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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.’

A condor.
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.

Images from the November 1922 issue of Popular Science.
Technology

From the archives: This talking gadget from the 1920s measured water levels

In 1922, Popular Science got a peek at our sensor-filled future with a Rube Goldberg-esque machine.

A health worker prepares a malaria vaccination for a child at Yala Sub-County hospital, in Yala, Kenya, on October 7, 2021.
Vaccines

Why did it take 35 years to get a malaria vaccine?

The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding.

The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer
Navy

The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer

Included are Sea Hunter and Sea Hawk. Here's what the military hopes to learn from the exercise.

A line of people queue up in front of a blue tent.
COVID-19

What’s next for China’s zero COVID policy

It aims to get to zero cases and stay there.

The best 240hz monitors
Peripherals

Best 240Hz monitors

The best 240Hz monitors are fast, fluid, and esports-ready.

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter concept is a modern spin on a Soviet seaplane
DARPA

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter concept is a modern spin on a Soviet seaplane

The aircraft would be able to transport people and cargo low over the water, and then deliver them quickly to a beach.

An aerial view of meandering frozen channels of the Copper River in Alaska.
Environment

Some rivers suddenly change course, and we may finally know why

Satellite images gave researchers an unpredicted look at avulsions—when rivers abruptly shift.

Wind turbines along desert road.
Renewables

Low-carbon energy minimizes racial disparities in neighborhoods with air pollution

Switching to renewables and carbon sequestration especially helps vulnerable communities.

a healthcare worker giving a vaccine to a patient
COVID-19

A massive new study confirms vaccinated people are still at risk of long COVID

Vaccines remain a great way to avoid long COVID—by reducing chances of infection in the first place.

A horde of horseshoe crabs mates on the beach
Wildlife

7 animal mating rituals that make horseshoe crab orgies look tame

The animal kingdom is home to many wild and wacky family-making strategies. Watch and learn about some of them here.

A DIY crosscut sled on a table saw in a woodworker's workshop.
Projects

Make table saw projects easier with a DIY crosscut sled

This versatile jig will change the way you work.

Images from the February 1969 issue of Popular Science.
Science

From the archives: Jacques Cousteau shows off his underwater film technology

In the February 1969 issue of Popular Science, Jacques Cousteau wrote about his extremely maneuverable, tiny subs.

silhouette of two long-necked dinosaurs as the sun sets in a desert-like environment
Dinosaurs

Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Maybe both.

Chemicals preserved in fossils hint that some dinosaurs had faster metabolisms than others, giving new insights into the evolution of warm-bloodedness.