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Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot
Self Driving

Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot

Check out Heaviside, an air taxi designed to someday transport just one brave soul from point A to B.

A large home in California being threatened by a wildfire on a distant mountain at night.
Life Skills

Can you really use foil to fireproof your house?

Get the facts before wrapping your home.

What we know so far about J&J booster shots
Vaccines

What we know so far about J&J booster shots

New data from Johnson & Johnson shows promise, but the results haven't been reviewed yet by the CDC or FDA.

Rerouting billions in agriculture subsidies could boost global food security
Agriculture

Rerouting billions in agriculture subsidies could boost global food security

Sustainable food systems need funding, and the billions in subsidies already out there can help.

A child doing homework at a table
Ask Us Anything

Kids are onto something: Homework might actually be bad

Do kids actually need homework? Even with increasing amounts of data, it's hard to know if homework is helping or hurting students.

a human's hands hold a metal rod as they manipulate a rounded piece of orange glass
Sustainability

How glassblowers turn silica, soda ash, and lime into stunning works of art

The ancient craft may have a more sustainable future.

A person holding an iPhone in front of a window while having a FaceTime call with someone in a red sweatshirt.
Tech Hacks

How to share a FaceTime link with anyone, even an Android user

More time for more faces.

A room with white walls and a hardwood floor with a small lamp in the corner that's lighting the area around a blue armchair.
Life Skills

Lighting tricks that will make small rooms feel gigantic

Bend light to your will.

greenland ice sheet
Climate Change

The jet stream is moving north. Here’s what that means for you.

Weather could change dramatically, especially when it comes to rainfall.

Four adults stand side by side at night.
Space X

SpaceX’s Inspiration4 shows spaceflight is changing fast—and science must keep up

The all-civilian crew is pioneering a new type of citizen science in space.

This heavy-lift drone could quietly carry a sub-hunting torpedo
Drones

This heavy-lift drone could quietly carry a sub-hunting torpedo

It's built to carry as much as 660 pounds as far as 18 miles.

Lockdown made cities friendlier for some birds
Birds

Lockdown made cities friendlier for some birds

Sightings of bald eagles and many other species increased as noise and traffic dropped.

An illustration of Earth next to Mars, comparing sizes. Earth is bigger.
Mars

Mars may be too small to have ever been habitable

New research shows that size matters when cultivating a world that can hold onto water and sustain life.

art illustration of a person drinking from a bucket.
Ask Us Anything

How much water should you drink in a day?

The answer isn’t as simple as you might think.

vending machine
Technology

Meat vending machines are just the latest way the pandemic has reinvented eating

New forms of digital ordering—and the remodeling of an older idea—are changing the pandemic dining experience.

baby-chick-cocked-head
Announcements

The new issue of PopSci is full of bright young peeps

The fall digital edition is ready to read today.

A person using slack on computer
Internet

Slack’s new video tool is @here—and you might already be able to use it

These are all the new features Slack says you can expect in the coming months

Smokestacks with greenhouse gas emissions in the sunset over trees
Climate Change

There’s only one country doing its Paris Agreement homework

Major greenhouse gas emitters still have lots of work to do.

Tortoise on the ground surrounded by plants
Projects

How to turn your garden into a tortoise sanctuary

Encourage these slow visitors to stay a while.

A frog in a dark pond with its vocal sac filled up with air.
Wildlife

The next generation of skincare might come from frog foam

Túngara frogs protect their eggs with a special foam that scientists want to use for future, long-acting topical antibiotics.