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Need #plantshelfie inspiration? Here are the best submissions from PopSci readers
Projects

Need #plantshelfie inspiration? Here are the best submissions from PopSci readers

A story about plant children to brighten your day.

Plastic chemicals could harm the ocean bacteria that produce 10 percent of our oxygen
Ocean

Plastic chemicals could harm the ocean bacteria that produce 10 percent of our oxygen

Leachates are toxic to the most numerous photosynthesizing organisms in the world.

Listen to a haunting song composed using climate data
Climate Change

Listen to a haunting song composed using climate data

Hear the world burn.

Watch this electric air taxi take off vertically, thanks to 36 swiveling ‘jet’ engines
Aviation

Watch this electric air taxi take off vertically, thanks to 36 swiveling ‘jet’ engines

It has a range of 186 miles and is optimized to cruise.

Here’s exactly how restricting abortion harms public health
Health

Here’s exactly how restricting abortion harms public health

The recent abortion bills don't align with what health experts know about abortion safety.

Naturally pink chocolate is finally here. But how is it made?
Science

Naturally pink chocolate is finally here. But how is it made?

This rosy treat remains shrouded in mystery.

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers
Engineering

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers

The Renault Formula One team and Infiniti have a unique program for recruiting talent.

Black Hawk helicopters have a flight plan to go autonomous
Self Driving

Black Hawk helicopters have a flight plan to go autonomous

Self-flying helicopters could be in the Army's future.

Dog pee on the sidewalk does more than just piss off your neighbors
Dogs

Dog pee on the sidewalk does more than just piss off your neighbors

Puppy potty breaks could mess with the city's microbiome.

The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)
Moons

The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)

But that's a good thing.

The latest recommendations for preventing dementia are good advice for everyone
Health

The latest recommendations for preventing dementia are good advice for everyone

What the WHO has to say about staying cognitively fit.

Plastics are hurting the planet in another unexpected way
Fossil Fuels

Plastics are hurting the planet in another unexpected way

Production of the stuff is on pace to become more damaging than 600 coal-fired power plants.

How to use your favorite smart assistant on your computer
Tech Hacks

How to use your favorite smart assistant on your computer

The assistant is IN the computer!?

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health
Health

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health

When morning starts before sunrise, circadian rhythms suffer.

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax
Diseases

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax

Taxing soda could be an extremely effective strategy to reduce the country's consumption of the sugar-laden beverages.

The world isn’t light on helium, but mining it is no party
Environment

The world isn’t light on helium, but mining it is no party

More scientists need to recycle this noble gas.

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.
Climate Change

‘Record-setting’ doesn’t do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.

There’s more carbon in the atmosphere now than there was before the dawn of mankind.

hatshepsut statue profile
Technology

By destroying this female pharaoh’s legacy, her successor preserved it forever

How the modern world came to understand Hatshepsut’s might.

measles cases may 14 2019
Vaccines

We’re barreling toward a 25-year measles record

A regularly-updated resource to keep you informed.

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp
Ocean

Meet the ‘Oyster Wench’—a single mom fighting pollution with the power of clams and kelp

“Women could be the architects of the blue economy.”