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This helpful tank-like robot fights fires, not people
Drones

This helpful tank-like robot fights fires, not people

The Estonian vehicle can shoot out thousands of gallons of water per minute to combat a blaze.

Umbilical cord knot seen on screening images
Medicine

What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths

Umbilical cords are fetal lifelines, but doctors still don't know a lot about their importance in pregnancy screenings.

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism
Animals

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism

A powerful but inefficient metabolism generates the heat otters need to survive.

muscle man workout
Health

There are only two supplements proven to help you build muscle

A balanced diet is best, but these additions could help.

You can injure yourself stretching—but it’s not easy
Ask Us Anything

You can injure yourself stretching—but it’s not easy

Stretching should never cause agonizing pain.

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Space

UFO conspiracies can be more dangerous than you think

Hardcore UFO enthusiasts share troubling elements with other conspiracy communities.

Young climate change activists holding signs at a protest with a light purple filter
Mental Health

Kids are suffering from climate anxiety. It’s time for adults to do something.

As they struggle with disastrous forecasts, the youth are growing more disillusioned with grown-ups' actions.

corn cob blue background
Biology

The bizarre botany that makes corn a fruit, a grain, and also (kind of) a vegetable

Really this says more about how strange the category "vegetable" is than about corn itself.

A person holding an Android phone with a live background.
Tech Hacks

Fix your boring Android background with live wallpapers

Don't settle for the same plain backdrops as everyone else.

The Pentagon’s JEDI contract is dead. Here’s what’s next for cloud computing at the DOD.
Military

The Pentagon’s JEDI contract is dead. Here’s what’s next for cloud computing at the DOD.

What to know about the intersection of big tech, the cloud, the Department of Defense, and Star Wars.

White liquid marshmallow.
Projects

The anatomy of a marshmallow

Just in time for campfire season.

Report: Tesla’s fatal crash can’t be blamed on software errors
Self Driving

Report: Tesla’s fatal crash can’t be blamed on software errors

Humans shouldn't treat autopilot like a self-driving car

A Few Questions For Peter W. Singer About The Future Of Cybersecurity
Military

A Few Questions For Peter W. Singer About The Future Of Cybersecurity

The author of the new book Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know talks to Popular Science.

Pokemon Go
Technology

Last week in tech: Everything you missed while nerding out on Comic-Con

Our super power is recapping the week's biggest tech stories.

pregnant person holding their belly
Mental Health

A new drug could help treat perinatal depression

Zuranolone could alleviate the specific type of depression that results from the changes in hormones and stress levels due to pregnancy.

A bluish planet floats in space without a star to orbit
Space Telescope

Scientists discovered four new Earth-sized rogue planets with no suns

Astronomers cleverly repurposed old technology to find these planetary needles in a galactic haystack.

Person suffering from anxiety
Mental Health

How to support people feeling anxious as pandemic restrictions lift

The pandemic may be receding, but for some, it’s still scary out there.

Skyborg’s latest AI drone test is a preview of the future of air combat
Air Force

Skyborg’s latest AI drone test is a preview of the future of air combat

The Air Force's experiment in June involved a big MQ-20 drone, and is part of a promising yet challenging military aviation program.

Plexiglass barriers shield cashier stations in grocery store checkout lanes.
COVID-19

This new plexiglass coating could grab viral droplets from the air

Researchers developed a new surface coating that can do clear barriers one better, trapping viral aerosols like fruit flies in soapy vinegar.

Wisconsin’s gray wolves are in serious trouble
Wildlife

Wisconsin’s gray wolves are in serious trouble

Legal hunting and emboldened poachers have put the state’s population in jeopardy.