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Inside the high-tech, last-ditch effort to save the northern white rhino
Endangered Species

Inside the high-tech, last-ditch effort to save the northern white rhino

An animal fertility expert takes on a particularly tricky patient.

How The Meaning Of Cancer Has Changed
Cancer

How The Meaning Of Cancer Has Changed

Technology is rewriting diagnosis and treatment

One Year Later, Face Transplant Recipient Just A Normal Guy
Medicine

One Year Later, Face Transplant Recipient Just A Normal Guy

His body hasn't rejected his new face, and he can see again

indian pangolin
Endangered Species

The Pangolin Finally Made It Onto The List Of The World’s Most Protected Animals

But will that actually help protect it?

What the heck is a species anyway?
Animals

What the heck is a species anyway?

It’s harder than you’d think to define

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Diseases

Brazil May Zap Mosquitoes With Gamma Rays To Combat Zika

Radiation will create a generation of sterile mosquitoes

Yes, your beer pong cup is teeming with bacteria
Diseases

Yes, your beer pong cup is teeming with bacteria

PopSci asked the hard questions and got answers. But you’re not going to like them.

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why
Life Skills

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why

It's all about that acid.

Go Further With Interstellar
Space

How Teachers Can Educate Their Students On The Science Of ‘Interstellar’

Google's education wing has devised school lesson plans based on the movie.

a woman in a gas mask holds a baby doll inside a covered apparatus
Technology

11 terrifying childcare inventions from the early 20th century

Enjoy several horrifying parenting aids pulled from our archives.

This new Russian rifle is designed for combat beneath the waves
Weapons

This new Russian rifle is designed for combat beneath the waves

The weapon works both on land and underwater, a dual-purpose device for a rare type of fighting.

Close-up of a furry, grey and beige mouse with round ears standing on red dirt.
Endangered Species

An ‘extinct’ Australian mouse has been thriving on a remote protected island

The Gould mouse may live on, but the loss of other mammal species bodes poorly for overall ecosystem health.

Arctic Report: What Are the Northern Lights, Really?
Physics

Arctic Report: What Are the Northern Lights, Really?

A combination of chemistry, astrophysics, and magic

FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids
Robots

FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids

PopSci goes to the grand 2011 robot-off in St. Louis

Colorful spools of fiber optic glass.
Internet

An inside look at how fiber optic glass is made

At Corning’s Wilmington, North Carolina factory, high temperatures and intense chemistry turn silica into the backbone of the internet.

Step 5
Projects

Listen To Records With Your Teeth

Using cheap materials, you can hear music through bone conduction

The Most Amazing Projects We Saw At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012
Technology

The Most Amazing Projects We Saw At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012

Energy-saving auto-dimming lights and gloves that know sign language were among the winners of this week's innovation contest

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
Projects

The 8 Best Student Tech Projects At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

A quick blood type test, an app that syncs music playback on your phone and more

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews
Climate Change

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews

Cloudy with a chance of lousy meatballs

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy
Fossil Fuels

The Last Drops: How to Bridge the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy

Oil won't run the world forever, but it will for the next few decades--so how do we get from here to the next energy economy?