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January 4, 2022 Deerton, MI Mature woman working on laptop in her home.

How to really spot AI-generated images, with Google’s help

Cuddl Duds base layers on sale at Amazon

Amazon is blowing out Cuddl Duds base layers and and thermal underwear just in time for frigid temperatures

By Stan Horaczek

Pouring whiskey into glass from bottle near wooden barrel on table

Scottish distillery wants to bottle whisky in aluminum, not glass

Paleontologists excavating sandstone encased dinosaur fossils from parking lot dig site

Dinosaur bones found underneath parking lot in Dinosaur, Colorado

A cross section of a dog's heart showing heartworm

This deadly dog ‘spaghetti’ has ancient origins

By Laura Baisas

a bat flying through the night

A robot bat sheds new light on how they hunt in darkness

By Mack DeGeurin

Cozyplayer pillow with a woman sleeping on it.

This weirdly shaped pillow might help you sleep better and it’s 40% off at Amazon right now

By Stan Horaczek

Canada and USA reenacting the war during 1812

British soldier’s long-lost memoir rediscovered in Cleveland

a brown cow with a large stick in her mouth and mountains in the background

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

By Laura Baisas

The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is seen in the Dinosaur Gallery of the Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium.

Tyrannosaurus rex took 40 years to reach full size

By Margherita Bassi

Craftsman mechanic tool set and impact driver

Amazon has this 262-piece Craftsman Mechanic Tool set for just $129 (down from $249)

By Stan Horaczek

large semi in front of hydrogen plant

Electric Vehicles

Toyota is drag racing hydrogen-powered trucks in the Arizona desert

By Kristin Shaw

Three harvest mice playing around and entwining their tails together to stop them from falling.

Female mice often have multiple sexual partners—for survival

By Margherita Bassi

A group of Emperor penguin chicks (

A huge iceberg becomes a deadly trap for penguins

Outdoor gear on clearance at Backcountry.com

Backcountry.com’s 3-day clearance flash sale dropped jackets, hoodies, fleeces, and more up to 70% off

By Stan Horaczek

Backcountry.com sunglasses clearance sale header

Backcountry.com is blowing out dozens of sunglasses for clearance prices during this flash sale

By Stan Horaczek

A Roman fresco showing a young maked girl reading and three other adult women draped in fabric togas on a bright red background.

What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?

By Konstantine Panegyres / The Conversation

a young chimpanzee hanging upside down in a tree

Baby chimpanzees like to free fall through trees

By Margherita Bassi

Woman is waking up

How to avoid the iPhone’s notorious ‘silent alarm’ bug

Alaskan Hard Gear Duluth Trading jackets and pants

Duluth Trading’s winter clearance drops its toughest coats, pants, and outerwear up to 70% off

By Stan Horaczek

A seemingly serene landscape of gas and dust is hopping with star formation behind the scenes.

Space Telescope

Hubble spots three young stars going through growth spurts

GOOLOO portable jump starters and tire inflators

You need a portable jump starter in your car and Amazon has these GOOLOO models for clearance prices

By Stan Horaczek

Blockbuster video store exterior at night

How to make a Blockbuster VHS sleeve for any movie

Bose speakers on sale during the refurbished clearance

Bose is clearing out refurbished audio products, including a soundbar for just $99

A shark tooth next to a spoon used to excavate it from sand in Oman

In ancient Arabia, people dined on sharks and stingrays

an iguana with mostly green scales flecked with some orange, blue, and yellow

Don’t pick up frozen iguanas

By Laura Baisas

A Bengal cat licks the forehead of a young white boy in a striped shirt. The boy has dirty blonde hair and smiles. The cat sits on a table and there's a grey drape pulled to one side of a window behind them.

Why do cats lick you? An expert explains.

This LOFAR DR2 image of J1007+3540 superimposed over an optical image by Pan-STARRS shows a compact, bright inner jet, indicating the reawakening of what had been a ‘sleeping’ supermassive black hole at the heart of the gigantic radio galaxy.

Black hole space volcano erupts after 100-million-year nap

Woman paying for something on laptop while holding credit card

Congress trying to make it easier to unsubscribe (again)

a close up of a mummified cheetah preserved in a laboratory. it's sharp front teeth are visible

Endangered Species

Mummified cheetahs could help save the critically endangered big cats

By Laura Baisas

Anker accessories on sale at Amazon

Amazon has just about every Anker docking station, power bank, and portable power station on sale right now

By Stan Horaczek

Anker Prime Power Bank

Anker Prime Power Bank (20K, 200W) review: Plenty of power for laptops and more

By Stan Horaczek

A vibrant, conceptual digital illustration of a translucent, bright red gelatin mold (Jell-O) against a gradient yellow background. Visible inside the gelatin is a small, dark silhouette of an airplane, suspended as if frozen in place, visually representing the metaphor of turbulence feeling like being stuck in Jello.

Ask Us Anything

Is turbulence really like Jell-O? Pilots weigh in.

By Cat Rainsford

elon musk, game of thrones, queen elizabeth, barack obama

Wikipedia’s 25 most popular entries of all time

a mosquito drinking human blood

Without forests, mosquitoes turn to human blood

a large machine crushes an ebike

Electric Vehicles

Australian police smash e-bikes in crackdown on unruly teens

By Mack DeGeurin

a deer stands by a river

Deer markings actually glow

By Laura Baisas

A sample of the dental remains excavated in Pontecagnano that date to the 7th-6th century BCE.

Iron Age teeth reveal the hidden lives of ancient Italians

Four desktop homescreens showing SETI@home software running

100 mystery sounds under review for signs of extraterrestrial life

the remains of an ice age wolf

14,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros DNA extracted from wolf’s stomach

By Laura Baisas

A top-down photograph of a pile of fresh, green okra pods resting on a rustic, beige linen napkin with a red striped border. The pods are scattered across the fabric and a weathered wooden tabletop, with the wooden handle of a kitchen knife visible in the upper right corner.

Ask Us Anything

Why is okra so slimy? Blame the mucilage.

By Andrew Coletti

Depiction of the fourth horseman of the apocalypse, Death, riding a mythical creature, presumably a winged lion. Below him is a personification of famine (Fames), pointing to her open mouth. The depiction was created in Erfurt in the mid-14th century; the connection to Neuses may be drawn due to the date – St. Mark’s Day – of the annual memorial procession leading to the mass grave. Source: Klassik-Stiftung Weimar

Medieval plague victims likely found in mass grave in Germany

Three models of white LEVOIT air purifiers against a purplish solar background

Amazon is blowing out LEVOIT air purifiers so you can filter out irritants

White axolotl seen underwater

Endangered Species

Is it illegal to own an axolotl? It depends.

Peregrinen 4 quadcopter drone taking off from launch pad

Father and son reclaim Guinness World Record for fastest quadcopter drone

a team stands on a beach with two pigs in kennels

Abandoned pigs rescued on Tennessee’s Looney Islands

By Laura Baisas

A colorful, detailed line illustration depicting a medieval courtroom scene where a pig is standing trial. The pig stands on its hind legs at a wooden witness stand or dock, facing a panel of judges and clerics seated behind a long table. In the foreground, a man in a light blue robe points a finger accusatorially at the pig, while other onlookers in traditional medieval tunics and headwear watch the proceedings with expressions of concern and curiosity. The setting features gothic arched windows and draped backdrops typical of the period.

In medieval France, murderous pigs faced trial and execution

UGREEN air tracker tags in space

Get a 4-pack of these UGREEN Air Tracker tags for just $23—less than the price of one Apple AirTag

By Stan Horaczek

Canon camera and lens heater

Adorama just dropped prices on Canon cameras and lenses by up to 30%

By Stan Horaczek

Backcountry hiking bag sale

Backcountry is blowing out hiking bags, backpacks, and luggage for up to 65% off during this clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

Diver underwater investigating Viking shipwreck

600-year-old Viking shipwreck is the largest of its kind

Close up of man's hands reaching into box of apples at orchard

Test your apple farming skills with this free video game

a small black insect standing on white snow

Snow fleas use their tail to jump around the ice

By Laura Baisas

The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838. When a star moves through space it can push away nearby material creating a so-called bow shock, which in this image is glowing in red, green and blue. The colours represent hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, respectively. These shocks are usually produced by a strong outflow expelled from the star. However, in the case of RXJ0528+2838 –– a white dwarf with a Sun-like companion –– astronomers discovered that the shock wave can’t be explained by any known mechanism. Some hidden energy source, perhaps magnetic fields, could be the answer to this mystery.

Space Telescope

Dead star emits perplexing shock wave for 1,000 years

a bird with long legs and colorful feathers

A giant-footed bird showed up in a Massachusetts backyard. It didn’t belong there.

By Margherita Bassi

Commercial airplane flying in stormy weather. A lightning strike illuminates the right side of the image as a plane flies to the left.

Ask Us Anything

How pilots avoid thunderstorms—and what happens when they can’t

By Cat Rainsford

An elevated, long-range photograph of the Rano Raraku volcanic crater on Easter Island, showing several moai statues partially buried in the grassy hillside. The massive stone heads and torsos are scattered across a sloped landscape that leads up to a rugged, rocky cliff face with visible excavation sites. Some areas of the background rock feature unnatural blue markings, likely from digital editing or site markers.

3D map of Easter Island takes you places visitors aren’t allowed

a medieval ring made of gold with a large blue stone at the center

Ornate medieval ring discovered in Norway’s oldest town

By Margherita Bassi

An atmospheric, long-exposure photograph of the New York City skyline as seen from across a river. In the foreground, dozens of weathered wooden pilings from an old pier protrude from the smooth, glass-like water, leading the eye toward the dense cluster of skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan. The sky is filled with heavy, dark, brooding clouds, and the image has a desaturated, somber color palette with hints of autumn foliage on the right bank.

Ask Us Anything

Nature could take over an abandoned NYC surprisingly quickly

By Popular Science Team

an iphone with notes app

17 clever Apple Notes tips you might not know

a mother whale and calf

2026 is off to a hopeful start for these critically endangered whales

By Margherita Bassi

six clocks on a pink background

Why does AI suck at making clocks?

Razer keyboard, headset, and controller

Razer gaming gear is on sale at Amazon right now—keyboards, headsets, mics, and controllers up to 50% off

By Stan Horaczek

Arc'teryx coats on sale at REI

REI is clearing out high-end Arc’teryx winter coats, jackets, hoodies, and more during this end-of-season sale

By Stan Horaczek