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Inside America’s Next Spyplane
Aviation

Inside America’s Next Spyplane

A secret, hypersonic replacement for the legendary SR-71 promises to transform military aviation

climate
Environment

Climate Week 2014: The Wrap-Up

Climate Week's big pledges included preserving forests and investing in renewable energy. Now those promises need to be kept.

Icon's A5
Aviation

We Test-Flew Icon’s A5, The Affordable-ish Personal Airplane For Everyone

An idea that just might take off

How 3D-Printing Rocket Engines Could Win Back The Space Race
Space

How 3D-Printing Rocket Engines Could Win Back The Space Race

Rapid manufacturing methods may eliminate dependence on Russian rockets

climate summit
Global Warming

Live-Blogging The United Nations Climate Summit

Popular Science is inside the U.N., where 150 heads of state are talking global warming. Will they put momentum behind an international treaty in 2015?

A doctor puts a bandage on a woman's arm.
Vaccines

Why Belgium is limiting the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to adults over 40

The European Union is reviewing a case of a deadly blood clot.

Compression tights might not actually help tired muscles
Fitness & Exercise

Compression tights might not actually help tired muscles

But you can still wear them if you want.

This company is retrofitting airplanes to fly on missions with no pilots
AI

This company is retrofitting airplanes to fly on missions with no pilots

Are we ready for airplanes with no humans in the cockpit?

The First Dogs May Have Been Domesticated In Central Asia
Evolution

The First Dogs May Have Been Domesticated In Central Asia

Scruffy's ancestors might come from Mongolia

illustrated four cardio machines
Energy

Sweatin’ For The Planet

If the idea of getting fitter doesn't motivate you to go to the gym, how about trimming your electric bill?

Do animals have orgasms?
Ask Us Anything

Do animals have orgasms?

Well, probably, but how can you tell?

Graph showing the price changes of saffron over the years
Environment

Six precious substances worth more than their weight in gold

And how their value changed over time.

dirt road through jungle
Environment

Can we untangle ecology from its baked-in colonial biases?

Colonial legacies within science are difficult to untangle, but the work is crucial.

underwater
Ocean

Vast Underwater Survey Identifies Five Keys to Conserving Ocean Life

Dozens of volunteer divers surveyed marine protected areas worldwide, to discover why life flourishes in some while failing in others.

Unfold thyself and prosper
Science

From Robots To Retinas: 9 Amazing Origami Applications

It ain't just folded paper.

Nordenskiöld Fjord
Science

Scientists Are Using Satellites to Monitor Everything From Glaciers to Blue Whales

So much easier than counting on the ground

men on a bed
Life Skills

How to keep jet lag from ruining your vacation

Take control of your internal clock.

Watch this French laser zap drones out of the sky
Drones

Watch this French laser zap drones out of the sky

The system is one way for militaries and others to deal with rogue drones. Pew, pew!

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism
COVID-19

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism

The relationship between people and their planet just isn't that simple.

Orchid Bee
Bees

15 Bee-utiful Pictures Of Bees

A new book highlights the diversity of these fuzzy pollinators