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a scientist weather a larger winder coat and hat examines a cylindrical piece of ice
Environment

1.2-million-year-old ice pulled up from under Antarctica

By Laura Baisas

Dimmable car sun visor
Technology

This company wants to redesign the humble car sun visor

By Andrew Paul

Atmospheric photo of the site at dusk, showing the location at the convergence of two gorges. 2023 excavations of inner fortress are visible in foreground.
Science

Drone reveals ancient fortress is 40x larger than archaeologists once thought

By Mack DeGeurin

Interior of plane cabin with sunlight coming in from window
Technology

The FAA is finally looking into sweltering airplane cabins

By Andrew Paul

a green glow of bioluminescence from a mushroom
Environment

Artists find a green, glowing mushroom in a Swiss forest

By Laura Baisas

Three red ants interacting with one another
Science

Even ants may hold grudges

By Andrew Paul

Certain medications can interfere with with normal sleep architecture.
Health

Why your brain flushes itself of waste during sleep

By Tom Hawking

cancer cells microscope
Technology

AI is already changing the ways we fight cancer

By Mack DeGeurin

a small brown fish swimming in a tank
Environment

These fish can mate 19 times per day

By Laura Baisas

KOU-III robot jumping on lawn
Technology

Behold the hybrid copter-robot that struts and leaps like a chicken

By Andrew Paul

a tomb in a desert
Science

Archaeologists find the 4,000-year-old tomb of an overachieving Egyptian magician

By Laura Baisas

sensors visible Waymo robotaxi
Technology

Aerodynamic sensors could speed up autonomous vehicles

By Mack DeGeurin

Toyota's Woven City at dusk with Mount Fuji in background
Technology

Welcome to Woven City: Toyota offers first glimpse at futuristic town

By Andrew Paul

a long whale shark with gray spots swims in the ocean
Environment

Whale shark pre-mating ritual observed for the first time

By Laura Baisas

a bird with white and black plummage and an egg on a nest and three other birds standing around her
Environment

Which animals reproduce at the oldest age?

By Laura Baisas

Yellowstone's Wolf 907F walking in the snow
Environment

Yellowstone’s ‘Queen of the Wolves’ dies after fight with rival pack

By Andrew Paul

A general view of (L-R) the church of Santi Luca e Martina, the Arch of Septimius Severus, the ruins of the Temple of Saturn and - in the background - the Amphitheatrum Flavium, commonly known as Colosseum (in Italian: Colosseo), on March 31, 2024 in Rome, Italy.
Science

Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire

By Lauren Leffer

Roman stone coffin being excavated in England
Science

Construction crew discovers Roman stone coffin under British road

By Andrew Paul

Concept art of Artemis astronauts in lunar crater with lunar rover
Science

NASA is calibrating new clocks so people can live on the moon

By Andrew Paul

a baby pygmy hippo in an indoor tank with its mother nearby
Environment

Newest pygmy hippo born on US soil gets a name

By Laura Baisas

a woman nuzzles a dog
Science

Meet the former musher investigating sled dog genetics

By Laura Baisas

screenshot of meta's ai
DIY

Where to find Meta AI in Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—and what you can do with it

By David Nield

a puffin, whale tail at sunset, and a sea turtle
Environment

13 dramatic photos that capture the beauty of marine sanctuaries

By Popular Science Team

hands on a windows laptop
DIY

How to read text from images on Windows

By David Nield

Roboticists at the Tallinn University of Technology have developed a new class of bio-inspired feet that significantly enhance robot mobility on challenging terrains like mud and wet snow.
Technology

Dog robots can trek through mud using moose-inspired hooves

By Andrew Paul

Statue of Emperor Liu He
Science

Researchers make brandy in replica of disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old tomb distillery

By Andrew Paul

a brown dog ups up onto a tree and sniffs it, while its human handler points to what it is sniffing
Environment

Sniffing dogs join the fight against invasive spotted lanternflies

By Laura Baisas

Robot toddler
Technology

Creepy robot toddler can mimic human expressions

By Andrew Paul

Baby spider monkey in a pink onesie
Environment

Endangered baby monkey found clinging to driver of speeding Rolls Royce

By Andrew Paul

Hula hooping robot video still
Science

Scientists identify the perfect hula hoop ‘body type’

By Andrew Paul

a dark brown moray eel
Environment

New ‘Hades’ moray eel discovered by accident

By Laura Baisas

a microsoft laptop on a table
DIY

Everything you can do with Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant on Windows

By David Nield

a car body in a repair shop
Technology

Inside the company ripping apart classic Porsche 911s to restore them with impeccable detail

By Kristin Shaw

meteors fall in the night sky near a lighthouse
Science

January stargazing: Ring in 2025 with a meteor shower, ‘planet parade,’ and best chance to spot Mars

By Laura Baisas

planes and astronauts collage
Technology

5 aerospace breakthroughs of 2024

By Popular Science Team

(Original Caption) 1938-Close-up of the very front end of a 1938 Cadillac La Salle. This smaller counterpart to the Cadillac features a smaller radiator grille, and four headlights, as well as the hood ornament and bumper.
Science

Why don’t cars have hood ornaments anymore? 

By Kristin Shaw

Lamborghini Miura junkyard auction car
Science

10 of the year’s most interesting auctions: Dinosaurs, coins, and Einstein’s love letters

By Andrew Paul

headset, smartphone, camera, chip, drone
Technology

The 5 greatest gadget innovations of 2024

By Stan Horaczek

SLIM landed upside down.
Science

10 chaotic space-related mishaps of 2024

By Tom Hawking

two foxes walking
Environment

15 marvelous Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 images

By Popular Science Team

ring, hair dryers, water flosser, bed
Technology

5 personal care innovations that lived up to the hype in 2024

By Rachel Feltman

Flat lay of woman hands printing in laptop standing on yellow background
DIY

How to use Google Docs templates to boost your productivity

By David Nield

A Waymo robotaxi Jaguar I-PACEs driverless car makes a stop in downtown Los Angeles Monday, March 11, 2024.
Technology

2024 was the year robotaxis proved they are here to stay

By Mack DeGeurin

coffee pods
Environment

Why it’s so hard to create a truly recyclable Keurig coffee pod

By Frida Garza / Grist

Aged Apple computer and hand insert floppy inside
DIY

How to factory reset a Mac

By Justin Pot

A smiling robot's skin in action.
Technology

The 11 weirdest things humans did to robots in 2024

By Mack DeGeurin

tv, keyboard, drum kit, headphones
Technology

5 impressive entertainment technology innovations of 2024

By Stan Horaczek

a dumpster filled with social media logos
DIY

How to quit social media for good

By Justin Pot

Voyager Golden Record cover on black background
Science

What is on the Voyager Golden Record? Shockingly, not The Beatles.

By Andrew Paul

five different engineering products
Technology

5 coolest engineering innovations of 2024

By Andrew Rosenblum

This photo taken on Oct. 11, 2024 shows the northern lights over Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Northern lights were observed at different places across Heilongjiang.
Science

The 7 coolest space phenomena we saw from Earth in 2024

By Tom Hawking

a mummy with a necklace of cheese
Science

10 fascinating archeological discoveries of 2024

By Laura Baisas

a person reading a kindle
DIY

How to send web articles to your Kindle to read later

By David Nield

a baby pygmy hippo stands on straw at a zoo
Environment

11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024

By Laura Baisas

a blue lobster
Science

22 Popular Science stories you loved in 2024

By Popular Science Team

iphones with apple intelligence open
DIY

How to set up and use Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

By David Nield

Pyramids in Giza
Science

Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA

By Andrew Paul

Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron
Technology

2025 Audi Q6 e-Tron harnesses EV architecture from Porsche

By Kristin Shaw

flying with cellphone airplane mode
Science

Why do we still have to use airplane mode?

By Tom Hawking

'Eric the Robot' in 1930.
Technology

In 1928, Eric the Robot promised the robo-butler of the future

By Bill Gourgey

a black and white photograph of NASA mission control. several men are sitting at various screens and work stations
Science

On Christmas Eve 1968, millions watched the Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast from space

By Laura Baisas

The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on November 20, 2024 it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables.
Technology

The mystery surrounding two severed Baltic subsea internet cables is getting murkier

By Mack DeGeurin

Aerial shot of Viking grave site
Science

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’

By Andrew Paul

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video
Technology

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video

By Mack DeGeurin