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Pregnancy actually re-wires your brain
Health

Pregnancy actually re-wires your brain

The structure changes could help with mom-baby bonding

ALPHA's antimatter trap
Particle Physics

Antimatter just got a little bit less mysterious

Scientists hit a new milestone for antihydrogen

NASA Eagleworks EmDrive
Military

EmDrive: China claims success with this ‘reactionless’ engine for space travel

NASA also has high hopes for the theoretical engine

Strange giant diamonds give hints to the inner Earth’s composition
Environment

Strange giant diamonds give hints to the inner Earth’s composition

It’s a song of iron and ‘ice’.

How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star
Science Fiction

How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star

The movie's visual effects experts explain how the most important character was created.

ISIS mortar production facility, Gogjali
Weapons

Report from ISIS factory of war reveals a vast, standardized arsenal

It takes a state to arm an insurgency

Scientists watch an undersea volcano shake, rattle, and inflate
Environment

Scientists watch an undersea volcano shake, rattle, and inflate

Axial Seamount could help us answer basic questions about how volcanoes work

Road
Agriculture

How to use big data to avoid building highways to hell

More highways mean less food scarcity, but at what cost?

Late-night comics could have a real impact on climate change denial
Global Warming

Late-night comics could have a real impact on climate change denial

It's a serious problem, but a little laughter goes a long way

The Arctic just got its 2016 climate ‘report card’—and it’s flunking
Climate Change

The Arctic just got its 2016 climate ‘report card’—and it’s flunking

Unprecedented global warming

Glowworms trap dinner in fishing line made of water and urine
Animals

Glowworms trap dinner in fishing line made of water and urine

To make their silk threads sticky, the bugs spit out a glue laced with urea

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet
Life Skills

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

Watch the PopSci team try some buggy dishes.

New study: Why can some people smell asparagus in their pee?
Health

New study: Why can some people smell asparagus in their pee?

An age-old question gets a genomic-era investigation.

How to sharpen your kitchen knives
Life Skills

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

Spruce up your relatives’ knives when you visit over the holidays

The hospital of the future may be a tiny, high-tech medical kit
Medicine

The hospital of the future may be a tiny, high-tech medical kit

A Star Trek-inspired medical device gives us a glimpse of medicine’s future

Homeopathy doesn’t work for cows, either
Health

Homeopathy doesn’t work for cows, either

To use fewer antibiotics, farmers are turning to pseudoscience instead

Iranian Anti-Drone Rifle
Drones

Iran revealed an anti-drone rifle

Drone jamming, for future clashes

reindeer in finland
Global Warming

Climate war on Christmas: Global warming is causing reindeer to shrink

Warm winters are no good for reindeer

HAT-P-7 b exoplanet
Science

We’ve spotted cloudy weather on a giant exoplanet

And its clouds may be made of gemstones

Ayah Bdeir Headshot
Science

How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet

The founder of littleBits on turning kids into creators