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

Black Holes

The brightest explosion ever seen is still baffling astronomers

By Andrew Paul

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

Ocean

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

Archaeology

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

By Laura Baisas

Gear

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

Archaeology

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

Technology

Missionaries accused of illegally giving gadgets to isolated Amazon tribe

By Andrew Paul

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

Laptops

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

Biology

Biomedical engineers grow whole-brain organoid

By Andrew Paul

Tech Hacks

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

By David Nield

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

Wildlife

Robot bunnies deployed in Florida to fight invasive pythons

By Margherita Bassi

woman holding shark upside down next to a boat

Sharks

How to operate on a shark in 10 minutes or less

By Margherita Bassi

Tech Hacks

How to manage all your subscriptions in Gmail

By David Nield

Home

How to keep squirrels out of bird feeders

By John Alexander

Tech Hacks

How to get free e-books for your Kindle

By David Nield

Sustainability

3D printer transforms food waste into coffee mugs and coasters

By Mack DeGeurin

Limestone tomb marker of Polish medieval knight

Archaeology

Medieval knight’s grave discovered under ice cream shop

By Andrew Paul

Sustainability

This 3D-printed home is built from dirt

By Andrew Paul

Birds

Riding a bike through the world’s largest albatross colony

By Margherita Bassi

A farmer pushes an old school gardening tool through a field

Home

Old-school gardening tools that are still worth using

By Terri Williams

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

AI

X-ray scans reveal Buddhist prayers inside tiny Tibetan scrolls

By Andrew Paul

Gooloo portable jump starters with built-in clamps

Gear

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

By Stan Horaczek

Internet

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

By Andrew Paul

Archaeology

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

Sustainability

Recycled cigarette butts can make roads more durable

By Andrew Paul

AI

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.

Evolution

Dinosaurs roamed in multi-species herds, fossilized footprints show

By Andrew Paul

Older, wrinkled hand reaching out to child's hand

Health

Skin wrinkles because it stretches like Silly Putty

By Andrew Paul

Health

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

By RJ Mackenzie

Climate Change

Lightning kills 320 million trees each year

By Andrew Paul

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

Environment

In world first, CCTV captures supershear velocity earthquake

By Andrew Paul

Speakers

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

By Tony Ware

$Hand writing 2+2=4 on chalkboard$

AI

Human teens beat AI at an international math competition

By Andrew Paul

Suncloud sunglasses on a yellow background on sale at REI

Outdoor Gear

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

Science

This summer is filled with scientifically short days

By Lauren Leffer

Whales

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

By Andrew Paul

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

Science

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

By Andrew Paul

Mechanical computer device built from Knex parts

Engineering

Inventor builds mechanical computer with thousands of Knex pieces

By Andrew Paul

several fireflies blinking at once in a forest

Land

Why fireflies are everywhere this summer

By Laura Baisas

Tech Hacks

6 extra perks included with Apple iCloud storage

By David Nield

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

Internet

Don’t fall for these 4 cybersecurity myths

By Justin Pot

Tech Hacks

7 Notion tips to help you organize your life

By David Nield

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

Land

Beavers put to work saving two Utah rivers

By Margherita Bassi

Robots

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

By Andrew Paul

Rib fragment with flint arrowhead embedded in it

Archaeology

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

By Andrew Paul

Outdoor Gear

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

Biology

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

By Margherita Bassi

A digitally edited image of an older woman with white hair and wrinkles holding up a photo of her younger self, showing smoother skin and youthful features. The contrast highlights aging differences between the two faces.

Ask Us Anything

Can you hack aging with NAD supplements?

By Clarissa Brincat

Home

Tineco Floor One S9 Artist Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Cleaner review: Excellent on any surface

By Stan Horaczek

Medicine

Surgeons develop 2 ways to ‘restart’ hearts without a donor’s body

By Mack DeGeurin

Medieval manuscripts like the Cotton MS Vitellius C III highlight uses for herbs that reflect modern-day wellness trends. Image Credit: The British Library.

Diseases

Dark Age detoxes sometimes resembled TikTok health trends

By Andrew Paul

a penguin looks directly at the camera. it has black and white feathers with some red around the eyes

Ocean

The clever way Magellanic penguins ride—and adjust to—ocean currents

By Laura Baisas

$This artist’s concept visualizes a kilonova – an explosion that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide and merge. When these collisions happen, a fraction of the resulting debris is ejected as jets, which move near the speed of light. The remaining debris produces hot, glowing, neutron-rich clouds that forge heavy elements, like gold and platinum. Researchers will mine data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will survey the same areas of the sky every few days, to identify kilonovae. Roman’s extensive data will help astronomers better identify how often these events occur, how much energy they give off, and how near or far they are.$

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Lightning kills 320 million trees each year

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7 Notion tips to help you organize your life

Beavers put to work saving two Utah rivers

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

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

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

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

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