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Aged Apple computer and hand insert floppy inside

Tech Hacks

On Christmas Eve 1968, millions watched the Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast from space

By Laura Baisas

The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on November 20, 2024 it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables.

Internet

The mystery surrounding two severed Baltic subsea internet cables is getting murkier

By Mack DeGeurin

Archaeology

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’

By Andrew Paul

Robots

Boston Dynamics wishes you a merry terrifying robot Christmas in new video

By Mack DeGeurin

An adult female chimpanzee cracks an oil palm nut with a stone hammer and anvil while her infant son looks at the camera.

Wildlife

Some chimpanzees are great nutcrackers

By Laura Baisas

Vehicles

Nissan’s revitalized Armada has cameras so comprehensive, you can (almost) drive blindfolded

By Kristin Shaw

The first brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way.

Space Telescope

Swirling galaxy arms, a cosmic sombrero, and a dead supernova: Our favorite JWST images from 2024

By Tom Hawking

Deep Space

Hibernation scientists studying squirrels could get humans to deep space

By Lauren Leffer

DIY

Is there any reason to use a screensaver anymore?

By Justin Pot

Chaunacops fish with 2024 Look Back article headline

Archaeology

Ghost ships to ghost sharks: 10 wildest underwater discoveries of 2024

By Andrew Paul

a svalbard reindeer with antlers standing on muddy terrain

Wildlife

Shorter, fatter, and hairier: 5 fun facts about the world’s smallest reindeer

By Laura Baisas

a glacier hiker climbs in the foreground with a headlamp as a rainbow colored aurora dances above

Space

11 sensational images from the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Home

6 easy ways to make your home more sustainable

By Eric Alt

Stonehenge in Wiltshire of the Great Britain. It is a prehistoric monument, in Wiltshire in South West England. It is under protection of UNESCO.

Archaeology

Archeologists think they solved a 4,500-year-old Stonehenge mystery

By Andrew Paul

PC top view. Hands of user. Modern desktop computer with keyboard and mouse. Personal computer screen top view. Wireless input devices. Vector illustration in flat style

Tech Hacks

How to add Google Drive to your computer (and why you should)

By David Nield

Close up of phone screen showing Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp icons

Internet

Dept. of Homeland Security urges Americans to use encrypted apps for texting

By Andrew Paul

a strange fish with a blob on its head sits on a rock

Land

27 new, exciting, and blobby species discovered in the Peruvian rainforest

By Laura Baisas

Weather

Man discovers giant mastodon jaw in his backyard

By Andrew Paul

An artistic representation of an active centaur like Chiron. The different colors in the coma indicate varying compositions of gas, ice, and dust.

Solar System

An ‘oddball’ asteroid-comet hybrid dates back 4.6 billion years

By Laura Baisas

Technology

Google Street View helps catch suspect of a grisly crime

By Mack DeGeurin

AI

Charter school is replacing teachers with AI

By Andrew Paul

$The first image depicts star cluster NGC 602 in vibrant and festive colors. The cluster includes a giant dust cloud ring, shown in greens, yellows, blues, and oranges. The green hues and feathery edges of the ring cloud create the appearance of a wreath made of evergreen boughs. Hints of red representing X-rays provide shading, highlighting layers within the wreath-like ring cloud. The image is aglow with specks and dots of colorful, festive light, in blues, golds, whites, oranges, and reds. These lights represent stars within the cluster. Some of the lights gleam with diffraction spikes, while others emit a warm, diffuse glow. Upon closer inspection, many of the glowing specks have spiraling arms, indicating that they are, in fact, distant galaxies.$