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a child's drawing of a rainbow with a girl in pigtails standing inder it

Kids draw what they love about Earth

By Popular Science Team

Black and white overhead shot of Mars rover and tracks on planet

NASA satellite spies Curiosity chugging along on Mars

Toucan beak decorated with beads in museum display

Lavish gravesite confirms women’s power in ancient South America

a bandage with daffy duck from looney tunes on a child's arm

Why using the same arm for vaccines might boost the body’s response

By Laura Baisas

Teenage boy in record store shopping for music

Ask Us Anything

What does ‘remastering’ an album actually mean?

Intel core series processors in a row on sale on Amazon

Amazon is clearing out Intel gaming PC processors for their lowest prices ever

By Stan Horaczek

a blue sports car parked in front of rock wall

Cruising Tuscany in the more refined Lamborghini Urus SE plug-in hybrid

Greenworks electric yard tools on a field of grass on sale at Amazon

Amazon is blowing out Greenworks battery-powered lawn mowers and yard tools during this spring sale

By Stan Horaczek

two baby gorillas play in a tree

Endangered Species

20 unforgettable images of Earth’s animal kingdom

By Popular Science Team

an owl has a full juvenile turtle in her beak. an owlet stands at her feet staring up

Watch an owl try to eat a turtle whole

By Laura Baisas

Product composite against a "pollen" background

How to allergy-proof your home

By Terri Williams

iphone with options open

How to manage Siri Suggestions on your iPhone

Beyeaux tapestry section depiction horseman and soldier fighting with yellow arrow highlighting horse's penis

Medieval tapestry’s penis count remains a bone of contention

Slate EV truck and SUV upgrade next to each other in warehouse

Minimalist EV pickup truck has no stereo and a $20,000 price tag

Bodum electric kettle and coffee grinders on a plain background on sale at Amazon

This Bodum electric kettle is a perfect Mother’s/Father’s Day gift and it’s on sale for just $25

By Stan Horaczek

a person scratches an itchy arm

Your skin is crawling with zombie cells–some help, some hurt

By Laura Baisas

unfinished Goldin Finance 117 skyscraper surrounded by city on a sunny day

World’s tallest abandoned skyscraper resumes construction

screenshot of citizen projects

The National Archives needs your help transcribing UFO and JFK files

Hanes t-shirts on a bright yellow background on sale at Amazon

Get 100% cotton Hanes T-shirts for less than $3 each during this Amazon spring sale

By Stan Horaczek

Side by side of uncooked and cooked 3D printed vegan calamari rings

3D-printed calamari is back on the menu

Photo of long barrel of NASA's gas gun in warehouse

Watch high-powered gas guns blast space habitat (for science)

FB marketplace listing plus ship photo

Man buys WWI shipwreck for $400 on Facebook Marketplace

By Annie Colbert

Bone collector cases are carefully constructed from silk and exoskeleton parts.

‘Bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead bugs

By Lauren Leffer

a box labeled measles, mumps, and rubella virus vaccine and two vials

New study: US could see millions of measles cases if vaccination rates keep dropping

By Laura Baisas

Two men standing over iron chariot wheel artifact in field

Iron Age chariot wheel found under golf course in Scotland

an illustration of a large red ant with curved jaws. a bird looks on with a concerned expression

Extinct hell ant species used specialized jaws to impale its prey

By Laura Baisas

Close image of sun's surface depicting sunspot

World’s largest solar telescope shows off its full force with new image

A young couple connected by a cable

AI still can’t beat humans at reading social cues

By Mack DeGeurin

a small marsupial with white spots stands on the ground

Endangered Species

Watch endangered marsupials return to Australian bushland after 62 years

By Laura Baisas

A cropped image showing the Riverstone Audio Precision Record Level Turntable Stylus Tracking Force Pressure Gauge:Scale on top of red vinyl

How to make your turntable and vinyl records last a lifetime

Ring video doorbells header deal

The best battery-powered doorbell camera is down to just $55 from $99 right now at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

four jugs of wine are painted on to the wall of ancient ruins

Cheers to Bronze Age humans for delicious Italian wine

By Laura Baisas

Oil painting of Gladiator fighting a lion in the Colosseum in Rome

Gladiator bones finally confirm human-lion combat in Roman Europe

Coiled rattlesnake near flowering bush

Rattlesnakes may evolve specialized venoms

a blue, purple, and white galaxy whose clouds of dust and matter appear shaped like a butterfly

Space Telescope

5 dazzling interstellar images to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday

By Laura Baisas

Woman in pyjamas embracing pillow and hot water bottle to soothe period pain against colourful background

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Scientists don’t actually know why period cramps hurt

By Popular Science Team

This sticker reads emotions (even the ones you try to hide)

By Mack DeGeurin

Colorful cover of an old Popular Science magazine projected on a white wall by the XGIMI Aura 2 UST Laser Projector

Exclusive deal: Turn any wall into a movie theater with this XGIMI projector for $400 off

Lava flowing into ocean in Hawaii

North America’s underside is slowly melting into the Earth

An osprey sits on its nest protected by a human-made basket.

To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge

By Laura Baisas

Illustration of planet disintegrating during orbit around star

Astronomers discover hellscape world crumbling into its host sun

a spiral galaxy with red, white, and yellow stars, swirling around a bright, yellow, star in the center

Is the universe really infinite? Astrophysicists explain.

By Lauren Leffer

close up of asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA snaps detailed photos of ‘strikingly complicated’ asteroid

a green comet in the night sky

How the sun’s motion affects meteor showers

truck in desert

Inside the Arizona testing facility where Nissan pushes cars to their limits

By Kristin Shaw

Ninja vacuum and floor care walmart deals header

Optimize your spring cleaning with these deep deals on Ninja-Shark vacuums and floor cleaners

By Stan Horaczek

Two planets and crescent moon form smiley face in night sky

Rare ‘smiley face’ will light up the night sky on April 25

World War II jeep found at site of underwater shipwreck

NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck

three chimpanzees sit around a round fruit sharing it

Wild chimps sharing ‘boozy’ fruit caught on camera for the first time

By Laura Baisas

An unrecognizable person doing full-body red light therapy (RLT) in a dark room surrounded by LED.

Do infrared saunas work? What the science says.

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

An Emperor chick begs and squaks at its parent to be fed.

Filmmaker James Cameron on penguins, arctic cold, and lowlight cameras

How to use Plex to create your own private Netflix or Spotify

the color spectrum

Five people view a never-before-seen color called ‘olo’

By Lauren Leffer

We're Safety Now Haven't We album art featuring animals in photoshopped helmets and on smoke detectors

PSA: US government’s dance album about helmets and smoke alarms is a banger

a sea slug in the ocean with whispy purple tendrils

Sea slugs harness the power of the sun to show off their colors

By Laura Baisas

George Lucas, Doug Chiang, and John Knoll in a scene from Lucasfilm's LIGHT & MAGIC, Season 2, exclusively on Disney+.

Science Fiction

Q&A: The legendary VFX artist who brought Captain Davy Jones, ‘The Abyss,’ and more to life

By Laura Baisas

a large bird with brown, gray, and white plumage walks in an open grassland

Ancient funerals may have included a ritual feast on a giant bird

By Laura Baisas

Images of Jyvaskylavirus. The virus particle is about twice the size of influenza or coronavirus. Credit: University of Jyväskylä

Finland finds its first giant virus

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex.

Scientists watch how mice learn, one synapse at a time

A photomosaic taken by the Curiosity Rover on April 30, 2023 at the Ubajara drill site in Gale Crater, Mars. Rock powder samples drilled here contained substantial amounts of siderite (an iron carbonate mineral). The siderite played a role in ancient carbon cycling processes that impacted conditions at the planet’s surface. Rover tracks in the foreground are 40 cm wide. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Curiosity rover finds key ingredient for past life on Mars

Lego creative box and Star Wars sets on a space background on sale at Amazon

Amazon’s sneaky LEGO sale drops prices on some popular sets

By Stan Horaczek

Red tinged spiral galaxy made with infrared wavelengths

The universe isn’t just expanding—it may be spinning

Two young gorillas, habituated to human presence, scratch the soil in search of truffles

A group of gorillas have a surprising knack for hunting truffles, researchers find

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of what the aurora might have looked like during a polar reversal about 41,000 years ago. The green glow of an aurora is much further south than we see it today.

Sunscreen may have kept ancient humans alive during a polar reversal

By Laura Baisas