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Cute jack russell dog terrier puppy sleeping on yellow knitted blanket. Funny small sleepy white and brown doggy. Concept of cozy home, comfort, warmth, autumn, winter.
Environment

Do dogs dream? The answer might make you appreciate your pup even more.

By Keith Wagstaff

What would you do with a robotic third thumb?
Technology

What would you do with a robotic third thumb?

By Mack DeGeurin

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DIY

How Adobe Lightroom’s new AI tools can transform your photos

By David Nield

JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed
Science

JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed

By Tom Hawking

steam rising over blue water in a pool built by ancient romans
Health

What Britain’s famed Roman Baths could teach us about microbes

By Laura Baisas

Illustration of atomic Fresnel lens
Science

This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse

By Andrew Paul

18 February 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck: The display of an artificial nose shows the smell of coffee in a laboratory of the Competence Center Communication, Systems and Applications (CoSA) at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences. The small computer with a pig's nose has four sensors and can easily distinguish between coffee, whiskey and room air. In the future, the artificial intelligence (AI) could also warn if, for example, the concentration of hazardous substances is too high at an industrial workplace. (to dpa "How whiskey makes artificial intelligence comprehensible") Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Technology

AI is cracking a hard problem–giving computers a sense of smell

By Ambuj Tewari / The Conversation

the gmail icon on an iphone in someone's hand
DIY

7 essential tips for using Gmail on your phone

By David Nield

a full moon rises with blurred red flowers
Space

June skygazing: Nevermind the viral ‘planet parade,’ check out the Strawberry/Solstice moon

By Laura Baisas

Close-up of three cows
Agriculture

Cow poop might make cleaner hydrogen gas a reality

By Andrew Paul

a black and white photograph of swimmer gertrude ederle. she is standing on a beach in a one piece swimsuit holding an oar.
Fitness & Exercise

Gertrude Ederle and the grueling science of marathon swimming

By Laura Baisas

AI will require even more energy than we thought
Technology

AI will require even more energy than we thought

By Mack DeGeurin

Amazon workers testing Prime Air drones outside
AI

Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones get a major FAA clearance

By Andrew Paul

fossilized leg bones in reddish-brown sediment
Dinosaurs

New horse-sized dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe

By Laura Baisas

This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows the northern lights over a suburb in London, Britain. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Technology

Why low-light events like the northern lights often look better through your phone camera

By Douglas Goodwin / The Conversation

white fluffy clouds on blue sky
DIY

NASA needs your help identifying clouds

By Alisha McDarris

two electric bikes on a rural road
Technology

I really wanted to love the LiveWire S2 Del Mar

By Dan Carney

Metamaterial film on glass
Engineering

New material looks like frosted glass but lets in more light than a window

By Andrew Paul

Phone screens of the future might be squishy
Technology

Phone screens of the future might be squishy

By Mack DeGeurin

a brown snail sits on a green lettuce leaf
Animals

Slimy slugs and snails surprisingly thriving in LA

By Laura Baisas

Underwater image of Titanic wreckage
Conservation

Billionaire plans to ride $20 million submersible to the Titanic

By Andrew Paul

Panels A, B, and C each show stereographic image pairs of the asteroid Dinkinesh taken by the L’LORRI Instrument aboard NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft. The images were taken in the minutes around closest approach on November 1, 2023. The yellow and rose dots indicate the trough and ridge features, respectively. These images have been sharpened and processed to enhance contrast. Panel D shows a side view of Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam taken a few minutes after closest approach.
NASA

The odd moon orbiting a ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two moons fused together

By Laura Baisas

Amsterdam, Netherlands - 10 April, 2021: a chair in front of a book shelf with many books on it and a lamp sitting next to the chair
DIY

How to protect your books long term

By Debbie Wolfe

UNSPECIFIED, ANTARCTICA - OCTOBER 31: A calving glacier is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft, in the Antarctic Peninsula region, on October 31, 2017, above Antarctica. NASA's Operation IceBridge has been studying how polar ice has evolved over the past nine years and is currently flying a set of nine-hour research flights over West Antarctica to monitor ice loss aboard a retrofitted 1966 Lockheed P-3 aircraft. According to NASA, the current mission targets 'sea ice in the Bellingshausen and Weddell seas and glaciers in the Antarctic Peninsula and along the English and Bryan Coasts.' Researchers have used the IceBridge data to observe that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be in a state of irreversible decline directly contributing to rising sea levels. The National Climate Assessment, a study produced every 4 years by scientists from 13 federal agencies of the U.S. government, released a stark report November 2 stating that global temperature rise over the past 115 years has been primarily caused by 'human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases'. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Environment

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought

By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist

a human skull on a dark background with E270 printed on it
Health

4,000 year-old Egyptian skulls show attempts at brain surgery to treat cancer

By Laura Baisas

coral polyps before spawning
Animals

Scientists are studying the mysterious sex lives of coral

By Laura Baisas

a car on cement
Technology

Why Bentley is dropping its iconic W12 engine for a V8 hybrid

By Kristin Shaw

Robot solving Rubik's cube
AI

In blink of an eye, robot sets new Rubik’s cube Guinness World Record

By Andrew Paul

a woman listens to music with headphones on over hear ear
Biology

How our brains differentiate music and speech

By Laura Baisas

Concept art of EarthCARE satellite scanning clouds above Earth
Climate Change

The ‘White Dragon’ satellite will keep watch over our clouds

By Andrew Paul

The quest to craft the perfect artificial eye, through the ages
Health

The quest to craft the perfect artificial eye, through the ages

By Bill Gourgey

Clues from bird flu’s ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle
Science

Clues from bird flu’s ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle

By Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News

red lava rushes into the Pacific Ocean, with smoke and steam rising
Science

Buildup of gas caused Kīlauea to erupt like a stomp-rocket

By Laura Baisas

oats, baking soda, apple cider vinegar, honey, and aloe vera on a kitchen counter top
DIY

11 home remedies for mosquito bites to battle the itch

By Debbie Wolfe

A spherical collection of stars which fills the whole view. The cluster is dominated by a concentrated group of bright white stars at the center, with several large yellow stars scattered throughout the image. Many of the stars have visible diffraction spikes. The background is black
Science

The 8 most extraordinary JWST images of 2024, so far

By Popular Science Team

Cobra 3d printed golf club against a blurry gray background
Gear

Cobra changes the game with first commercially available 3D-printed irons

By Stan Horaczek

iphones on purple
DIY

How to make text bigger—and 7 other iPhone tricks you might not know

By David Nield

Orlando, FL/USA-7/19/20: A bin of Elmers Glue in the school supply aisle at a Walmart in Orlando, Florida.
AI

Google’s AI Overview tells you to eat glue. (Don’t.)

By Andrew Paul

a green stick insect blending into a green plant
Environment

Chance or pattern? Stick insects show repeatable evolution in action

By Laura Baisas

noise cancelling headphones new study
Technology

AI-powered headphones can tune into a single voice in a crowd

By Mack DeGeurin

B-21 Raider stealth bomber in flight
Air Force

See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos

By Andrew Paul

CBD for dogs
Science

Fit for a dog? The latest science on CBD for pets

By Ula Chrobak / Knowable Magazine

Private jet on tarmac at sunset
Aviation

Tracking private jets just got much harder

By Andrew Paul

Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perched on wooden fence post and calling. (Photo by: Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Science

Crows can ‘count’ similarly to toddlers, according to new study

By Lauren Leffer

an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star
Deep Space

Newly discovered exoplanet may be habitable (or a Venus-like hellscape)

By Laura Baisas

Car driving fast in the night city
Technology

Speeding cars could start beeping to nag their drivers into slowing down

By Mack DeGeurin

Factory worker overseeing steel forge
Climate Change

Zero-emission ‘electric cement’ is an ‘absolute miracle’

By Andrew Paul

a pink and red galaxy (left). an illustration of the cylindrical euclid space telescope (right)
Science

See 5 dazzling new images from Euclid, the ‘dark universe detective’

By Laura Baisas

screenshot of an AI google search result with a goodbye hand above
DIY

How to avoid AI in your Google searches

By David Nield

Empty plastic water bottles. Close up.
Science

Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?

By Joseph Winters / Grist

A proboscis monkey in a mangrove conservation forest in Tarakan, North Borneo, Indonesia. It is light brown in color with a very large, round, droopy, and prominent nose.
Animals

These monkeys have giant noses for exactly the reason you think

By Laura Baisas

mri scan of the brain
AI

A new neural implant can translate brain activity in two languages

By Andrew Paul

Fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection (seen in orange/red) in the Pawlowsky glands.
Science

Body lice may be pretty good spreading bubonic plague

By Laura Baisas

How to cram for an exam
DIY

How to cram for an exam

By Jonathan Firth / The Conversation

This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies.
Black Holes

Astronomers use wobbly star stuff to measure a supermassive black hole’s spin

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s impression of ESA’s ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin.
Energy

Europe’s first Mars rover will use nuclear-powered heaters

By Andrew Paul

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel
Science

NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel

By Briley Lewis

closeup of bumblebee
Science

How scientists accidentally found out that some bees can hibernate underwater

By Popular Science Team

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along
Environment

‘Lungless’ frog species actually had little lungs all along

By Harri Weber

DNA test tube and cotton swab wipe test
Biology

Law enforcement collected over 1.5 million people’s DNA since 2020

By Andrew Paul

A fossilized dinosaur skin specimen under natural light (upper half) and ultraviolet light (lower half) showing the orange-yellow fluorescence of the fossil skin.
Biology

Rare skin fossil sheds new light on dinosaur feathers

By Laura Baisas

An aerial view of the rust-colored Kutuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. Thawing permafrost is exposing minerals to weathering, increasing the acidity of the water, which releases metals like iron, zinc, and copper.
Environment

Why are Alaska’s rivers turning orange?

By Laura Baisas

Hand holding Neuralink implant
Health

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient

By Andrew Paul

the interior of an SUV
Technology

How Genesis uses volcanic rock and recycled newspapers in the GV80 SUV

By Kristin Shaw