162 Results From "Photosynthesis"

Air Company and US Air Force's SAF test flight.
Air Force

Sustainable jet fuel is taking off with commercial airlines

By Charlotte Hu

Greenland’s isolated ‘Last Ice Area’ is vanishing
Climate Change

Greenland’s isolated ‘Last Ice Area’ is vanishing

By Avery Schuyler Nunn / Grist

The International Space Station, seen from a Dragon Capsule in November 2021.
International Space Station

Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water.

By Tatyana Woodall

Volcano belching lava and gas above ocean to represent Great Oxygenation Event
Evolution

Geologists are searching for when the Earth took its first breath

By Rahul Rao

Images from the March 1954 issue of Popular Science.
Renewables

From the archives: The promising new world of solar power—in the 1950s

By Bill Gourgey

The moon is pockmarked with craters, including holes made by rockets.
Moons

Lunar soil could help us make oxygen in space

By Leto Sapunar

A pile of food scraps and compost materials.
Projects

Drug-resistant fungus could be lurking in your compost, but you can reduce the risk

By Ella Weaver

quantum computer dilution fridge
Engineering

In photos: Journey to the center of a quantum computer

By Charlotte Hu

An LED grow light illuminating a plant's leaf and turning it a shade of purple.
Projects

Yes, you can overuse grow lights on indoor plants

By Ellen Airhart

San Joaquin Delta in California
Environment

Inside the ambitious plan to restore peat wetlands in California

By Katherine Ellison / Hothouse

Ukraine’s Dnieper River
NASA

Ancient rocks hold the story of Earth’s first breath of oxygen

By Rahul Rao

person holding bouquet of peonies
Projects

How to make cut flowers last longer

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant
Environment

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant

By Kate Baggaley

Wheat farm and blue sky
Agriculture

Understanding plant biological clocks could boost future agriculture

By Sara Kiley Watson

A full moon against an amber sky with foliage brush in the foreground.
Moons

Enjoy breathing oxygen? Thank the moon.

By Charlie Wood

A lineup of the best grow lights on a plain background
Home

The best grow lights

By Sarah Horaczek

Why forests in the Andes are crucial to fighting climate change
Climate Change

Why forests in the Andes are crucial to fighting climate change

By Ellie Shechet

a decapitated slug still alive
Animals

The process sea slugs use to regrow severed body parts is surprisingly common

By Rahul Rao

Cracked cap bolete mushroom foraged in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City
Environment

An urban cemetery is a surprising sanctuary for fantastic fungi

By Lauren Leffer

The Best Indoor Herb Gardens
Home

The best indoor herb gardens

By Timothy Dale

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four bears
Bears

Fat Bear Week semi-final results: Backpack and Bear #910 advance to final

By Popular Science Team

Male triplets shown wearing the Nothing Headphone (1) Pro in three ways
Headphones

The Headphone (1) Pro is a whole lotta Nothing, and it’s really something

By Tony Ware

Tropical analysis meteorologist Aidan Mahoney works at his station at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, on May 30, 2025. The administration of US President Donald Trump has fired hundreds of staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and deleted government websites with data on the weather and climate. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
Weather

Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

By Matt Simon / Grist

the backs of two eagles perched on a tree
Birds

Bald eagles Shadow and Kaydee share a peaceful morning, Jackie’s memorial service approaches

By Laura Baisas