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Atlantis isn’t real, but here are all the places it could have been

By Eleanor Cummins

satellite imaging spectrometer

New satellites can pinpoint methane leaks to help us beat climate change

dark matter detector

Glimpse the gold mine where scientists are searching for dark matter

By Ryan Bradley

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Meet the disease detectives fighting to understand COVID-19

By Eleanor Cummins

Airhead mystery flavor

How mystery flavors confuse our taste buds

By Stan Horaczek

Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas?

A toddler with a black mask on

We already know how to keep the next pandemic from catching us off guard

MC Wolfman illustration

Why do we see ghosts?

Glacier mice have no feet, but they still move in herds

By Candice Wang

a drawing of a large worm

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Welcome to Earth, home to human-sized salamanders and skin-eating worms

By Popular Science Team

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Seven mysterious sounds science has yet to solve

By Erin Blakemore

Flow chart for how conspiracies start and proliferate

How to start a conspiracy theory

By Jessica Boddy

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

By Popular Science Team

The moon’s south pole is hiding something massive and mysterious

The moon’s south pole is hiding something massive and mysterious

The Moon keeps flashing us and we have no idea why

By Neel V. Patel

uranus on its side

We’re finally figuring out how Uranus ended up on its side

By Jacob Kegerreis/The Conversation

an old drawing of a surgery

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: killer surgeons and mysterious floating feet

By Rachel Feltman

a tiny house wrapped in bubble wrap

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: glowing Civil War soldiers and historic font battles

By Eleanor Cummins

A mysterious polio-like illness in children has the CDC baffled

A mysterious polio-like illness in children has the CDC baffled

By Sara Chodosh

A British mathematician thinks he’s cracked a secret worth a million bucks

A British mathematician thinks he’s cracked a secret worth a million bucks

By Neel V. Patel

Namibia fairy circle

A new study explains the origin of mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in the desert

By Sara Chodosh

Many have tried, but no one has solved the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s demise

Many have tried, but no one has solved the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s demise

Illustration of a Dyson sphere around a star

Scientists In The Dark Over Years-Long Dimming Of ‘Alien Megastructure Star’

Illustration of a Dyson sphere around a star

Controversy Flares Over ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star

You Can Help Scientists Find Out If This Star Is Hiding Alien Megastructures

You Can Help Scientists Find Out If This Star Is Hiding Alien Megastructures

What Happens When You Travel At The Speed Of Light?

What Happens When You Travel At The Speed Of Light?

By Thought Café + Popular Science

Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?

Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?

By Martha Harbison

The Pioneer Anomaly, a 30-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery, May Be Resolved At Last

The Pioneer Anomaly, a 30-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery, May Be Resolved At Last

By Natalie Wolchover