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Illustration of suspension bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily

World’s longest suspension bridge may finally link Sicily to mainland Italy

An artist’s impression of the “Cosmic Grapes” galaxy, composed of at least 15 massive star forming clumps—far more than current theoretical models predict could exist within a single rotating disk at this early time. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/B. Saxton

Space Telescope

Early galaxy looked like lumpy ‘cosmic grapes’

Sharpie S-Gel pens and natural color markers with their packaging

The Sharpie S-Gels are our favorite pens and they’re less than $9 for a 12-pack at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

Close-up of a dead mosquito lying on its back on a flat surface, its legs curled upward and abdomen visibly red with ingested blood, with wings partially extended and fine hairs on its limbs catching the light.

This drug can turn your blood into mosquito poison

By Mack DeGeurin

Wild pig walking in grass

Wild pigs’ guts are turning blue in California

sheep bones in a dig site

Ancient animal bones unlock clues about Bronze Age plague

By Laura Baisas

a long, cylindrical blue-green mollusck sits on a rock under the ocean

Unsuspecting sea creature has Earth’s hardest teeth

By Margherita Bassi

hand holding a tv remote

7 tips for watching YouTube on your TV

3D printing tackles titanium to create rocket parts

a close up of a groundhog on the grass

Three orphaned groundhogs released back into the wild

By Margherita Bassi

Anker MagSafe charger and laptop charger

I carry this Anker MagSafe charger everywhere and it’s cheaper than ever at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

Ironic Satirical Illustration of a Retro Classic Comics Woman With a Modern Smartphone

3 common smartphone myths you probably thought were true

Billy Joel in the 1970s wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, aviator sunglasses, a leather jacket, jeans, and worn-out tennis shoes. He’s napping casually on an airplane with retro orange seats and warm-toned walls ranging from orange to yellow. The seat in front of him has been folded over so he can stretch up with his legs up on the folded seat. Behind him, a passenger with glasses is reading, while another passenger in front is smoking a cigarette.

15 fascinating photos of flying through the decades

Image of comet taken by Hubble Space Telescope

Fastest comet ever recorded comes from beyond our solar system

Segway Xyber ebike

Segway Xyber review: The e-bike that forgot it’s an e-bike

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

Wooden shipwreck timber on river shore

A pirate ship that exploded in 1748 may have finally been found

an injured owl with wide eyes

Throwing food out of your car can kill owls

By Margherita Bassi

Grosse Steckmuschel, Pinna nobilis, Les Ferranelles, Medes Inseln, Costa Brava, Mittelmeer, Spanien | Noble Pen Shell, Pinna nobilis, Les Ferranelles, Medes Islands, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

From waste to wonder: Revival of ancient Roman ‘golden fiber’ with pen shells

a stream of lightning touches the ground with sunlight in the background

Lightning can kill you even if it’s sunny

By Laura Baisas

Black Gabrylly chairs on a blue background

This editor-approved desk chair is 30% off during Amazon’s back-to-school flash sale

Close up of older man using eye drops

Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness

Pompeii street and building ruins on sunny day

After Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii’s ruins housed survivors, wanderers, and treasure hunters

archaeolgists digging in a cave in spain

‘Wartime cannibalism’ unearthed in prehistoric Spanish cave

By Laura Baisas

Artist illustration of supermassive black hole surrounded by cloud of red and yellow gas

Oldest black hole ever seen is 300 million times bigger than our sun

Cropped shot of an unrecognisable man walking through the city in the morning

Fitness & Exercise

No, you don’t need 10,000 steps a day

By Lauren Leffer

Robot and man with exposed brain face to face in spotlight, human vs artificial intelligence

Illinois’ ban on AI therapy won’t stop people from asking chatbots for help

By Mack DeGeurin

Artist illustration of a white dwarf colliding into a larger yellow star

Cosmic bumper stars forge rare, hefty white dwarf

Norselaspis illustration

A googly-eyed fish could upend evolutionary history

two french bulldogs with black fur and white bellies

Your Frenchie’s squishy face might shape their personality

By Laura Baisas

A person with a beard and reddish hair sits in bed, illuminated by the glow of a laptop on their lap. They are looking at the screen and hold a slice of pizza in their right hand, about to take a bite. The room is dimly lit, suggesting it's nighttime.

Does eating late at night really cause weight gain? A nutritionist explains.

By Laura Kiniry

a small, yellow snail with dark eyes

Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs

By Laura Baisas

Robot fiddler crab waving claw at actual male fiddler crab on beach

‘Wavy Dave’ is a beefy-armed robot crab on a mating mission

Australian major skink

Australian lizard mutated to resist snake venom

waves crash by a giant lighthouse

Enormous rogue waves don’t come out of nowhere

By Laura Baisas

A bunch of white Coway Airmega 100 air purifiers against a blue background

Clean your air and derrière with Coway purifiers and bidets up to 27% off at Amazon

Bow of the USS Preston shipwreck sunk in WWII

13 World War II shipwrecks captured in stunning detail

a man kneels down by a tranquilized rhino and applies a substance to its horn

Endangered Species

How to stop rhino poaching: make their horns radioactive

By Margherita Bassi

A woman sitting up in bed at night, looking frustrated and rubbing her neck while a man next to her sleeps with his mouth open. A warm lamp hangs on the wall behind them. The woman appears disturbed by the man's snoring or sleep talking.

Why do we talk in our sleep? ‘It’s a glitch.’

By Lauren Leffer

Two researchers excavating dig site in Norwegian cave, seen from above

Remote Norwegian cave is an ice age animal jackpot

jetsons family in spaceship

Researchers have developed a really clunky version of Rosey from ‘The Jetsons’

By Mack DeGeurin

Black tarantula with pixelated rectangle over back thorax

These tarantulas’ genitals are so long, it required a new genus

AceFit Pro hook-style earbuds shown in Olive Green, Windy Purple, and Cherry Blossom

Flex color while you flex your muscles with AceFit open-air earbuds for 26% off at Amazon

Artist illustration of two plesionectes longicollum plesiosaurs swimming in ocean near aquatic vegetation

Paleontologists discover ‘unusual’ long-necked plesiosaur in Germany

a brown, white, and black guinea pig sits in a cage

Zoo calls for small pet donations to feed its carnivores

By Laura Baisas

a hammerhead shark swimming in blue water

Hammerhead sharks eat other sharks—and it’s worth the risk

By Margherita Bassi

dirty laptop in garbage bin

How to properly (and safely) clean your laptop

a 3D graphic of a pink brain with multicolored, square confetti being tossed at it

How your brain can tell squishy ‘stuff’ from hard ‘things’

By Laura Baisas

a frog and a frog hotel

How to build a frog hotel

By John Alexander

A vintage photo collage shows a man in a suit and glasses looking at a scientific apparatus, with old newspaper clippings in the background discussing "experiments" and "vegetable material" and the possibility of creating food.

100 years ago, scientists thought we’d be eating food made from air

By Bill Gourgey

a purple crab stands on green moss in thailand

Rare purple crabs spotted in Thailand

By Margherita Bassi

Caption: In the Jazan region, mangrove trees are vital coastal habitats that provide a rich food environment for migratory flamingos. These birds feed on algae and small invertebrates like crustaceans and plankton in the shallow waters. The mangroves offer a safe refuge, shielding them from disturbances and predators—making them an ideal rest stop during migration and a key contributor to biodiversity along Saudi Arabia’s coastlines.

Endangered Species

14 beautiful wildlife images from the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

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These drones drop burning balls in the forest to control wildfires

By Mack DeGeurin

Bose Quietcomfort headphones and ultra open earbuds

Bose is blowing out noise-canceling headphones and earbuds during its back-to-school sale

By Stan Horaczek

Neolithic burial pit

Electrical workers uncover 5,000-year-old burial pits in Germany

a painting with cool pastel colors and with visible snake scales

This painting uses leather from an invasive Burmese python

By Margherita Bassi

Duluth Trading Co. Buck Naked boxer briefs

Get $80 worth of Duluth Trading Co. underwear for just $38.91—including big and tall sizes

By Stan Horaczek

Close up of three wasps

Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site

X-ray scan of two pieces of luggage showing densely packed electronics, wires, and personal items in vivid colors.

What do TSA bag scanners actually see?

By Diana Hubbell

Long, horizontal streaks of spider lightning below the base of a storm cloud in the Arizona desert in 2008.

A record-breaking lightning bolt just ‘shocked’ meteorologists

By Laura Baisas

Three photos of early hominin and primate skulls

Human teeth evolved to fit our diet

Illustrations of Ice Age mummy tattoo restorations

Tattoo artists and scientists resurrect a 2,000-year-old mummy’s ink

red tomatoes on a vine next to some yellow potatoes and peaches

How the tomato created the potato

By Laura Baisas

a truck flying through the air in the desert

These hand-built suspensions are made to fly in the desert

By Kristin Shaw

The Perseid meteor shower is seen over the Ulanbum grassland in Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, China, on August 14, 2023.

August stargazing: The Perseids, a ‘big fish,’ celestial conjunctions, and more