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A colorized vintage photo shows a smiling blonde woman in a salmon-colored dress waving her hand while seated at a dark wooden counter or bar. Two men in white staff uniforms and hats are leaning over the counter, laughing with her, one of whom is holding a cigar. The other offers her a drink in a tall glass. Several other men in hats are visible in the background.

The radioactive ‘miracle water’ that killed its believers

The silver-and-black EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Plus and Ultra Plus portable power stations sitting next to one another in a storage unit

EcoFlow DELTA 3 portable power station series first impressions: More power, more versatile

William Byron drives the Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 24 Chevrolet at the Sonoma Raceway

When the wheels come off: Lessons from Sonoma on racing, resilience, and engine oil

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

washing machine with laundry tumbling out

You should wash your clothes with cold water

Video still of bipedal robot doing cartwheel in lab

This humanoid robot can cartwheel surprisingly well

Hands holding a smartphone taking a photograph of the sea at sunset

How to take every kind of photo on your iPhone

a sea otter with its paw on its head

6 fun photos to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness week

By Popular Science Team

Man standing next to single seat personal helicopter in landing field

Flying in an open-air, single-seat helicopter is a true test of nerves

Five different pairs of powered desktop-friendly bookshelf speakers stacked on top of each other on a countertop

The best powered bookshelf speakers for 2025, tested and reviewed

By Sarah Jones, Chris Coke, Tony Ware

A close-up shot of a hand holding a wooden mallet with a red, fuzzy end, positioned over a bronze singing bowl. The bowl is resting on a light-colored surface, and the background is softly blurred with warm, glowing fairy lights, suggesting a relaxing, indoor setting.

I tried a sound bath to see if it actually made me calmer

By Mack DeGeurin

a large SUV offroading

The tug-of-war between engineering and design to build the Hyundai Palisade XRT Pro

By Kristin Shaw

a sparkly iron ore

This ‘funny-looking rock’ holds 3,000 years of Iron Age secrets

By Laura Baisas

a hand and the umbrella

Redesigned umbrella is smaller than an iPhone

By Mack DeGeurin

a squirrel on a tree branch

‘Attack squirrel’ sends two people to the ER

By Margherita Bassi

Coway air purifiers on sale at Amazon during early Prime Day deals.

Amazon is blowing out Coway air purifiers for every room during this early Prime Day deal

By Stan Horaczek

a tyrannosaur skeleton on display in a musuem

Amateur paleontologist opens fossil museum in rural Minnesota

By Sara Kiley Watson

A high-angle shot of a smiling, bald, Black man in a white TSA uniform shirt and striped tie, holding two large, curved swords with golden hilts above his head. He is looking up at the blades with a playful expression. Behind him are several large, black bins filled with various confiscated items, including scissors, lighters, and tools.

Want knives? How to buy what people leave at airport security.

By Diana Hubbell

several rescue technicians hold a stranded dolphin in a net before releasing it

11 dolphins stranded in Cape Cod rescued by nonprofit

By Margherita Bassi

White AirPods Pro 3 earbuds in their case sitting open on red brick colored upholstery

Apple AirPods Pro 3 earbuds first impressions: The rightful Air to the throne

the northern lights over a snowy iceland landscape

12 astonishing images from the 2025 Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year

By Popular Science Team

HP laptop and Skytech desktop computers on sale at Walmart

Walmart’s gaming PC clearance sale drops prices on laptops, desktops, graphics cards, and more

By Stan Horaczek

a woman sitting on the couch with her cat scratching the cat behind its ears

Cat owners donate more money than dog owners

By Laura Baisas

a mannequin with its neck skin being removed

3D-printed skin stretches, bleeds like the real thing

By Mack DeGeurin

a september 2025 calendar with saturday the 27th circled in red

Why September 27, 2025 is the ‘coolest mathematical date of our lifetime’

By Margherita Bassi

A blue, semi-transparent anatomical illustration of a human torso, neck, and shoulders from the front. The main focus is on the spine and nervous system, which are highlighted with glowing red lines running down the center of the back and branching out into the chest. The background is solid black.

Ask Us Anything

Does vagus nerve stimulation work? A scientific cure-all explained.

By Clarissa Brincat

People wearing Patagonia clothing that's on sale at REI

Save on last year’s Patagonia jackets, apparel, and accessories during REI’s seasonal clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

a great white shark biting an orange test fabric

Shark bite-resistant wetsuits could save lives

By Laura Baisas

a graphic of the brain with several multi-colored balls inside

Why some memories stick while others fade

By Laura Baisas

man works on boat

Inside the factory where MasterCraft builds watersports boats from the outside in

By Kristin Shaw

a woman popping a red pimple on her chin

Researchers develop a pimple patch that actually seems to work

By Margherita Bassi

A skateboarder at 'Skate City', the newly-opened skateboarding park in Tooley Street, London, August 1977. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Why archaeologists are studying a skate park

By Popular Science Team

The Warm Stone Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 headphones on a stage in front of a floral arrangement in a New York hotel suite.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 wireless headphones upgrade an already desirable update

a woman sneezing by a window with sun streaming in

UV light can fight indoor allergens

By Laura Baisas

Homo habilis mandible shown with the two tooth pits that were documented and magnified separately.

Leopards may have feasted on our earliest ancestors

Illustration of Joaquinraptor dinosaur with crocodile leg in its mouth

2,000-pound megaraptor died while snacking on a crocodile

Home Depot portable power station deals

The Home Depot has dozens of portable power stations and solar generators at clearance prices during this fall sale

By Stan Horaczek

A high-angle, close-up shot of a person with dark hair and a bright, joyful smile, holding a small dog close to their face. The person's eyes are closed, and the dog, with its eyes also closed, has its mouth open in what looks like a happy, excited expression. The two are embracing in a moment of affection.

Ask Us Anything

Why your dog gets so excited to see you

By Laura Kiniry

Keurig coffee machines on sale at AmazonKe

Amazon is blowing out some of the most popular Keurig coffee machines during this early Prime Day deal

By Stan Horaczek

Three leopard sharks mating in water

First-ever footage of leopard shark sex shows an unexpected trio

TORONTO, ON - MAY 28: .Norval Morrisseau work on display at the Kinsman Robinson gallery in Yorkville FOR GODDARD story on one of Canada's most mysterious and tragic artists. Photographed at the Delta Chelsea in Toronto on Friday

Startup uses AI to fight art forgeries—with hyper-realistic copies

By Mack DeGeurin

Anax junius In flight over water with sun reflections.

It’s dragonfly migration season!

By Margherita Bassi

Study diagram of ancient Egyptian cow bone whistle

Ancient Egypt’s cemetery police blew bone whistles made from cow toes

a man hiking on a sunny fall day standing near a grove of trees changing color and a lake

What exactly is the UV Index? A dermatologist explains.

By Laura Baisas

an orcar breeches the water as two humans look on

14 winning images from the Ocean Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

What every button on your iPhone can do (including hidden features)

Ego power chainsaw sawing a log

Shop these early Prime Day deals on powerful Ego battery-powered chainsaws and yard tools

By Stan Horaczek

Pile of fall leaves with fan rake on lawn

The pros and cons of not raking leaves

By Debbie Wolfe

man rides motorcycle in rocky terrain

Riding the Rockies on the Ducati XDiavel V4

a small, brown prairie dog popping out of a hole

Tiny prairie dogs’ poop play a mighty role in grasslands

By Margherita Bassi

a red panda in a tree

11 adorable photos of red pandas to celebrate International Red Panda Day

By Popular Science Team

Delicious breakfast with sunny side up eggs served on white marble table, flat lay

The science behind what we eat for breakfast

a bright pink mesh oval

Researchers created a soft squeezable computer mouse

By Mack DeGeurin

Rubbermaid Brilliance containers with food in them

The best reusable food containers are on clearance at Amazon during this early Prime Day deal

By Stan Horaczek

Pile of papers handwritten by Albert Einstein

Particle Physics

Einstein’s handwritten encyclopedia entry could fetch $200,000

Researcher using thermometer to measure meatball temperatures in kitchen

Ground beef infused with apple scraps clears taste test

Side by side comparisons of a blue jay, green jay, and a hybrid between the two birds with green plummage and a blue head

First known wild ‘grue jay’ hybrid spotted in Texas

fake spider webs for halloween

Beware! Your Halloween decorations could be a nightmare for wildlife

By Margherita Bassi

a bat hanging upside down on a tree

The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honor garlicky babies, drunk bats, and more

By Laura Baisas

A poster with the bold red and yellow text "WEATHER IS A WEAPON" at the center. The poster features a black and white photograph of a rural landscape with telephone poles stretching into the distance. In the top left, a menacing cartoon cloud with a face is visible. A small, separate card at the bottom right encourages people to "buy WAR BONDS."

During WWII, the U.S. government censored the weather

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