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engineers working on voyager 2
Science

How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?

By Popular Science Team

Different images from Popular Science Spring 2023 issue on a purple background. From left: a soapy poop emoji, a pill with multiple tools popping out, a group of Roman builders with Poseidon, beech mushrooms. At the center is a mug with a pink frosted donut in place of its handle with the text "Make It Work."
Science

PopSci has been making it work for 150 years—and we’re not stopping now

By Purbita Saha

Person in a dark room watering a houseplant with a beam of light. Illustrated.
Environment

How to grow plants in the dark

By Ellen Airhart

Magnetic tape and Blu-Ray Discs for data storage forming an infinity sign on a yellow background. Illustrated.
Technology

Inside the search for the best way to save humanity’s data

By Charlotte Hu

Red and pink pill on yellow background with Swiss army knife coming out of it to symbolize off-label use of medications. Illustrated.
Health

Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how?

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space
Science

A DIY-rocket club’s risky dream of launching a human to the edge of space

By Sarah Scoles

The secret to Voyagers’ spectacular space odyssey
Science

The secret to Voyagers’ spectacular space odyssey

By Tatyana Woodall

Poop emoji covered in soap bubbles on a light blue background
Environment

Your poop is useful. Meet the father-son team creating ‘humanure.’

By Lina Zeldovich

Beech mushrooms growing on a substrate against a gold background
Environment

How to use the power of mushrooms to improve your life

By Julia Craven

Beaver driving construction truck with logs on back to symbolize ecosystem engineer. Illustrated in purple, yellow, and brown.
Environment

Beavers, snails, and elephants are top grads from nature’s college of engineering

By Philip Kiefer

4 of the best homes for off-the-grid living
Environment

4 of the best homes for off-the-grid living

By Helen Bradshaw

three MysteryVibe products
Health

These sex toys are designed to heal, one orgasm at a time

By Charlie Surbey, Sandra Gutierrez G.

Woman in a purple dress cleaning and organizing household items into buckets with gold tokens and stars. Illustrated.
Health

Could letting go of perfection be the ultimate cleaning hack?

By Rachel Feltman

ancient-style illustration of poseidon and workers building seawall
Science

Inside the project to bring ‘self-healing’ Roman concrete to American shorelines

By Ben Guarino

collage of old magazine images
DIY

A DIY voice assistant from 1950 could mute a radio and control toy trains

By Bill Gourgey