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Illustration of two black holes nearing a collision with a beam of energy connecting them

Two supermassive black holes are on a collision course

Metal detectorist finds Viking Age gold coin that might upend history

baby oppossum on a stick

What to do if you find a baby opossum

By Margherita Bassi

Two humpback whales underwater

513 humpback whales gather at massive Caribbean breeding ground

sliver of earth in background, moon in foreground

16 inspiring Artemis II photos that’ll make you feel like a tiny Earthling

By Popular Science Team

A candid, full-body photograph shows a young girl swinging joyfully in a lush, green forest setting. She is barefoot and wearing a simple pink dress, with her eyes closed and a wide smile as she glides through the air. Warm sunlight filters through the dense trees in the background, illuminating the scene and a small wooden structure behind her.

Ask Us Anything

Why did childhood summers feel endless?

By Jennifer Byrne

Two male frigate birds opposing with their gonflated red neck pouches

Flirty birds inflate throat pouch to attract a mate

By Popular Science Team

Artemis patch against capsule window in Orion with Earth beneath it

Why you can’t see space junk in Artemis II photos

A side-by-side composite image features a portrait of naturalist Sir David Attenborough on the left and the bird named in his honor, the Inambari Gnatcatcher (Polioptila attenboroughi), on the right. Attenborough is shown smiling against a bright blue background, while the small, grey and white gnatcatcher is perched on a tree branch among green leaves in its Brazilian habitat.

6 famous people with animals named in their honor

By Margherita Bassi

Telescopes on sale during the Artemis II mission

Grab Amazon’s most popular telescope for just $96 while Artemis II orbits the moon

By Stan Horaczek

The new Specialized Vado 3 EVO electric commuter bike rendered on a platform

Specialized introduces Vado 3 EVO, combining robust motor performance with advanced rider convenience and comfort

Two nuggets made from lab-grown chicken meat served on a bao with a dark sauce. This close up photograph shows a white person's hand holding the bao.

Is ‘lab-grown’ meat actually safe?

By Clarissa Brincat

The ThieAudio Hype 4 MKII IEMs sitting inside the headband of a ThieAudio Cypher headphone laid flat on a blond wood surface with a skull planter next to it

THIEAUDIO Hype 4 MKII IEMs & Cypher headphones review: Happy to meet audiophiles in the middle

a black machine with a red blob of jello on top.

Giant Jell-O measures crowd volume in wobbles

By Mack DeGeurin

Skechers walking month shoes on sale

Skechers just dropped prices on its best walking shoes for National Walking Month

By Stan Horaczek

How to rescue an old laptop by installing Linux on it

Two red cups under espresso machine as it brews coffee

Mathematicians figured out the perfect espresso

Rendering of a reconstructed polybolos within a virtual environment derived from reality-based documentation of the city walls. Digital survey and 3D model by S.B.; rendering and animation by V.C. with Lumion Pro Student 2024.

Rome unleashed an ancient ‘machine gun’ on Pompeii

The author with a niece and nephew on the Xtracycle Swoop ASM cargo ebike

Xtracycle Swoop ASM review: The family cargo electric bike that adapts to your day

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

a pink orchid with delicate petals

Beware, bees! This wildflower will trap you in a floral escape room.

By Margherita Bassi

A colorized historical photograph captures a group of railroad workers posing with a large steam locomotive on a wooden trestle bridge. The workers, a diverse group including several men in rough work clothes and hats, are clustered around the front of the black engine, which features a prominent cone-shaped smokestack. The trestle bridge curves through a dense evergreen forest with a rocky hillside in the background, illustrating the challenging terrain of early American railroad construction.

7 captivating photos of train travel’s first century

LG appliances on sale at Home Depot

LG’s spring sale at Home Depot Cuts up to 43% off stoves, refrigerators, washers, and more

By Stan Horaczek

Terracotta incense burner with the investigated ash residues. The rim is adorned with three female figures, probably depicting deceased persons who were venerated after their death.

What did Pompeii smell like before it burned?

By Margherita Bassi

Person holding large pile of colorful clothes close-up on white background

What to do with clothes you can’t donate

By Debbie Wolfe

three blue-green eggs in a nest sitting in a tree

10 wild photos of bird eggs

By Popular Science Team

Woman having lunch on an underground station platform, Berlin, Germany. She's wearing a plaid jacket and has dark curly hair.

Is it okay to eat standing up? A doctor weighs in.

a person holds a video game controller illuminated by white light with dark buttons

Humans can still beat AI at video games

By Mack DeGeurin

a close up of a baby chick

Baby chicks like gentle pets—like really gentle

By Margherita Bassi

Ants are eating onion on the kitchen tile floor.

3 myths about keeping ants out of your house

Close up of braces on Hispanic boy's teeth. He's wearing a blue collared shirt and there's light streaming in behind him. All we see is the bottom of his nose and chin.

Ancient humans didn’t need braces. So why do we?

By Popular Science Team

Screenshot of The Weather Channel's RetroCast Now website showing forecast with its aesthetics from the 90s and 2000s

Watch The Weather Channel like its 1999 with the official RetroCast

Waterdrop P800 filter

The Waterdrop G3P800 water filter system provides clean, filtered water without a wait

By Stan Horaczek

Probable examples of Indigenous dice tools

The first gamblers were Ice Age women on the Great Plains

View of Earth seen from Orion spacecraft during Artemis II mission

Artemis II crew snaps stunning portrait of Earth on their way to the moon

Duluth underwear sale for men and women

I wear Duluth Trading Co. underwear every day and they’re currently all on sale for for up to 60% off

By Stan Horaczek

frog eggs floating on a pond. they are clear blobs with a black dot inside

Nature’s strangest eggs—from spongy clusters to gelatinous blobs

By Laura Baisas

A retro-style color illustration depicts a cross-section of a futuristic multi-tiered moving sidewalk system. A group of elegantly dressed commuters from the mid-20th century stand on an elevated, reddish-brown platform that is supported by a series of visible white mechanical rollers. The illustration shows three parallel platforms layered at slightly different heights to indicate varying speeds, with a dark subterranean tunnel and a stationary train car visible in the lower-left corner.

In 1871, cities almost got moving sidewalks. Why are we still waiting?

By Bill Gourgey

An artist’s conception of the gas giant planet TOI-5205 b orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star. Image courtesy Katherine Cain, Carnegie Science.

A ‘forbidden planet’ the size of Jupiter has astronomers stumped

Bone phallus with partial pixelation

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box

A side view of the command center when engineers would keep tabs on the Voyager’s journey (left). Members of the Artemis II launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems participate in an emergency escape or egress demonstration simulation for the Artemis II mission inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy on August 12, 2024. (right)

NASA’s 1977 computers aboard Voyager are still working in interstellar space

By Mack DeGeurin

eGo yard tools on sale at Lowe's

Lowe’s EGO Days Sale Has 31 Deals on Battery-Powered Yard Tools — Up to $200 Off

By Stan Horaczek

Fish climbing upstream against rock wall

These tiny fish climb waterfall cliffs for 10 hours

an orange rocket lifting off against a blue sky. puffy white smoke is at its base

Space now has 10 toilets

By Laura Baisas

Young white woman eating an ice cream touched her temples due to a headache. She's blonde wearing a yellow shirt on a pink solid background.

Ask Us Anything

What’s a brain freeze and why do they happen?

Mushrooms with electrodes attached to them on forest floor

Pee changes how some mushrooms ‘talk’

The talons of an immature bald eagle.

Rescued birds treated to a pedicure—or talon trim

By Margherita Bassi

Overlapping ace of clubs, diamonds, and hearts

All that magician chitchat? It’s not fooling your brain.

Milwaukee tools on sale at Walmart

Walmart is blowing out Milwaukee M12 and M18 power tools during this spring clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

Roman mosaic depicting bare chested woman armed with whip chasing a leopard

First female ‘beast-huntress’ gladiator depiction uncovered in lost mosaic

an illustration of a prehistoric spider relative

500-million-year-old spider relative has claws where it shouldn’t

By Laura Baisas

Teenage boy with dark curly hair with braces exercising good dental using a water pick while looking at his reflection in a bathroom mirror.

Do water picks really work? Dentists weigh in.

aston martin valhalla on road

The 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla Supercar is truly a super car

a baby squirrel with brown fur sits on a man's shoulder

Baby squirrels are here! Here’s what to do if you find one.

By Margherita Bassi

Our favorite water pick for traveling is down to just $69 from $99

By Stan Horaczek

a smiling man in a yellow hooded sweatshirt wears a virtual reality headset over his eyes

Skull vibrations could be your next password

By Laura Baisas

24 new species of deep sea organisms. they are small and resemble shrimp

New crustacean named after its unique butt

By Laura Baisas

A starry sky shines over a field of flowers in Germany during the annual Lyrid meteor shower in April 2020.

April skygazing: An early micromoon, comet flyby, and the Lyrid meteor shower

Purple AirPod Max 2 headphones shown next to a Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro on a colorful tablecloth

How Apple taught its flagship AirPods Max headphones new acoustic tricks

A golfer on the green holding a LIMIT3D ENZO mallet-style putter in the sun so you can see the 3D-printed lattice through the bottom.

How COBRA is puttering around with 3D printing to push forward the club production process

INIU chargers on sale during the spring sale

Save up to 30% on portable power banks, charging bricks, cables, and other essential accessories during INIU’s spring sale

By Stan Horaczek

Clouds and the Sun illuminate the sky on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, as NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The best way to watch the Artemis II launch is on C-SPAN

Healthcare, hand and iv with a patient in a hospital bed for recovery or rehabilitation closeup. Medical, wellness and treatment with a sick person lying in a clinic on a saline solution drip.

Parasitic sleeping sickness creates ‘invisibility cloak’ to hide in humans for years

greenworks tools on sale for Amazon big spring sale

Amazon is blowing out Greenworks battery-powered yard tools during its annual spring sale

By Stan Horaczek

a close up of a tortoise covered in dirt

Volunteers finally find Betty White—the rescue tortoise

By Laura Baisas