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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

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

Tineco S9 floor cleaner

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

By Stan Horaczek

anatomical heart made of paper

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.

Dark Age detoxes sometimes resembled TikTok health trends

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

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

By Laura Baisas

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

NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope aims to discover 100,000 cosmic explosions

a white dog and a black and white dog watch a TV. a metal bowl brimming with dog food is on the screen

Science reveals dogs’ favorite type of TV

By Lauren Leffer

A grey tabby cat with green eyes is lying on its side atop two concrete blocks. The cat has its head tilted and one paw raised near its face, appearing relaxed and content. In the background, there is green grass and plants slightly out of focus.

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Why do cats love concrete slabs? A vet explains.

By Laura Baisas

a robot rolling through subway

Robots in China are riding the subway to make 7-Eleven deliveries

By Mack DeGeurin

Roman tile art depicting two lovers with woman's backside blurred

Stolen during WWII, an erotic Roman mosaic returns home

a red meterorite from mars

Largest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million

By Laura Baisas

Illustration scroll for The Tale of Genji from Medieval Japan

College students digitized 795 poems from the world’s oldest novel

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. These observations show that hot minerals are beginning to solidify. In orange we see the distribution of carbon monoxide, blowing away from the star in a butterfly-shaped wind. In blue we see a narrow jet of silicon monoxide, also beaming away from the star. These gaseous winds and jets are common around baby stars like HOPS-315.

Space Telescope

For the first time, astronomers spot the beginning of a solar system

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a marine reptile with large fins and a beak swimming by several squid and one shark

Ichthyosaurs were silent assassins of Jurassic seas

By Lauren Leffer

TORONTO , ON- APRIL 11 - Pasta Buca .Detail of Su filindeu. David Marcelli of Buca makes pasta from scratch for The Star. April 11, 2018. (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The rarest pasta on earth is almost physically impossible to make

By Popular Science Team

A young girl sitting on a plane holds her hears in pain.

Ask Us Anything

Why do our ears pop on a plane? An audiologist explains.

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Medieval book opened to pages

A 600-year-old Chaucer mystery may finally be solved

Six Tesla electric cars burn on the trailer of the moving lorry carrying them after one of them catches on fire due to unknown reasons in Istanbul, Turkiye on October 06, 2023. (Photo by Muhammed Gencebay Gur/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Electric Vehicles

New lithium batteries have built-in fire extinguishers

a full moon rises over rusty-colored mountains

18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

a person holds a turtle with piercing eyes

Endangered Species

World’s largest known turtle nesting site found in the Amazon

By Laura Baisas

Pitcher throwing cricket ball towards batter with catcher in background

What’s the safest helmet?

Anker charging bricks on a blue background

The only charging brick you’ll need for all your devices is 42% off right now at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

a person cracks an egg over a campfire into a skillet with red peppers

Ask Us Anything

Why does food by the campfire taste better?

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

Milwaukee M18 tool kits on a plain background

Get a free Milwaukee M12 tool worth up to $159 with purchase at The Home Depot

By Stan Horaczek

hand holding aluminum ion trap for atomic clock

World’s most accurate clock requires a 2-mile laser beam

Forensic science specialist work at a war crime scene investigation

When blood hits clothes, physics takes over

a larger shark and smaller one photographed from below near the surface

17 fascinating images from the 2025 Shark Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

a blue research vessel called the blue heron on water (left). a cup half full of black goo (right).

Mysterious ‘ship goo’ contains new life forms

By Lauren Leffer

Three Action Comics issues with Superman on cover

Yes, Superman’s kryptonite is (sort of) real

a drawing of ancient horse butchery

Medieval Hungarians kept eating horse meat, despite Christianity’s influence

By Laura Baisas

How to make sure your eSIM doesn’t get hacked

HDMI 2.2 is coming. Do you need to upgrade?

Two wheel DIY Fiat Panda fit between two regular sized cars

Man cuts Fiat down to 19.7-inch, mind-bending ride

several pots dating back 4,500 years on a table

Neolithic moms decorated baby carriers with dog teeth

The acoustic parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea and its host cricket.

This parasitic fly gives birth inside of crickets

By Laura Baisas

Solar panel station in Australian outback in front of mountains

Indigenous calendars could make solar power more efficient

a black cat sits in leaves

Pet cat helps discover a new virus

By Laura Baisas

blue face looks out as the edges fade

Ask Us Anything

How does your brain know something is real?

By Keith Wagstaff

A Blackstone pizza oven, Dyson vacuum, and Beautiful chair agaist a partly cloudly sky

40+ editor-approved deals worth checking out during Walmart’s big summer sale

By Stan Horaczek

DJI Mini 4K drone in front of a cloudy sky

Score a DJI Mini 4K drone for just $239 on Prime Day before it sells out

By Stan Horaczek

Image of a plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur, Thescelosaurus during the latest Cretaceous Period, nearly 67 million years ago. These around 10-12 foot long two-legged animals roamed the tropical swamps, forests and floodplains where Denver now stands. Their vertebrae are similar to the one found in the rock core deep below the Museum.

Denver museum finds dinosaur bone under its parking lot

several small fish with colorful organa and blue scales

Orange male guppies are hornier

By Laura Baisas

plastic coyotes on robots

US Army deploys plastic coyotes attached to mini four-wheelers

By Mack DeGeurin

a team of greenland sled dog puppies with white fur pulls a sled

Oldest known dog breed reveals hidden human history

By Lauren Leffer

The XIX copy sculpture of an ancient Roman Emperor - Caligula - Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Mad emperor Caligula may have been a big plant guy

DeWalt tools on a gray background

This flash deal from The Home Depot has DeWalt power tools and kits for ridiculously low prices

By Stan Horaczek

a yellow crab on a beach

Endangered Species

Australia’s ghost crabs decapitate baby sea turtles

By Laura Baisas

Products under $30 that are on sale during Amazon's Prime Day Sale including sunscreen, Legos, and a drink tumbler

37 editor-approved Prime Day deals under $30

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

Leatherman Free P2

I never leave the house without this Leatherman multitool and it’s 30% off for Prime Day

By Stan Horaczek

Images of prehistoric multitool made from cave lion bone

Neanderthals made a ‘Swiss Army knife’ from cave lion bone

Bluetooth speakers on sale for Prime Day

Bother your neighbors with these editor-approved Prime Day deals on Bluetooth speakers