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a woman browsing a sunscreen aisle in a grocery store

Mineral vs. chemical sunscreen: What’s best for protecting your skin?

By Laura Baisas

A female oceanic whitetip shark seen feeding on the carcass.

Sharks surprise scientists by sharing a meal

By Laura Baisas

a pygmy hippo shows teeth in seemingly happy way

Endangered Species

This 51-year-old pygmy hippo just set a world record

By Popular Science Team

a cat with wide eyes

Your cat probably knows your smell

By Laura Baisas

machine sitting on a roof in NYC

Refrigerator-sized machine makes gasoline out of thin air

By Mack DeGeurin

a close up of a bed bug

Bed bugs have been bothering humans for 60,000 years

By Laura Baisas

Women practicing necessary steps for ice bath therapy, pinching their noses with their fingers to hold their breath, listening carefully to the instructor, mentally preparing for a new and revitalizing healing experience

Are ice baths good for you? The benefits and risks of a cold plunge.

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

A sad, burned hot dog on a grill

How to safely clean your grill

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Electric Vehicles

Chevrolet tested its 2025 Blazer EV in vomit-inducing way

By Kristin Shaw

black cybertruck in front of a crowd

Electric Vehicles

Cybertruck police cruisers set to patrol World Cup matches in Mexico

By Mack DeGeurin

a man holds a long projectile tool made from a whale bone.

Oldest-known whale bone tools discovered in a Spanish cave

By Laura Baisas

a woman drinks water with the sun beating down

What is dew point? A meteorologist explains that sticky air.

By Laura Baisas

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Google’s best AI research tool is now on your phone

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How to use Feedly to keep up with everything you want to read

man looks at meterology

Weather forecasting improves with AI, but we still need humans

By Mack DeGeurin

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7 Google Maps tips to use with Android Auto and CarPlay

an illustration of a long marine reptile with large teeth eating a shelled animal

‘Very odd’ 40-foot-long marine reptile stalked prehistoric Canada

By Laura Baisas

luffa acutangular, Cucurbitaceae green vegetable fresh on brown fabric in garden on nature background

A trip to the farm where loofahs grow on vines

By Alisha McDarris

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation

This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

During the night of 13 to 14 March 2025, the sky was embellished by this total lunar eclipse. NOIRLab's photo ambassador, Petr Horálek, captured the phenomenon at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. A composite image of this eclipse was featured as a NOIRLab Image of the Week. Also see the cropped view, the 360-Degree view, the fulldome view, the photosphere view, and the zoomed out view.

17 dazzling images from 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Huckberry sale products arranged against a plain background on sale for Memorial Day

Huckberry’s Memorial Day sale drops prices on splurge-worthy clothes and accessories for summer

By Stan Horaczek

Masted schooner ship at sea

Skull found on New Jersey beach linked to 19th century shipwreck

two robots fighting. one is throwing a kick

In world’s first humanoid boxing match, gloating robot face plants

By Mack DeGeurin

two birds with black and white plumage with dots of yellow or blue feathers neat their beaks sit near a nest

Male hornbills are at their mates’ every beck and call

By Margherita Bassi

A mountain bike, Hoka sneaker, and Osprey backpack arranged on a plain background for REI's anniversary sale

REI’s anniversary sale has sneakers, hiking gear, clothing, bikes, and more for ridiculously low prices

By Stan Horaczek

Speech bubble with swear word symbols on red background

US ranks first in swearing

Sliced and diced header showing four IEMs for gaming

The best IEMs for gaming in 2025, tested and reviewed

an illustration showing the various sizes of extinct giant sloths

8,000-pound sloths once roamed North America. Where’d they go?

By Laura Baisas

coffee pot pouring coffee into a mug

4 coffee myths debunked by science

Erupting volcano

Earth’s core is leaking gold

View from Viking clinker sail boat at sea

Archaeologists are taking to the high seas in Viking ships

Vice golf balls in black, orange, and splatter on a plain background on sale at Amazon

Amazon is clearing out these tour-grade Vice golf balls during its Memorial Day sale

By Stan Horaczek

Adélie penguins walking along the Antarctic coastline.

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins

By Laura Baisas

Ditch Plains beach entry Montauk Long Island New York in the Hamptons with rip current warning sign

Florida man rigs drone to save drowning teen

a smiley face made of white sunscreen on a hand

Do I really need to wear sunscreen every day? We asked dermatologists.

By Laura Baisas

a dog with wide eyes and ears perked up is kissed by two humans

Dogs can fulfill our need to nurture

By Laura Baisas

Emergency lighting to keep around your house

The best emergency lighting options to keep on hand, according to experts

Magnus Carlsen speaking into microphone at chess event

143,000 people teamed up to tie the world’s top chess player

Woman sleeping in bed with tape over mouth

Don’t tape your mouth before bed

Man holding woolly rat out for camera

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

a pink and yellow flower with delicate petals

Plants can hear tiny wing flaps of pollinators

By Laura Baisas

a taxidermied bird

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The foul-mouthed cockatoo that lived to 120

By Popular Science Team

Solar system, computer artwork.

In what order did the planets in our solar system form?

By Christopher Palma & Lucas Brefka, The Conversation

Close up of Jupiter's storms

Jupiter was once twice as large as it is today

a clear marine worm with many appendages branching out of its torso and some dots of colors

Sea worm’s reproductive bits grow their own eyes before mating

By Laura Baisas

Close up of Rubik's cube solving machine

College students demolish world record for fastest Rubik’s cube robot

Bluetti Apex 300 portable power station with expansion battery

The Bluetti Apex 300 might be the most versatile portable power station yet

By Stan Horaczek

testical dagger artifact

Medieval ‘testicle dagger’ lives up to its name

Sargassum algae piles up along the shore at a beach in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

31 million tons of seaweed ready to stink up Florida’s beaches

By Laura Baisas

Close up of Asian women's eyes

Your eyes can reveal the accuracy of your memories

By Clarissa Brincat

a humpback whale calf swims in front of its mother

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

Scientists working on ZEUS laser array

Particle Physics

The US test-fired its most powerful laser ever

Black and white image of large tugboat

Fisherman discovers century-old Great Lakes shipwreck

Thermacell refills and device with boxes on a plain background on sale at Amazon

Get Thermacell mosquito repellents for their lowest prices of the year during Amazon’s Memorial Day sale

By Stan Horaczek

A black Kaleidescape Strato V movie player on its side next to a Room server and WiiM Ultra +Vibelink music streamer stack

Kaleidescape’s Strato V flagship 4K player lets you watch theater-quality movies at home

a motorcycle rider taking a turn

Ducati adds 50 tiny sensors to motorbikes to amp up its racing game

By Kristin Shaw

Close up of solar flare

The first US solar storm emergency drill did not go well

a baby howler monkey on the back of a juvenile capuchin

Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists

By Lauren Leffer

a bird sits in several paper towels forming a circular donut-shaped nest

Why a ‘donut’ can help injured birds

By Margherita Bassi

How to customize controls and gestures on Apple AirPods

Woman gardening, planting a poppy, close-up.

Embrace the fun of growing culinary plants in unexpected places

By Debbie Wolfe

Blue jay on city sidewalk.

What to do if you find a baby bird out of its nest

By RJ Mackenzie

Fossil fragments on black background

These human ancestors weren’t as lonely as experts thought

That weird call or text from a senator is probably an AI scam

By Mack DeGeurin