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Ants are eating onion on the kitchen tile floor.
Insects

3 myths about keeping ants out of your house

Don't bother with cinnamon.

By Justin Pot

Close up of braces on Hispanic boy's teeth. He's wearing a blue collared shirt and there's light streaming in behind him. All we see is the bottom of his nose and chin.
Evolution

Ancient humans didn’t need braces. So why do we?

Short answer: Blame your food.

By Popular Science Team

Screenshot of The Weather Channel's RetroCast Now website showing forecast with its aesthetics from the 90s and 2000s
Weather

Watch The Weather Channel like its 1999 with the official RetroCast

Smooth jazz included.

By Andrew Paul

Waterdrop P800 filter
Home

The Waterdrop G3P800 water filter system provides clean, filtered water without a wait

This under-sink system purifiers water in real time without wasting as much as typical systems.

By Stan Horaczek

Probable examples of Indigenous dice tools
Archaeology

The first gamblers were Ice Age women on the Great Plains

No boys allowed: Women likely excluded men from early dice games.

By Andrew Paul

View of Earth seen from Orion spacecraft during Artemis II mission
Moons

Artemis II crew snaps stunning portrait of Earth on their way to the moon

The new, awe-inspiring image even features two auroras.

By Andrew Paul

Duluth underwear sale for men and women
Fitness Gear

I wear Duluth Trading Co. underwear every day and they’re currently all on sale for for up to 60% off

Duluth Trading's underwear sale drops Armachillo Cooling Boxer Briefs to $19.97 and Buck Naked styles to $11.97. 90 styles on sale for men and women.

By Stan Horaczek

frog eggs floating on a pond. they are clear blobs with a black dot inside
Birds

Nature’s strangest eggs—from spongy clusters to gelatinous blobs

Welcome to the wondrously weird world of eggs.

By Laura Baisas

A retro-style color illustration depicts a cross-section of a futuristic multi-tiered moving sidewalk system. A group of elegantly dressed commuters from the mid-20th century stand on an elevated, reddish-brown platform that is supported by a series of visible white mechanical rollers. The illustration shows three parallel platforms layered at slightly different heights to indicate varying speeds, with a dark subterranean tunnel and a stationary train car visible in the lower-left corner.
Engineering

In 1871, cities almost got moving sidewalks. Why are we still waiting?

Even after debuting at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, moving walkways still haven't made the leap to city streets.

By Bill Gourgey

An artist’s conception of the gas giant planet TOI-5205 b orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star. Image courtesy Katherine Cain, Carnegie Science.
Exoplanets

A ‘forbidden planet’ the size of Jupiter has astronomers stumped

TOI-5205 b has an odd amount of heavy metals.

By Andrew Paul

Bone phallus with partial pixelation
Archaeology

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box

Phallic sculptures often guarded against the 'Evil Eye.'

By Andrew Paul

A side view of the command center when engineers would keep tabs on the Voyager’s journey (left). Members of the Artemis II launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems participate in an emergency escape or egress demonstration simulation for the Artemis II mission inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy on August 12, 2024. (right)
NASA

NASA’s 1977 computers aboard Voyager are still working in interstellar space

Check out the retro tech powering the spacecraft 15 billion miles from Earth.

By Mack DeGeurin

eGo yard tools on sale at Lowe's
Home

Lowe’s EGO Days Sale Has 31 Deals on Battery-Powered Yard Tools — Up to $200 Off

Lowe's is running its EGO Days sale with discounts on mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and more. The 56-volt battery platform's full lineup is marked down, starting at $169.

By Stan Horaczek

Fish climbing upstream against rock wall
Fish

These tiny fish climb waterfall cliffs for 10 hours

Try doing that yourself.

By Andrew Paul

an orange rocket lifting off against a blue sky. puffy white smoke is at its base
NASA

Space now has 10 toilets

Artemis II's four astronauts share one toilet—and it already had issues.

By Laura Baisas

Young white woman eating an ice cream touched her temples due to a headache. She's blonde wearing a yellow shirt on a pink solid background.
Ask Us Anything

What’s a brain freeze and why do they happen?

Ice cream headaches and migraines have a lot in common.

By Julia Daye

The best monitor stands for every desk
Peripherals

The best monitor stands

Whether you want to save desktop real estate or improve your posture, a properly positioned monitor stand, shelf, or arm can help.

By John Alexander, Stan Horaczek

Mushrooms with electrodes attached to them on forest floor
Environment

Pee changes how some mushrooms ‘talk’

Fungi communication networks are complicated, but urine may help translate their conversations.

By Andrew Paul

The talons of an immature bald eagle.
Birds

Rescued birds treated to a pedicure—or talon trim

Just like dogs, birds also need a nail trim every now and then.

By Margherita Bassi

Overlapping ace of clubs, diamonds, and hearts
Science

All that magician chitchat? It’s not fooling your brain.

Researchers found patter doesn’t do much to misdirect viewers in a classic card trick.

By Andrew Paul