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X-ray scan of two pieces of luggage showing densely packed electronics, wires, and personal items in vivid colors.

What do TSA bag scanners actually see?

By Diana Hubbell

Long, horizontal streaks of spider lightning below the base of a storm cloud in the Arizona desert in 2008.

A record-breaking lightning bolt just ‘shocked’ meteorologists

By Laura Baisas

Three photos of early hominin and primate skulls

Human teeth evolved to fit our diet

Illustrations of Ice Age mummy tattoo restorations

Tattoo artists and scientists resurrect a 2,000-year-old mummy’s ink

red tomatoes on a vine next to some yellow potatoes and peaches

How the tomato created the potato

By Laura Baisas

a truck flying through the air in the desert

These hand-built suspensions are made to fly in the desert

By Kristin Shaw

The Perseid meteor shower is seen over the Ulanbum grassland in Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, China, on August 14, 2023.

August stargazing: The Perseids, a ‘big fish,’ celestial conjunctions, and more

orange and white apple watch ultras on a plain background

Amazon has a rare deal on the Apple Watch Ultra 2 Titanium for a limited time

By Stan Horaczek

Loch Ness monster sculpture in lake with googly eyes

The Loch Ness Monster’s body is a ‘zoological impossibility’

The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission Seven successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, March 7, 2025. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, to exercise the service's ability to recover the spaceplane across multiple sites. (U.S. Space Force courtesy photo)

Space Force schedules the next mission for its secret robot plane

an suv on a dirt road

How Audi tweaked its turbo geometry

By Kristin Shaw

Artist's ilustration of the largest gamma-ray burst every observed

The brightest explosion ever seen is still baffling astronomers

a scientist holds a large, reddish-purple sea star with 24 legs

Meet the 24-armed sea star, a kelp forest’s bodyguard

By Laura Baisas

TORONTO, CANADA - 2024/11/23: Dice used for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Research on Dungeons and Dragons is booming—and it seems like it’s great for your brain

By Popular Science Team

a orange substance sits at the bottom of a plastic cup

Scientists think this orange goo is 2,500-year-old honey

By Laura Baisas

TI-84 Plus calculator on sale at Amazon

Those expensive Texas Instruments calculators your kids need for school are on sale at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

Hawaiian petroglyphs on sandstone beach with tidal wave

500-year-old petroglyphs resurface on Hawai’i beach

Close up of women flossing

Future vaccines could be delivered by dental floss

A photo showcasing the walnut ring and black radial grille on the earcup of the Meze Audio 105 SILVA headphones

Meze Audio 105 SILVA first impressions: Not just a headphone, a habitat

a painting showing the lava flows of mount vesuvius

Engineers bring a 250-year-old mechanical painting of Mount Vesuvius to fiery life

By Laura Baisas

A young girl in a pink polka-dot swimsuit naps on a towel at the beach, wearing pink sunglasses pushed up on her head.

Ask Us Anything

Why does the beach make you so tired?

By Lauren Leffer

Missionaries accused of illegally giving gadgets to isolated Amazon tribe

MacBook Pro 14-inch M3 Max with Adobe Lightroom on the screen on a red blanket

The MacBook Air is the best back-to-school laptop and it’s $200 off at Amazon right now

By Stan Horaczek

A highly detailed visualization of a glowing blue neuron with electric impulses traveling through its synapses. This futuristic and scientific representation illustrates brain activity, artificial intelligence, and the complexity of neural networks in both biology and technology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

tubi app screenshot

The 5 best free streaming services (so you can can stop paying for Netflix)

Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus. Dark brown, small-footed rabbit found in wetlands from SE Virginia to Florida. Green Cay Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida.

Robot bunnies deployed in Florida to fight invasive pythons

By Margherita Bassi

woman holding shark upside down next to a boat

How to operate on a shark in 10 minutes or less

By Margherita Bassi

gmail illustration

How to manage all your subscriptions in Gmail

Squirrel in a bird feeder

How to keep squirrels out of bird feeders

By John Alexander

person holding kindle

How to get free e-books for your Kindle

a 3d printer on a counter

3D printer transforms food waste into coffee mugs and coasters

By Mack DeGeurin

Limestone tomb marker of Polish medieval knight

Medieval knight’s grave discovered under ice cream shop

3D printed house in Japan

This 3D-printed home is built from dirt

birds everywhere near the road

Riding a bike through the world’s largest albatross colony

By Margherita Bassi

A farmer pushes an old school gardening tool through a field

Old-school gardening tools that are still worth using

By Terri Williams

Tibetan Buddhist pray scroll next to example of its X-ray scan

X-ray scans reveal Buddhist prayers inside tiny Tibetan scrolls

Gooloo portable jump starters with built-in clamps

Our favorite portable jump starter is just $99 (down from $189) for a limited time

By Stan Horaczek

Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol

40 years ago, Andy Warhol helped debut the Commodore Amiga computer

Why ancient people depicted elks as wolfish monsters

By Margherita Bassi

Rows of airline economy seats viewed from the back, with passengers seated and individual seatback screens turned on, inside a bright airplane cabin.

Ask Us Anything

Why do we put seatbacks up for landing? An aviation expert explains.

By Diana Hubbell

Used cigarettes in ashtray

Recycled cigarette butts can make roads more durable

two robot arms playing table tennis

Google set up two robotic arms for a game of infinite table tennis

By Mack DeGeurin

A herd of ceratopsians (Styracosaurus albertensis) accompanied by an ankylosaur (Euplocephalus tutus) walk through an old river channel under the watchful eyes of two tyrannosaurs (Gorgosaurus libratus). Artwork by Julius Csotonyi.

Dinosaurs roamed in multi-species herds, fossilized footprints show

Older, wrinkled hand reaching out to child's hand

Skin wrinkles because it stretches like Silly Putty

toothbrush and big tooth

Don’t put charcoal on your teeth and 4 other dental no-nos

By RJ Mackenzie

Lightning striking tree at night

Lightning kills 320 million trees each year

CCTV video screenshot of home's driveway during earthquake in Myanmar

In world first, CCTV captures supershear velocity earthquake

Anker Soundcore speakers on a sky background

This waterproof Anker speaker gets 24 hours of playback per charge and it’s just $30.22 at Amazon

$Hand writing 2+2=4 on chalkboard$

Human teens beat AI at an international math competition

Suncloud sunglasses on a yellow background on sale at REI

REI has Suncloud polarized Suncloud sunglasses as low as $33.73, including a lifetime warranty

By Stan Horaczek

Globe in motion against green background, map of Asia and Australia

This summer is filled with scientifically short days

By Lauren Leffer

a whale's tail as it goes into the water

Decoding the fingerprint of a humpback whale

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

Photo of galaxy with zoom in box showing Betelgeuse and companion star

Space Telescope

Betelgeuse’s companion star finally located after years of debate

Office interior with white columns and panoramic windows in modern loft. Many green plants in pots in workroom with laptops on tables with chairs and cups at daylight, flat lay, nobody, free space

Four-day work week benefits workers and employers, new study shows

Mechanical computer device built from Knex parts

Inventor builds mechanical computer with thousands of Knex pieces

several fireflies blinking at once in a forest

Why fireflies are everywhere this summer

By Laura Baisas

screenshot of icloud

6 extra perks included with Apple iCloud storage

Conceptual image with a bunch of floating eyeballs in different sizes overlooking a red computer, could symbolize ideas around malware and computer viruses

Don’t fall for these 4 cybersecurity myths

7 Notion tips to help you organize your life

a beaver swimming in water. its eyes, nose, ears, and back are exposed

Beavers put to work saving two Utah rivers

By Margherita Bassi

Book scanning robot

This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour

Rib fragment with flint arrowhead embedded in it

The 4,000-year-old mystery of a shepherd’s arrow to the back

Fits Socks on colorful backgrounds

FITS is blowing out Merino wool socks for 50% off during this flash sale

By Stan Horaczek

an illustration of an ancient mole species. it has long claws, a pink snout, brown fur, and is crawling out of a hole by a lake

Prehistoric ‘scalopini’ mole fossil uncovered in an ancient Spanish volcano crater

By Margherita Bassi