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an airplane lavatory with a toilet and sink

Ask Us Anything

How do airplane toilets work?

eggs arrange on refrigerator shelf

Ask Us Anything

Should you keep eggs in the fridge? Short answer: Yes.

By Clarissa Brincat

Garmin running watches on a plain background on sale for early Prime Day 2025

Amazon is blowing out Garmin running watches and fitness trackers as low as $149 before Prime Day

By Stan Horaczek

two bears in an enclosure playing with sticks

5 of the most ingenious animal escapes of 2025, so far

By Margherita Bassi

bald man silouhetted on text

100 years ago, scientists predicted we’d live to 1,000 years old

By Bill Gourgey

a yellowtail parrotfish swims by a coral reef

Real Coral Reefs of Miami: A Q&A with the marine biologist behind a popular livestream

By Laura Baisas

five goats eating vegetation in a park

G.O.A.T. will be crowned in first-ever professional eating competition for goats

By Margherita Bassi

An illustration of a microscopic neural network in the brain.

Even old brains can make new neurons, study suggests

By Lauren Leffer

Macy's fireworks display over Manhattan on the 4th of July

How pyrotechnic wizards orchestrate the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks

Ninja FrostVault 65 cooler in the field with a drawer full of delicious fixins.

Ninja’s clever FrostVault cooler is cheaper than ever at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

Black Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 headphones sitting in front of colorful flowers on a bamboo table

The best travel headphones for 2026, tested and reviewed by experts

By Chris Coke, Tony Ware

Portrait of Galileo Galilei

Ultra-rare first edition book from Galileo heading to auction

a close up of a hermit crab, with brown coloring and dark eyes

What makes a hermit crab more bold? Hairy claws.

By Laura Baisas

In this artist's impression we see the planet HIP 67522 b sending a wave of energy down the magnetic field lines towards the surface of its host star. Where the wave meets the end of the magnetic field line at the star's surface, it triggers a massive flare. Credit: Danielle Futselaar (www.artsource.nl/)

Astronomers detect first known ‘death wish’ planet

the ruins of the ancient city of babylon, consisting of brown walls and buildings

Babylonian text missing for 1,000 years deciphered with AI

By Laura Baisas

Facial reconstruction of the individual from Nuwayrat using 3D scan data of the skull and analysis of the bones.

First complete ancient Egyptian DNA genome reveals his occupation

A jumping spider devours a hoverfly. The hoverfly has evolved to look like a wasp, but in this case the resemblance is not sufficient to deter a spider from attacking it.

Flies disguised as wasps can’t fool birds

By Lauren Leffer

Portrait kitten with open mouth. Domestic curious funny striped kitty

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Allergic to cats? Chickens could help.

By Popular Science Team

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding remains of a star that exploded hundreds of years ago in a double-detonation – the first photographic evidence that stars can die with two blasts. The data were captured with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the VLT. MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two layers indicate that the now-dead star exploded with a double-detonation.

Massive ‘double detonation’ spotted by astronomers for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Orca whale on beach

Wild orcas will sometimes offer food to humans

A Black Bose SoundLink Plus portable Bluetooth speaker shown against green vegetation

The new Bose SoundLink Plus portable Bluetooth speaker lets you thump hard, travel light

a doctor usess a tongue depressor to examine a young boy's throat

Do we need our tonsils?

By Lauren Leffer

Full GOTO-North node under the skies of La Palma.

Space Telescope

Rare cataclysmic exploding star spotted by citizen scientists

Eryops megacephalus’ (left) skull alongside Rex from the film “Toy Story” (right).

Skull that looks like a ‘Toy Story’ character unearthed in Texas

By Laura Baisas

a pot boil on induction stovetop

Why induction stoves are better than gas

Backpacks on sale for REI's 4th of July sale

Grab rare deals on our favorite backpacks and camping packs during REI’s 4th of July sale

By Stan Horaczek

Artist illustration of an asteroid in space

Space Telescope

Asteroid 2024 YR4 might smash into the moon

Video screenshot of mannequin getting head blown off by mortar round during firework safety demonstration

CPSC stresses firework safety with 7-minute montage of mannequin mayhem

The city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, seen on sunny day with ship sailing in the bay

18th century shipwreck discovered at ‘Game of Thrones’ filming location

two sea turtles released into the ocean wearing transponders

17 rehabilitated sea turtles released off Cape Cod

By Laura Baisas

a meteor falls in the night sky near a statue of buddha

July stargazing: Buck Moon, Lāhainā Noon, and meteorites (soon)

a movie poster for the film project hail mary

Science Fiction

Watch the first trailer for ‘Project Hail Mary’

By Popular Science Team

Charlie Chaplin looking through icy window in The Gold Rush

Long-lost Charlie Chaplin film meticulously restored after 100 years

screenshot of snapseed on iphone

Google’s forgotten iPhone photo editor just got a huge update

an illustration showing several dinosaur species walking in a line

A dinosaur ‘tombstone’ lurks underneath New Jersey

By Laura Baisas

REI 4th of july sale items including a backpack, coleman tent, hoka sneakers, and Petzl headlamp

The best deals from REI’s 4th of July sale: Save on gear for camping, running, hiking, and more

By Stan Horaczek

a leopard in a forest in myanmar

Endangered Species

Elusive and critically endangered leopard caught on camera

By Margherita Bassi

Portrait of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis helleri).

Spring rain could mean more rattlesnake bites

gray rocks under a blue sky

Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years

By Laura Baisas

a small, inflated red ballon simulating an egg is surrounded on one side by multiple deflated balloons of various colors simulating sperm

Should I freeze my sperm? Men consider their ‘sixth vital sign.’

Birdfy smart bird feeders on a plain background

Our favorite budget smart bird feeder is cheaper than it has been all year at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

Drawer for recycling electronics

Your outdated tech might be a ‘goldmine’

By Mack DeGeurin

A composite image of the Andromeda spiral galaxy

NASA offers dazzling new sights (and sounds) of the Andromeda galaxy

An artistic reconstruction of Swaindelphys. it has black fur, pointy pink ears, and pointy nose, and very large brown eyes

Shockingly large extinct possum uncovered in Texas

By Margherita Bassi

Study image of mammoth tusk boomerang with size reference

Humans hurled massive mammoth tusk boomerangs 40,000 years ago

several baby turtles all crowded together

3,427 trafficked baby turtles rescued in Mexico

By Margherita Bassi

Nikon Metcon 8 crossfit shoes

How to tie your shoes (for every activity)

eight chipmunk specimens with tags on them in a museum collection

City living is changing rodent skulls in Chicago

By Laura Baisas

a device on the seafloor

How listening to light waves could prevent subsea cables sabotage

By Mack DeGeurin

a team of five scientsts paddle a dugout canoe that is a replica of one used 30,000 years ago

Ancient canoe replica recreates a 30,000-year-old voyage

By Laura Baisas

Black and white portrait of Albert Einstein

Einstein’s letter to Japan about atomic bomb fails to sell at auction

Active lava flows spilling out of the Erta Ale volcano in Afar, Ethiopia. Credit: Dr Derek Keir, University of Southampton/ University of Florence

A new ocean is forming in East Africa

Cissy, a Sumatran orangutan mother, is taking a nap in her day nest.

Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help

By Lauren Leffer

ford suv towing in desert

How the 2025 Ford Expedition tows more, with less vibration

By Kristin Shaw

Ryobi power tools on a plain background

Get A Ryobi power tool, two batteries, and a charger for just $99 during Home Depot’s early 4th of July sale

By Stan Horaczek

An artist’s view of what the area of the Zvejnieki cemetery (present-day northern Latvia) might have looked like when animal parts were processed in the cooking pits.

Stone Age humans extracted animal teeth with flames, blades, and fleshy stews

By Laura Baisas

Newgrange burial mound on sunny day in Ireland

Incestuous ‘god-kings’ may not have ruled Stone Age Ireland after all

man pulling down interior

Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10,000

By Mack DeGeurin

A turtle basking with its legs outstretched on a rock. This activity is normal and beneficial to turtles.

Why do turtles do the ‘Superman pose’?

By Laura Baisas

Archeologist digging in building foundation site

Archaeologists unearth cellar in America’s first school for enslaved children

Bluetti portable power stations on a plain background

Amazon dropped Bluetti solar generators to their lowest prices of the year just in time for summer storms

By Stan Horaczek

Scanning electron micrograph of the number 15 grain of sample plate C0105-042 from Ryugu, in which djerfisherite was discovered.

Deep space asteroid sample contains unexpected ingredient

two orca whales come into contact with one another and a piece of kelp is between them

Orcas spotted using seaweed to groom each other

By Laura Baisas

How to turn off AI in Windows and bring yourself some peace