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Science

Chris Sorensen’s clever portraits of celebrities and CEOs

By Jeanette D. Moses

There’s a planet exactly where Star Trek said Vulcan should be
Science

There’s a planet exactly where Star Trek said Vulcan should be

By Mary Beth Griggs

School is starting—get back to STEM with these 17 books
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School is starting—get back to STEM with these 17 books

By Mary Beth Griggs

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Technology

The winding, heated, and absurdly technical oral history of the ginger emoji

By Gregory Mone

Disney robot Stuntronics
Technology

Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats

By Rob Verger

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Science

This is how ESPN’s annual Body Issue gets made

By Jeanette D. Moses

Apple and Pixar created a new file format for augmented reality on your phone
Technology

Apple and Pixar created a new file format for augmented reality on your phone

By Stan Horaczek

Versions of Han Solo’s blaster already exist
Science

Versions of Han Solo’s blaster already exist

By Martin Archer/The Conversation

New science books to read this weekend
Science

New science books to read this weekend

By Mary Beth Griggs

From tornadoes to farts: Eight science books to check out this month
Science

From tornadoes to farts: Eight science books to check out this month

By Mary Beth Griggs

How Popular Science covered ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in 1968
Science

How Popular Science covered ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in 1968

By Herbert Shuldiner

Here’s how Popular Science covered ‘Star Trek’ in 1967
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Here’s how Popular Science covered ‘Star Trek’ in 1967

By James W. Wright

We consume a lot of food and beer on Super Bowl Sunday, but not a lot of electricity
Environment

We consume a lot of food and beer on Super Bowl Sunday, but not a lot of electricity

By Sara Chodosh

WATCH: Bill Nye on science media, politics, and the feature film he wants to make
Environment

WATCH: Bill Nye on science media, politics, and the feature film he wants to make

By Jason Lederman

Books to give kids who love science
Gear

Books to give kids who love science

By Mary Beth Griggs

Lenovo Last Jedi Augmented Reality
Gear

13 Star Wars products to get you pumped for ‘The Last Jedi’

By Jason Lederman

You have to admit that this horseshoe crab looks just like Darth Vader
Environment

You have to admit that this horseshoe crab looks just like Darth Vader

By Mary Beth Griggs

4D Game of Thrones: Westeros Puzzle
Gear

Puzzle gifts for your friend who likes a challenge

By Billy Cadden

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Science

Yes, you are probably descended from royalty. So is everyone else.

By Adam Rutherford

The physics keeping Star Wars’ Cloud City afloat
Science

The physics keeping Star Wars’ Cloud City afloat

By Patrick Johnson

Disney Research created a fireworks display you can feel with your hands
Technology

Disney Research created a fireworks display you can feel with your hands

By Stan Horaczek

Rick and Morty Clue
Gear

66 sick board games for people who love TV and movies

By Billy Cadden

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Science

Watch Bill Nye respond to anti-science tweets

By Jason Lederman

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space
Science

This is the absolute grossest thing about living in space

By Tim Peake

What Star Wars taught scientists about sperm
Science

What Star Wars taught scientists about sperm

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The best entertainment tech of the year
Technology

The best entertainment tech of the year

By Stan Horaczek

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13
DIY

How to build the video game you wanted when you were 13

By Billy Cadden

This year’s Ig Nobel prizes for unusual research honored old man ears and the fluidity of cats
Environment

This year’s Ig Nobel prizes for unusual research honored old man ears and the fluidity of cats

By Ellen Airhart

FedEx has some pretty intense plans to get through any potential disaster
Science

FedEx has some pretty intense plans to get through any potential disaster

By Kathryn Miles

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Environment

Scientists are naming new species after musicians, and it’s kind of amazing

By Mallory Johns

How to find free music and movies online
DIY

How to find free music and movies online

By David Nield

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate
Science

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate

By Sam Kean

Why Morse code is actually a really weird way to communicate
Technology

Why Morse code is actually a really weird way to communicate

By Dean Buonomano

America’s standard, bland beer is slowly being replaced by the weird stuff
Science

America’s standard, bland beer is slowly being replaced by the weird stuff

By Patrick E. McGovern

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Technology

An astronaut shares his incredible perspective of our planet

By Tim Peake

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt
Health

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

By William Rosen

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Science

Behind the scenes of the most beautiful botanical sketches

By Helen & William Bynum

At this amusement park, drive the heavy machinery you loved as a kid
Technology

At this amusement park, drive the heavy machinery you loved as a kid

By Josh Dean

Hulu’s $40 Live TV service is basically basic cable for cord-cutters
Technology

Hulu’s $40 Live TV service is basically basic cable for cord-cutters

By Stan Horaczek

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Science

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why dark matter matters (and is kind of our frenemy)

By Neil deGrasse Tyson

What it’s like to climb a century-old oak tree
Science

What it’s like to climb a century-old oak tree

By Lynda V. Mapes

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing
Science

Your sense of smell is actually pretty amazing

By Bob Holmes

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings
Science

The evolutionary history of your incredibly awkward feelings

By Ty Tashiro

Daenerys Targaryen weaponry
Technology

What it’s like to design catapults for the Mother of Dragons

By Tommy Dunne, Armorer and Weapons Master for Game of Thrones. As told to Rachel Feltman.

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Health

Burning bones helped prove that women were poisoned by glowing paint

By Kate Moore

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Technology

When politicians link immigrants to disease, the science just doesn’t add up

By Dave Levitan

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Environment

Here’s what it’s like to get thrown into a volcano

By Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty

Want to understand infinity? Start with puff pastry.
Science

Want to understand infinity? Start with puff pastry.

By Eugenia Cheng

Feathers in the colors of the rainbow
Science

Organizing the natural world by color makes for some seriously satisfying photos

By Julie Seabrook Ream

Fitness trackers can be addictive—and dangerous
Gear

Fitness trackers can be addictive—and dangerous

By Adam Alter

A Plutonian Haze
Science

See our solar system like you’ve never seen it before

By Michael Benson

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep
Health

Scientists are experimenting with an entire town’s sleep

By Benjamin Reiss

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Technology

A science podcast with cursing

By Jason Lederman

‘Popular Science’ answers a question Strong Bad asked us 13 years ago
Science

‘Popular Science’ answers a question Strong Bad asked us 13 years ago

By Jason Lederman

Intel Shooting Star Drones Form American Flag
Technology

Lady Gaga’s halftime drones are a sign of the coming swarm

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This moon looks just like the Death Star, which isn’t suspicious at all
Science

This moon looks just like the Death Star, which isn’t suspicious at all

By Rachel Feltman

*Harryplax severus*
Environment

New ‘Harry Potter’ crab species casts a spell

By Mary Beth Griggs

Cigarette smoke
Health

James Bond has been teaching kids to smoke for over half a century

By Mark D. Kaufman

Will we ever invent a teleportation device?
Science

Will we ever invent a teleportation device?

By Michael Koziol

Books to buy for your smart friend
Gear

Books to buy for your smart friend

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Klingon newt
Environment

Here’s a newt that kind of looks like a Klingon

By Rachel Feltman

How did music get its groove? Scientists made rhythm evolve in a lab to find out.
Science

How did music get its groove? Scientists made rhythm evolve in a lab to find out.

By Kate Baggaley

How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star
Science

How ‘Rogue One’ resurrected the Death Star

By Matt Giles

Pokemon Go probably didn’t make its users more active after all
Science

Pokemon Go probably didn’t make its users more active after all

By Amy Schellenbaum