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A Paleolithic handaxe with a broken distal end, discovered during the Ayvalık survey

Early humans reached Europe via an Ice Age land bridge from Turkey

DJI Osmo Mobile SE gimbal on sale during Amazon Prime Day

The DJI Osmo smartphone camera stabilizer is just $58 during this early Amazon Prime Day deal

By Stan Horaczek

Red Hind Grouper in coral reef

Eavesdropping on grunting groupers reveals how the fish communicate

screenshot of video editor in google

How to use Google Drive’s new free video editor

An artist's impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that 1998 KY26 is just 11 m wide, almost three times smaller than previously thought, and is spinning once every 5 minutes, which is much faster than expected. The image above shows an updated size comparison between the asteroid and spacecraft.

Space Telescope

Japanese spacecraft eyes tricky asteroid landing

a black and white dog surrounded by dog toys

Dogs can learn and remember how toys work

By Laura Baisas

A light-toned painting shows a body wrapped in a white shroud lying on a bed or stone slab. Above the body, a translucent, ghostly figure with long hair and a white garment floats away, reaching upward with its arms. A framed window on the left side of the room reveals a blue sky and green hills with a mountain in the distance. The style is soft and ethereal, suggesting the departure of a soul.

Science Fiction

The 21 grams experiment that tried to weigh a human soul

Coral formation with long branches that make it look like Chewbacca

New species of coral named after Chewbacca

An arid archaeological site with a large, excavated rectangular foundation in the foreground, partially dug into a dirt mound. The site is surrounded by dry, barren land and hills in the distance. A few people are visible, providing a sense of scale, and the background shows a valley with green trees and a clear, hazy sky.

Lost mural reveals ancient Silk Road fire ritual

Ripe grapes growing on plants in vineyard lit by sun

Bronze Age farmers often prioritized wine over olives

a map showing where birds are migrating

262 million birds forecast to take to the skies tonight

By Laura Baisas

A black and white American Oystercatcher feeds a chick a mollusk with its long orange beak. Out of focus, rocks and sea surround the scene

18 majestic images from the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

Close up of Australian sleepy lizard with its mouth open on the ground outdoors

A zookeeper’s burnt lunch revealed a lizard’s secret survival skill

A graphical representation of what a real Gerver’s sofa might look like.

This is the biggest sofa you can fit around a corner, according to a mathematician

A man is lying asleep in a bed with pillows and a striped comforter, set up outdoors in the middle of a forest. The bed has two small bedside tables with lamps. The ground is covered in pine needles and scattered with rocks, and tall, thin tree trunks rise around him, creating a surreal and cozy scene.

Is sleeping outside good for you? Science has a clear answer.

By Laura Kiniry

TP-Link Mesh router and gaming router on a yellow background

Amazon’s early Prime Big Deal Days sale include steep discounts on TP-Link routers and mesh WiFi systems

By Stan Horaczek

This is a still image of the animation showing Gaia’s star-formation map in 3D.

Space Telescope

44 million Milky Way stars glimmer in galaxy’s largest 3D map

Stones are measured at the World Stone Skimming Championships, held on Easdale Island on September 25, 2016 in Easdale, Seil, Scotland. The championships marking its 20th year are held on the last Sunday in September each year on Easdale, which is the smallest inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scandal rocks international stone skipping contest

a vet examining a seagull wrapped in a towel with a fishing bobber stuck in its mouth

Seagull survives swallowing a giant fish hook–thanks to local vets

By Laura Baisas

Pythagorean theorum illustrated with triangle written in chalk on chalkboard

Forget Pi Day. Today is Pythagorean Triple Square Day.

Smith sunglasses on a gray background on sale at REI

REI has more than 40 different sunglasses on clearance during its annual sale

By Stan Horaczek

A pink drink in a clear wine glass with a long stem is placed on a white bedside table in a dimly lit room. A glowing lamp with a white shade and a potted green plant are also on the table. A bed with white linens is visible in the foreground on the left. The scene has a soft, warm glow.

The real science behind this viral magnesium sleep hack

By Clarissa Brincat

airplane airbags illustration

Engineers propose massive airbags for airplanes

By Mack DeGeurin

The front and back of two bottles of Danish lactic acid bacteria from the 1800s.

130-year-old butter bacteria discovered in Danish basement

Aymara elongated mummy skull

Looted mummy skull mislabeled for over a century

five old fashioned alarm clocks in a rowCREDIT: Catherine McQueen via Getty Images

Ending daylight saving time could be better for our health

By Laura Baisas

Jackery solar generator in the sand with a solar panel

Amazon is blowing out Jackery solar generators and portable power stations before the brutal winter weather hits

By Stan Horaczek

a wheel of a shipwreck under water

Wisconsin ‘ghost ship’ uncovered after 139 years

By Laura Baisas

A futuristic, metallic, humanoid robot with a glowing face and a pointed finger stands facing a young woman with long, red hair. The woman, wearing a gray shirt, is looking directly at the robot with a focused expression. They are in a studio setting with a dark, uniform background.

ChatGPT passed the Turing Test. Now what?

Transfer your tunes from Spotify to Apple Music

white laboratory rat isolated on grey background

Researchers successfully heal rats’ broken spines

By Margherita Bassi

two leopards fighting

15 striking images from the Black and White Photo Awards 2025

By Popular Science Team

a scalloped hammerhead shark swimming in the pacific

Endangered Species

Endangered shark meat keeps ending up on store shelves

By Laura Baisas

hundreds of hats that were recovered from yellowstone national park laid out in front of a white pick up truck

Yellowstone employees recover over 300 hats from hydrothermal areas

By Margherita Bassi

An exterior image of the Berlin Messe exhibition grounds, home to the annual IFA consumer electronics show

The best gadgets and gear we saw at IFA 2025 in Berlin

a gold dollar coin. the heads side has a woman holding a baby on her back named sacagewea on it and the back an eagle with 17 stars

Space-flown Sacagawea dollar coins fetch over $500K at auction

By Laura Baisas

A grey Ride1Up Vorsa SUV ebike from the side against a green foliage background

Ride1Up Vorsa review: When one bike needs to do it all

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

a rectangular cassette tape with lots of loose brown tape coming out

A single DNA cassette tape could store billions of photos

By Laura Baisas

a red slug in green grass

Ding-dong-ditch culprit turns out to be… a slug

By Margherita Bassi

Ask Us Anything

Do binaural beats really help you focus?

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

a robot dog walking with three humans

The perfect robot guide dog shouldn’t be cute

By Mack DeGeurin

A blurred photo shows a smiling woman with dark hair, wearing a purple shirt, holding a large, ancient-looking wooden tool with a stone head, possibly an ax or hammer. She is wearing white gloves and standing in a laboratory setting with scientific equipment and storage shelves visible in the background.

Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men

a pink, green, yellow aurora over mountain and clouds

18 jaw-dropping images from the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Matador bug and a leaf-footed bug with impressive, large, colorful flags on its hind tibia.

This bug uses ‘red flags’ to tell predators to buzz off

By Laura Baisas

A mating pair of octopuses with one of the animals raising its arm up

Octopus arms are the animal kingdom’s most flexible

By Laura Baisas

FlexiSpot EN1 desk on sale at Amazon

Get a complete motorized Flexispot standing desk for just $109 while they last at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

a leopard seal on an ice flow with its mouth open

Leopard seals sing like the Beatles

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

a border collie in a park gives a human a high five with its paw

Pandemic life left its mark on dogs

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s impression of how the aurora might appear in the sky above the Perseverance rover.

Aurora over Mars gives Red Planet a green glow

By Laura Baisas

a baby koala in a tree

Endangered Species

First koala chlamydia vaccine approved

By Laura Baisas

Cobra on plain background

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

It took half a century to solve the mystery of Missouri’s deadly snake panic

By Popular Science Team

A person wearing a dark top is shown at a dining table, holding a black chopstick and picking up a piece of white fish from a large bowl of what appears to be a spicy broth. A single red chile pepper is visible on top of the fish. In the background, the person is holding a small bowl of white rice in their other hand.

Does eating spicy food help you lose weight? Science has a clear answer.

By Diana Hubbell

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen. 2 earbuds in the sun against a blue sky as a plane flies overhear

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) review: Subtle never seemed so obvious

A midden in rural England on a cloudy day

Bronze Age feasts uncovered in ancient English trash heaps

Apple iPhone 17 Pro in orange from a low angle

Here’s everything Apple just announced: iPhone 17, Apple Watch Series 11, AirPods Pro 3, and more

By Stan Horaczek

Close up of mosquito biting a person's skin

Mosquitos seem to like beer drinkers who recently had sex

a mock up of a boarding pass for a flight during artemis 2

NASA’s next trip around the moon could have your name on it

By Laura Baisas

A green chameleon on branch extending tongue to catch an insect

A chameleon’s ‘ballistic tongue’ may inspire blood clot-clearing robots

a backyard version of fenway park complete with a green monster, signs, and scoreboard

A dedicated son brings Fenway Park to his dad’s backyard

By Laura Baisas

A silver, retro-style alarm clock with two bells and a white face is in sharp focus on a dark surface in the foreground. In the blurry background, a person with dark hair is lying in bed, asleep. The lighting is dim, suggesting it is either early morning or nighttime.

Is it better to sleep in cycles?

By Clarissa Brincat

DJI Mic 2 and Mic Mini microphones on sale at Amazon

Get DJI’s $169 Mic Mini wireless smartphone microphone for just $109—its lowest price ever

By Stan Horaczek

On the set of the TV series Star Trek

The ‘Star Trek’ technology that came to real life

By Popular Science Team

Mountains, river, and forest in Alberta, Canada

A $1 million treasure hunt is underway in Canadian wilderness

a turtle hatchling on a large pile of brown seaweed

Sea turtle hatchlings struggle through a smelly seaweed maze

By Laura Baisas