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Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. This rendering does not have the new LightPort, but it will sit atop the lander in future models.

Wireless power grids head to the moon

By Mack DeGeurin

Rhesus macaque bones in Roman animal cemetery grave

Roman generals gifted kittens and piglets to their pet monkeys

several red and beige mushroom-like plants growing at the base of a tree

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules

By Laura Baisas

A close-up, high-angle view of four biscotti pieces standing upright in a dark bowl, surrounding a small white cup filled with espresso topped with foam. The biscotti are thick, light brown, and contain visible chunks of nuts, dried fruit (possibly apricot or orange peel), and dark chocolate. A cinnamon stick is visible in the bottom right corner, and a glass of milk or cream is partially visible on the left. The background is a blurred light wooden surface.

Biscotti once fed Roman navies and Christopher Columbus’s expeditions

By Vittoria Traverso

Wolfbox car accessories

Wolfbox dropped the prices on its auto accessories by up to 30%: Save on dash cams, jump starters, and more

By Stan Horaczek

three lions yawning

19 hilarious and delightful Comedy Wildlife Photography Award winners

By Popular Science Team

Soyuz spacecraft returning to Earth using parachute

International Space Station

NASA astronaut comes home after circling Earth 3,920 times

Tumbleweed inspired robot next to actual tumbleweed

Tumbleweeds inspire this rolling, resilient robot

a wooden boat on display in a dark museum exhibit

Who built Scandinavia’s oldest wooden plank boat? An ancient fingerprint offers clues.

By Laura Baisas

Artist's impression of sparks from flint and pyrite

Neanderthals harnessed fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought

An astronaut in a white spacesuit floats in space above Earth, holding a handmade sign that reads “FOR SALE” in large pink letters. Reflections of space equipment and Earth are visible in the astronaut’s helmet visor, and part of a space shuttle is seen behind them with the blue curve of Earth in the background.

The space billboard that nearly happened

products on a page that says best of what's new 2025

Best of What's New

The 50 greatest innovations of 2025

By Popular Science Team

An assortment of EF ECOFLOW portable power stations on sale at Amazon

Save hundreds on EF ECOFLOW solar generators and portable power stations with this limited Amazon deal

By Stan Horaczek

Close up of Nazca booby bird

Female Galápagos birds flaunt their sexual partners. The males don’t seem to mind.

Polaroid I-Type camera with a print coming out

The latest Polaroid instant film camera is down to just $99 at Amazon making it a killer holiday gift

By Stan Horaczek

Underhammer 18th century pistol on table

Rare 19th century pistol used to rob Tulsa liquor store

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has endured for thousands of years.

Pompeii’s ruins challenge Rome’s famous concrete recipe

a gold coin with a ship and queen elizabeth i etched into it

Elizabethan era gold coin sold for record-breaking price

By Laura Baisas

An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA participation, to uncover and study a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. The gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of roughly 37,282 miles (60,000 kilometers) per second.

Supermassive black hole belches 30,000-miles-per-second winds

By Laura Baisas

a man and woman wearing ororo heated gear with heated gloves

Amazon dropped Ororo’s heated jackets, vests, and gloves to prices lower than Black Friday

By Stan Horaczek