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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.

Kimoyo Beads
Science Fiction

‘Black Panther’ Has The Coolest Tech In The Marvel Universe

We talked to the designer of Marvel's most technologically advanced nation

The Indie Scientist Who Vows To Leave No Mutation Behind
Diseases

The Indie Scientist Who Vows To Leave No Mutation Behind

In the search for cures

Elizabeth Kolbert On The Vanishing Of Species
Evolution

Elizabeth Kolbert On The Vanishing Of Species

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, talks with Popular Science's reporter about the prehistory and the present of mass species die-offs

Underwater Gliders Gather Data To Help Predict The Next Big Storm
Weather

Underwater Gliders Gather Data To Help Predict The Next Big Storm

A fleet of underwater flying robots are out collecting measurements from the ocean depths to help us forecast hurricanes more accurately.

The Unexpected Rebirth of the Flying Car
DARPA

The Unexpected Rebirth of the Flying Car

How the 21st-century military may make one of our wildest and longest-held dreams come true

Darmstadt Solar House
Science

Cheap Labor

Big problem, small budget? Tap the affordable talents of brainy undergrads

robot driver
Vehicles

Drivers of Progress

Five technologies that will shape the cars of the future

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment
Life Skills

Make DIY cold brew coffee—without fancy equipment

The method and chemistry behind your favorite caffeine source.

Stop blaming blue light for all your problems
Health

Stop blaming blue light for all your problems

It’s not quite the enemy.