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white laboratory rat isolated on grey background

Researchers successfully heal rats’ broken spines

By Margherita Bassi

two leopards fighting

15 striking images from the Black and White Photo Awards 2025

By Popular Science Team

a scalloped hammerhead shark swimming in the pacific

Endangered Species

Endangered shark meat keeps ending up on store shelves

By Laura Baisas

hundreds of hats that were recovered from yellowstone national park laid out in front of a white pick up truck

Yellowstone employees recover over 300 hats from hydrothermal areas

By Margherita Bassi

An exterior image of the Berlin Messe exhibition grounds, home to the annual IFA consumer electronics show

The best gadgets and gear we saw at IFA 2025 in Berlin

a gold dollar coin. the heads side has a woman holding a baby on her back named sacagewea on it and the back an eagle with 17 stars

Space-flown Sacagawea dollar coins fetch over $500K at auction

By Laura Baisas

A grey Ride1Up Vorsa SUV ebike from the side against a green foliage background

Ride1Up Vorsa review: When one bike needs to do it all

By Heather Kuldell-Ware

a rectangular cassette tape with lots of loose brown tape coming out

A single DNA cassette tape could store billions of photos

By Laura Baisas

a red slug in green grass

Ding-dong-ditch culprit turns out to be… a slug

By Margherita Bassi

Ask Us Anything

Do binaural beats really help you focus?

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

a robot dog walking with three humans

The perfect robot guide dog shouldn’t be cute

By Mack DeGeurin

A blurred photo shows a smiling woman with dark hair, wearing a purple shirt, holding a large, ancient-looking wooden tool with a stone head, possibly an ax or hammer. She is wearing white gloves and standing in a laboratory setting with scientific equipment and storage shelves visible in the background.

Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men

a pink, green, yellow aurora over mountain and clouds

18 jaw-dropping images from the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Matador bug and a leaf-footed bug with impressive, large, colorful flags on its hind tibia.

This bug uses ‘red flags’ to tell predators to buzz off

By Laura Baisas

A mating pair of octopuses with one of the animals raising its arm up

Octopus arms are the animal kingdom’s most flexible

By Laura Baisas

FlexiSpot EN1 desk on sale at Amazon

Get a complete motorized Flexispot standing desk for just $109 while they last at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

a leopard seal on an ice flow with its mouth open

Leopard seals sing like the Beatles

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

a border collie in a park gives a human a high five with its paw

Pandemic life left its mark on dogs

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s impression of how the aurora might appear in the sky above the Perseverance rover.

Aurora over Mars gives Red Planet a green glow

By Laura Baisas

a baby koala in a tree

Endangered Species

First koala chlamydia vaccine approved

By Laura Baisas

Cobra on plain background

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

It took half a century to solve the mystery of Missouri’s deadly snake panic

By Popular Science Team

A person wearing a dark top is shown at a dining table, holding a black chopstick and picking up a piece of white fish from a large bowl of what appears to be a spicy broth. A single red chile pepper is visible on top of the fish. In the background, the person is holding a small bowl of white rice in their other hand.

Does eating spicy food help you lose weight? Science has a clear answer.

By Diana Hubbell

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen. 2 earbuds in the sun against a blue sky as a plane flies overhear

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) review: Subtle never seemed so obvious

A midden in rural England on a cloudy day

Bronze Age feasts uncovered in ancient English trash heaps

Apple iPhone 17 Pro in orange from a low angle

Here’s everything Apple just announced: iPhone 17, Apple Watch Series 11, AirPods Pro 3, and more

By Stan Horaczek

Close up of mosquito biting a person's skin

Mosquitos seem to like beer drinkers who recently had sex

a mock up of a boarding pass for a flight during artemis 2

NASA’s next trip around the moon could have your name on it

By Laura Baisas

A green chameleon on branch extending tongue to catch an insect

A chameleon’s ‘ballistic tongue’ may inspire blood clot-clearing robots

a backyard version of fenway park complete with a green monster, signs, and scoreboard

A dedicated son brings Fenway Park to his dad’s backyard

By Laura Baisas

A silver, retro-style alarm clock with two bells and a white face is in sharp focus on a dark surface in the foreground. In the blurry background, a person with dark hair is lying in bed, asleep. The lighting is dim, suggesting it is either early morning or nighttime.

Is it better to sleep in cycles?

By Clarissa Brincat

DJI Mic 2 and Mic Mini microphones on sale at Amazon

Get DJI’s $169 Mic Mini wireless smartphone microphone for just $109—its lowest price ever

By Stan Horaczek

On the set of the TV series Star Trek

The ‘Star Trek’ technology that came to real life

By Popular Science Team

Mountains, river, and forest in Alberta, Canada

A $1 million treasure hunt is underway in Canadian wilderness

a turtle hatchling on a large pile of brown seaweed

Sea turtle hatchlings struggle through a smelly seaweed maze

By Laura Baisas

Bird feeders with birds on an orange background

Shop Amazon’s bird feeder clearance and make new feathered friends

By Stan Horaczek

Concept art of Top Tower in Prague, Czech Republic

A ‘post-apocalyptic’ shipwreck tower will be Prague’s tallest building

a large, flat head catfish with an open mouth

Monster catfish and its creepy smile invade PA rivers

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a bee on a bright green leaf

Bees have thousands of eyes

By Margherita Bassi

A person is shown from the chest up, in a green plaid shirt, holding a glass of clear water with a dropper over it. A dark green liquid is dripping into the water from the dropper, creating a swirl. The scene is on a white surface and surrounded by several potted green plants in white containers, with some loose leaves scattered around.

Is chlorophyll actually good for you?

By Lauren Leffer

a buck howling into the sky

15 enchanting images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

woman taking a selfie

The 6 best photo editing apps for your phone

A photo collage with a vintage illustration of a futuristic, brown and orange sailboat, with a large sail-like structure and a smokestack, positioned on a deep blue sea with white waves. In the background, there's a faint, light-tan newspaper clipping with the headline "A Sailing Ship" and a masthead for "POPULAR SCIENCE" from February 1925.

100 years ago, ‘ghost ship’ sails baffled Einstein—now they’re making a comeback

By Bill Gourgey

a vulture with a white feathers on its body and black, red, white, red, and yellow feathers near its beak

11 majestic photos of vultures for International Vulture Awareness Day

By Popular Science Team

The Steelcase starter pack includes a desk and a chair

You can still save 20% off Steelcase office chairs and desks during this extended Labor Day sale

By Stan Horaczek

A high-energy concert photo of Taylor Swift on stage in a shimmering, multicolored bodysuit with a matching microphone. She is looking to her right with her mouth slightly open, a surprised expression on her face. The stage is brightly lit, and in the background, a massive crowd of people fills the stadium stands.

Taylor Swift concerts do cause small earthquakes

netflix moments clipping a show

How to save and share your favorite Netflix clips

Two park rangers helping a hiker walk on a trail out of the woods

Hikers hallucinating on mushrooms rescued by forest rangers

A small-billed elaenia perched on the El Jumeal dam in Argentina

A rare South American bird took a wrong turn towards Florida

By Margherita Bassi

Anker Soundcore headphones and earbuds on an orange background

Get these $60 noise-canceling Anker headphones for just $30 and ignore your coworkers and classmates

By Stan Horaczek

Illustration of baby pterosaur in a tropical storm at night

Baby pterosaur skeletons reveal a tragic demise

a fish with bright blue markings swim in a tank

A rainbow of fish dazzles in New Jersey

By Laura Baisas

A shiny Valerion by AWOL VisionMaster Max projector close-up casting an image from a side table between leather chairs

Valerion by AWOL Vision launches new VisionMaster Max projector at IFA 2025

Lunar rover concept going up hill with US flag mounted on rear

NASA offers $155,000 to design moon tires

Milwaukee tools in front of a wall of milwaukee batteries

Get a free $169 battery when you buy a Milwaukee M18 power tool at The Home Depot

By Stan Horaczek

a squirrel holding an acorn while it sits on a logCREDIT: Sandra Standbridge via Getty Images

Rodents’ secret weapon? Thumbnails.

By Laura Baisas

Hand with microgel sunscreen applied next to jar of sunscreen and bowl of camellia seeds used in recipe

Is pollen the secret to eco-friendly sunscreen?

Black ECOVACS DEEBOT X11 OMNICYCLONE robot cleaner render going up grey stairs

ECOVACS launches new DEEBOT X11 OMNICYCLONE flagship robot vacuum/mop at IFA 2025

A rear-view shot of a group of people doing a side-bending stretch in a brightly lit yoga studio. The main subject, a man with wet, curly hair and a muscular, sweaty back, is in the foreground. Several other people are visible behind him, and the studio mirrors reflect the class. They are all wearing athletic clothing.

Fitness & Exercise

Are ‘hot’ workout classes better?

By Lauren Leffer

Three beanie hats on a yellow background

REI is clearing out beanie hats from The North Face, Patagonia, Smartwool, and more for up to 58% off

By Stan Horaczek

Golden retriever in park with frisbee in its mouth

Golden retrievers help scientists pinpoint a deadly heart mutation

a young man using his smartphone in the toilet while sitting with a roll of toilet paper placed in a toilet paper holder in the foreground

Bathroom doomscrolling may increase your risk of hemorrhoids

lava spreading out

How a fracturing supercontinent forged rare volcanic rocks

By Laura Baisas

A four-legged orange robot dog from Boston Dynamics, named Spot, stands on a shiny concrete floor indoors. The robot has black legs and decals with words like “BOSTONER” and “RUSSELL” on its body. In the background, several yellow robot dogs are lined up against a wall with an industrial mural.

Watch Spot the robot dog nail a triple backflip

By Mack DeGeurin

White polo shirt with yellow sweat stain under the sleeve

Blue light beats bleach for yellow stains