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Aerial view of Great Wall of China surrounded by forests

The Great Wall of China is 300 years older than we thought

Artwork depicting 16th century bear baiting match

Gruesome bear fights once entertained Elizabethan England

lush green tropical rainforest in Brazil. Mata Atlantica

Man from uncontacted tribe emerges from rainforest, signals to villagers

Inventor demonstrating modified trumpet invention

The 10 coolest musical instruments you’ll see in 2025

Girl using phone seated on the bed

WikiTok just might help you stop doomscrolling

Diagram showing potential labret piercing abrasions on teeth

Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as children

Selection of coins and jewelry from Hezingen Nordic archeological site

‘Devil’s money’ discovered at medieval cult site

Yellow Cyclone V-Twin motorcycle

A 110-year-old hot rod is the first motorcycle to sell for over $1M at auction

Disc inserted to Blu-ray player

Sony is killing off its blank Blu-ray discs

Woman using old cell phone in Nokia ad

12 Nokia Design Archive photos celebrating peak Y2K tech

By Popular Science Staff

Sforza Castle and fountain

Da Vinci was right: Secret tunnels found in Italian castle

Woman's hands using fork to stir bowl of pasta

Physicists figure out the perfect Cacio e Pepe recipe

Close up of hand holding pencil solving crossword puzzle

Why crossword puzzles get easier as you solve them, according to physics

Roman stone coffin being excavated in England

Construction crew discovers Roman stone coffin under British road

Statue of Emperor Liu He

Researchers make brandy in replica of disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old tomb distillery

Hula hooping robot video still

Scientists identify the perfect hula hoop ‘body type’

Lamborghini Miura junkyard auction car

10 of the year’s most interesting auctions: Dinosaurs, coins, and Einstein’s love letters

Voyager Golden Record cover on black background

Ask Us Anything

What is on the Voyager Golden Record? Shockingly, not The Beatles.

Blurry image of NYC at night

Sorry, but the mystery drones are pretty normal (probably)

Close up of dark roast coffee beans

Scientists figured out the optimal cup of coffee

Teen boy with headphones in bedroom listening to music on smartphone

AI chatbot suggested a teen kill his parents, lawsuit claims

San Miguel pyramid excavation near highway in Hidalgo, Mexico

Ancient pyramid uncovered during highway construction

A couple walking with their child by the river in Tokyo

Tokyo rolling out four-day work week in bid to boost birth rates

Bashlemi inscription tablet with mystery language on black background

Mystery language on ancient stone tablet stumps archeologists

Photo of Mileva Maric and Albert Einstein

Particle Physics

Albert Einstein’s love letters are headed to auction

Close up of parachute rig potentially used by DB Cooper

The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case

Bronze cannon linked to Coronado expedition next to ruler for scale

The oldest known firearm in the U.S. unearthed in Arizona

Focaccia baked in kiln

Focaccia likely originated in Mesopotamia, not Rome

Marine fossils found at Neanderthal cave site

Neanderthals may have enjoyed collecting tchotchkes—just like us

Various images of Bes mugs

Ancient Egyptian ritual potion included hallucinogens and bodily fluids

Close up of two rhesus monkeys

43 rhesus macaques have escaped from South Carolina’s ‘Monkey Farm’

Remains of 28 Civil War soldiers identified in funeral home storage

Beaten biscuit automated machine

Maryland historical society finally identifies 100-year-old mystery machine

Close up of YouTube homepage on computer screen

YouTube is full of election lies, and no one is stopping it

View of the bow of the RMS Titanic photographed in June 2004 by the ROV Hercules during an expedition returning to the shipwreck of the Titanic.

A hunk of coal from the Titanic could fetch $780 at auction

Janet Leigh screaming during iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

Ask Us Anything

Why do jump scares terrify us so much? Blame evolution.

A tiny home made using the nacelle casing from a wind turbine

Recycled wind turbines may one day become tiny homes and floating playgrounds

The first few hundred digits of the prime number M136279841

Man spent $2 million to find new largest prime number

Jeff VanderMeer next to book cover for Absolution

Science Fiction

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk

Woman throwing disc golf disc in park

How to improve your disc golf game with a little physics

Close up of FBI windbreaker jacket

Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell scaling Devil's Climb in Alaska

Rock climbing legend Alex Honnold talks his Devil’s Climb, Google Maps, and biking with wild horses

Nine Iranian swords analyzed in this study.

Iron Age swords revealed as ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ black market forgeries

Michael Artiaga beats Tetris by getting a rebirth

Is Tetris infinite? Teen world champ reaches fabled ‘rebirth’

Concept art of USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicle on neighborhood street

USPS explains chunky bumpers on new duck-shaped trucks

Passport close up on top of entry stamps

How to renew your US passport online (finally)

Skeletal remains of child buried in vampire grave

Medieval child ‘vampire burial’ exhumed near Polish cathedral

Amazon says its football AI can predict blitzes

Starship Titanic promo art displaying the ship's in-game bots

The improbable voyage of Starship Titanic, the 1998 Douglas Adams video game filled with ‘unhinged’ chatbots

Man with AI song catalog ‘defrauds’ streaming services of $10 million

birds have culture

Birds have ‘culture.’ Just look at these nests.

By Lauren Leffer

X-ray of skull pointing to region with evidence of cocaine use

Mummified brains show cocaine arrived in Europe far earlier than we thought

Woman singing in studio microphone

You can (probably) sing better than you think

Concept art of Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia wants to top its linear city with a sci-fi soccer stadium

Close up view of a Taco Bell fast food bag inside of a car.

AI is coming to a Taco Bell drive-thru near you

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia faces a major setback

Soap bubble machine on top of car blowing a large bubble

Watch 50-foot long soap bubbles fly with the ‘Endless Bubble Machine’

A Dell desktop on a plain white background.

Sponsored Content

This Dell desktop makes you forget your laptop existed (37% off)

By Stack Commerce

Screenshot from music video for Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet

Close up of bald eagle

Hunters’ bullets are poisoning bald eagles

Bag filled with smuggled snakes

Chinese Customs caught man with 104 snakes in his pants

Suspended skyscraper at Three Gorges

7 wild concepts from the 2024 Skyscraper Competition

Reflective Cybertruck

Electric Vehicles

People are buffing Cybertrucks into dangerous mirrors on wheels

Futuristic wooden children's car with creator standing next to it.

Dad builds a fantastical and functional wooden sci-fi car for kids