘If people could give blood four times a year, we would never have a shortage.’

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Birds

Inside the Yurok Tribe’s mission to make critically endangered condors thrive

Hunters, dairy farmers, utility operators, loggers, government agents, and conservationists have all supported the tribe in helping North America’s largest land-based birds.

A colorful parrot hooked onto a tree with its beak.
Birds

What’s got two legs and a head for climbing? Rosy-faced lovebirds.

"This is so weird from an evolutionary perspective," a co-author of the new study says.

A vegan pulled pork sandwich made with shredded banana peels covered in homemade barbecue sauce.
Life Skills

Don’t waste banana peels: Turn them into tasty vegan ‘pulled pork’

Pig out.

The sun's fiery south pole imaged by the NASA and ESA Solar Orbiter
NASA

This novel solar sail could make it easier for NASA to stare into the sun

Is diffraction the next best idea in solar-powered spacecraft design?

A handy glossary to all the military aviation terms in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Navy

A handy glossary to all the military aviation terms in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

From barricade to WSO, here are 11 terms that come up in the new film. They just might take your breath away.

Great Smoky Mountains seen from Townsend, Tennessee
Science

A humble seismograph beneath the Great Smoky Mountains could be one of the best in the world

Inside Tennessee's most visited caverns, a tiny wired box has its finger on the planet's pulse.