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an older couple holding hands as the sun sets

Women really do live longer than men. Here’s why.

By Laura Baisas

Amazon Kindle Scribe, Kids, and Paperwhite on a gray background

Amazon is clearing out its most popular Kindle eReaders with these early Prime Day deals

By Stan Horaczek

A reconstruction of Breugnathair elgolensis

Cat-sized Jurassic reptile had the jaws of a python

a station wagon in a driveway

A life-long car lover recreated the Griswold’s famous station wagon

By Laura Baisas

A colorized vintage advertisement featuring two smiling World War II-era pilots, both in flight suits. The pilot on the left is holding up a box of Milky Way candy bars, and the pilot on the right, who is leaning out of a plane cockpit, is looking down and smiling at the box.

How WWII made Hershey and Mars Halloween candy kings

By Diana Hubbell

Breville smart oven and espresso machines

Breville early Amazon Prime Day deals: Treat yourself to a high-end espresso machine or smart oven

By Stan Horaczek

Pippistrellus etula bat on tree branch

1,500th discovered bat species is a ‘god of the island’

P-2 Neptune airplane remains in aircraft boneyard

Buy a vintage military airplane for $25

sea sponge among coral underwater

Sea sponges may have been Earth’s first living creatures

Composite drone photograph of the large panel at Jebel Misma. The engravings are traced to show 19 life-sized camels and 3 equids. Naturalistic animals belonging to the middle phase are traced in white. The more stylized and standardized depictions of the later phase traced in blue. Unidentified lines traced in black.

Camels depicted in 12,000-year-old rock art

By Laura Baisas

a comet with a green-ish tail streaking through a starry sky

October Stargazing: A supermoon, new comet, and a whole lot of meteors

An assortment of Garmin smartwatches on sale at Amazon.

Garmin fitness trackers and smartwatches are up to 45% off during Amazon’s early Prime Day deals

By Stan Horaczek

a venus fly trap closes on a fly.

Venus fly traps’ death-grip trigger discovered

By Laura Baisas

group of king penguins emerging from the ocean on a cloudy day

15 gorgeous images from the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Samsonite suitcases and leather backpacks on sale at Amazon

Amazon is blowing out Samsonite luggage, backapacks, and accessories for ridiculously low prices before Prime Day

By Stan Horaczek

a toilet in the woods, covered by wooden panels

World’s first mushroom-powered toilet could replace stinky porta-potties

By Margherita Bassi

a new broccoli growing

New broccoli hybrid can thrive in colder climates

By Laura Baisas

older man stands with five droids in a workshop

Lifelong Star Wars fan builds the droids of his childhood dreams

Several starfish hang out on a cream-colored piece of discarded metal under the sea.

Sunken WWII bombs make a surprising home for sea life

Schimpanse Chimpanzee Pan t. troglodytes Adult weiblich female mit Jungtieren with youngs spielend playing Vorkommen: Africa Afrika

Wild chimps consume the equivalent of two glasses of wine a day

By Margherita Bassi

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