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Jupiter on a black background

Ask Us Anything

What would happen if you tried to land on a gas giant?

By RJ Mackenzie

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How your Android phone can detect earthquakes

a baby sea turtle in the sand

13 serene nature images from the Florida State Parks photo contest

By Popular Science Team

View looking up into lush green branches of large tree and tall Green Tree in Spring.

Could trees know when the summer solstice is?

By Andrew Hacket-Pain / The Conversation

A portrait of a man with a large beard, wearing multiple pairs of multi-colored sunglasses. Studio shot; horizontal with copy space.

How to protect your eyes with the right sunglasses tint

By Alisha McDarris

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17th century Spanish coin found in ‘Diamond Don’s RV Park’

Coast products arranged on a plain background

Save 30% on flashlights, multitools, headlamps, and EDC essentials during Coast’s sitewide sale

By Stan Horaczek

small fish in a net being rescued

Endangered Species

After a devastating wildfire, rescued fish make a triumphant return to Malibu

By Margherita Bassi

Overhead shot of Viking archeological dig site

Construction workers find Viking graves linked to King ‘Bluetooth’

Koala female with her baby at the Perth Zoo in Australia.

Endangered Species

Secret koala population discovered near Australian city

By Margherita Bassi

teen driver from behind

How this driving school applies psychology to teach teens (and their parents) about safer driving

By Kristin Shaw

A bird on a feeder eating seeds.

How to pick the right bird feeder and feed for your area

By John Alexander

The Canon R6 Mark II and Canon RP mirrorless cameras on a plain background on sale at Amazon

Amazon just dropped Canon mirrorless camera prices by hundreds of dollars

By Stan Horaczek

a plastic bag and other garbage on a shoreline

Plastic bag bans work, new study shows

By Lauren Leffer

a woman douses herself with water from a plastic bottle on a hot, sunny day

What is a heat dome?

By Laura Baisas

A factory on the edge of a cliff

Certain AI prompts generate 50x more CO₂ than others

By Mack DeGeurin

Air conditioner in house window on Summer day.

New paint ‘sweats’ to keep buildings cool

Alan Turing portrait atop his papers

Saved from the shredder, Alan Turing’s papers sell for $627,000

a beige and brown moth on a stone

Endangered Species

Migrating moths can read the stars

By Lauren Leffer

This image shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Regions of pink light are spread throughout this whole galactic snapshot, which come from ionised hydrogen in star-forming regions. These areas have been overlaid on a map of already formed stars in Sculptor to create the mix of pinks and blues seen here.

Sculptor Galaxy shines in 1,000 spectacular colors

By Laura Baisas

Young woman lifting weights at gym

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Could women actually be better suited to weight lifting than men are?

By Popular Science Team

illustration of a large lizard with a bulging head carrying a large egg

Bones of a raccoon-sized prehistoric lizard sat in a jar for 20 years

By Laura Baisas

Peak Design Pro Tripods arranged in a row

Peak Design’s Pro Tripods are packed with carbon fiber and clever features

By Stan Horaczek

A person using AllTrails Peak in the woods

The new AllTrails Peak subscription offers customizable routes, real-time trail conditions, and more

By Stan Horaczek

Huge wave breaking. Ocean spray is thrown into the air. World famous surf break named Jaws on the Northshore of Maui, Hawaii.

What’s the formula for the ‘perfect wave’?

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

a long black amphibian with feathered gills called an axolotl swims in a fish tank

Axolotl mucus peptides attack breast cancer cells and MRSA

By Laura Baisas

Nordic runes etched into stone slab illuminated by flashlight

Runes found in Canadian wilderness baffle archaeologists

A Guatemalan tiger rump tarantula (Davus pentaloris) in a terrarium with reflections.

Tarantulas adapt their running style after losing legs

By Laura Baisas

Fuzzy beetle on red flower

Most bugs can’t see red—but these beetles can

Craftsman tool kids on a plain background on sale at Lowe's

The Lowe’s Craftsman Days sale includes buy-one-get-one-free power tool deals

By Stan Horaczek

Large truck towing ANITA atmospheric survey system in Antarctica

Physicists can’t explain mysterious radio wave emissions in Antarctica

A great hammerhead shark swimming close to the surface in Bimini, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.

Young hammerhead sharks love Biscayne Bay. Leave them alone, humans.

By Laura Baisas

Model of human brain floating over bed in dark room

Ask Us Anything

What’s the purpose of dreaming?

By Clarissa Brincat

Fragment with portion of inscription that says Odysseus

Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’

Cedar Creek in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, showing old growth bottomland hardwood forest.

This National Park uses a ‘Skeeter Meter’ to inform visitors about mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1; Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas; May 20, 2025 (Richard Prince Photo)

The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a stunning piece of engineering

Elevated view of four yellow batteries on a blue colored background

4 battery myths (and why they’re not true)

a leopad seal with its mouth wide open

15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition

By Popular Science Team

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Free alternatives to Photoshop, Office, Premiere, and Netflix

text in the background, a man sitting at the first tv in foreground

100 years ago, the battle for television raged

By Bill Gourgey

People wearing Darn Tough socks and hiking boots on sale at REI

Treat your feet this summer with deeply discounted Merino wool socks from REI

By Stan Horaczek

Cursor pointing at Spam inbox

That ‘unsubscribe’ button may be a scam

Alarm clock on a blue and beige background

Scientists are redefining time itself, starting with the second

By Mack DeGeurin

Shipwreck anchor and jugs underwater

Shipwreck over a mile deep has centuries’ old artifacts—and modern garbage

a weedy seadragon swimming. they have long snouts and raised backs

Weedy seadragons in the running for nature’s best dads

By Margherita Bassi

Starving bacteria (cyan) use a microscopic harpoon—called the Type VI secretion system—to stab and kill neighboring cells (magenta).

Bacteria will turn to murder if they get hungry enough

a baby skunk is held by a person wearing blue latex gloves

Rescued baby skunks enjoy a good song

By Margherita Bassi

yellow robot hand

Researchers create most human-like robot skin yet

By Mack DeGeurin

EGO battery-powered yard tools

Amazon has EGO battery-powered yard tools for their cheapest prices of the season

By Stan Horaczek

Quantum Random Number Generator machine

Here’s how to generate a truly random number with quantum physics

Two archeologists surveying site in Turkey

Archaeologists uncover royal tomb tied to the real King Midas

a male river otter standing on snow

Escaped river otter takes his destiny into his own (tiny) hands

By Margherita Bassi

an adult osprey looks on as the heads of three chicks pop out over a nest

Three osprey chicks hatch in 500-pound steel nest boxes

By Laura Baisas

Happy smiling little boy out in the rain

Ask Us Anything

The science behind the smell of rain

European Gray Wolf Cubs in a Grass in a Spring Day

Two Ice Age ‘puppies’ weren’t exactly dogs

A loving father of African descent sits on the couch at home and reads a storybook to his preschool age daughter. The child is sitting on her father's lap and is smiling while looking at the book.

Why do kids love reading the same book over and over? Child development experts explain.

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

a small white dog standing on grey sheets looks up

The 6 dog breeds more prone to diarrhea, according to new study

By Laura Baisas

Thrush songbird

Ancient Romans snacked on deep-fried songbirds

group of iphones

The 14 best new features coming to iOS 26 and macOS 26

Gold coins scattered on ocean floor

Gold coins confirm ‘world’s richest shipwreck’ is 18th century Spanish galleon

Examples of the pig molar teeth specimens analyzed for a study on pig domestication.

Wild boars began shrinking down to domesticated pigs 8,000 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Winning products from the 2025 Popular Science Home of the Future awards

2025 Home of the Future Awards: 25 products that’ll improve your everyday life

By Stan Horaczek

$The fracture of BG1.12 is shown in various views (A–F). The skull fracture in this specimen starts at the anterior part of the frontal bone and extends diagonally to the sagittal border of the left parietal bone (G). Credit: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/oa.3415$

Ancient cone-shaped skull shows signs of fatal trauma

Shokz OpenRun Pro bone conduction headphones on sale at Amazon

The best bone conduction headphones for working out are cheaper than ever at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek