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Compilation of Guthman Music Competition participants

Electromagnetic fields and dinosaur choir win international instrument contest

a man in a diving tube on text

100 years of deep-sea filmmaking and ocean exploration

By Bill Gourgey

Crying woman with smiling stickers on the face. Deepfake, sexual harassment in internet, digital sex crime concept. Vector illustration.

Spreading AI-generated content could lead to expensive fines

By Mack DeGeurin

An undated handout photo released by the University of Queensland shows an image of the boulder using 3D imaging and light filters showing the dinosaur footprints.

Dinosaur footprints unknowingly displayed in a high school for 20 years

Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape before the end Permian mass extinction based on fossil palynomorphs, plants, and tetrapods recovered, as well as sedimentological data from the South Taodonggou Section

The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction

By Laura Baisas

close up of tinfoil hat on man against blue background

Poor sleep can make you more susceptible to conspiracy theories

Original fossil (ATE7-1) alongside the mirrored right side by means of virtual 3D imaging techniques of the face of a hominin assigned to Homo aff. erectus found in level the TE7 of Sima del Elefante site.

1.4-million-year-old bones deepen mystery of who reached Europe first

an illustration of the planet saturn as seen from one of its many moons two other smaller moons are in the distance

Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.

By Laura Baisas

Man with a boombox on his box enjoying the music

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Here’s the secret to getting songs unstuck from your head

By Popular Science Team

an illustration of a small weasel-like early mammal with brown, black, and white fur climbing on a tree

This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives

By Laura Baisas

Hoka running shoes REI deal header

REI slashed prices on tons of running gear, including rare Hoka deals

By Stan Horaczek

a man on a boat holds a large orange pet goldfish

Please stop releasing pet goldfish into the wild

By Laura Baisas

Bugout bag essentials

How to build a bug-out bag (even if you’re not a prepper)

an illustration of two cockroaches

Why cockroaches are so resilient

By RJ Mackenzie

three small and gray balg eaglets eat fish given to them by an adult bald eagle

Bald eagle live cam team shares what’s next for the 3 eaglets

By Laura Baisas

Blue-lined octopus in aquarium tank

Male octopus poisons its mate to avoid becoming post-sex snack

Two astronauts holding plushies inside ISS

NASA wants your help designing its Artemis II mascot

Flagstones enclosure seen shortly after construction in the middle Neolithic period.

This ‘unusual’ stone circle may predate Stonehenge

By Laura Baisas

Tabby cats, with their distinctive coats adorned in a symphony of stripes, dots, and swirls, bring a unique charm to the feline world. These enchanting creatures, often seen in shades of brown, black, and gray with hints of cream, captivate us with their individual patterns. The classic tabby pattern, characterized by bold stripes that run along the cat's back and tail, evokes a sense of timeless elegance. Whether in ebony, tawny, or ashen gray, each tabby cat carries a visual narrative that tells a story of nature's creativity. Some tabbies flaunt the mesmerizing "spotted" pattern, where dots of color dance across their fur like stardust. Others boast the intricate "swirls," a delicate and graceful arrangement of lines that adds an artistic flair to their appearance. Completing their ensemble are those endearing whiskers that frame their faces, adding an extra touch of charm to these captivating companions. Tabby cats, in their varied hues and unique patterns, bring a touch of artistry and individuality to our homes, turning each encounter into a delightful exploration of feline aesthetics.

How to protect your pets from bird flu

By Lauren Leffer

A mother humpback whale and her calf swimming in warm waters.

Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

Close up of lemon shark

Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought

Conceptual image with a bunch of floating eyeballs in different sizes overlooking a red computer, could symbolize ideas around how we are being tracked and watched online on social media

How to remove Google search results about you

bald eagle feeds babies fresh fish

Jackie and Shadow’s third eaglet has landed

By Laura Baisas

a woman and a patent

The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher

an emperor penguin looks through a camera while its baby looks on

15 breathtaking images from the Nature Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

Diagram of Lapedo child grave site

Scientists pinpoint age of suspected human-Neanderthal hybrid child

a sports car on a runway

Robot-driven Maserati MC20 sets new world speed record

By Kristin Shaw

Ego chainsaws arranged in a row

Amazon is blowing out Ego battery-powered mowers, chainsaws, and more before spring rolls around

By Stan Horaczek

An Opened Prescription Medicine Bottle Among Many Other Sealed Bottles on Yellow Background High Angle View.

How prescription drugs get their names

By Julia Craven

Close up of black chess pieces on chessboard with king knocked over

AI tries to cheat at chess when it’s losing

screenshot of "AI mode" on google

Google is expanding AI search, whether you like it or not

By Mack DeGeurin

a full moon with a red hue

How to see the upcoming ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse

Mount Augustus National Park desert and hill in Australia against blue sky

Earth’s oldest meteorite crater found in Australia

a lunar lander on the surface of the moon

New evidence for water lurking under the moon’s poles

five stone puppets on a basic background

Highly expressive ancient puppets found in Salvadorian pyramid

By Mack DeGeurin

CALIFORNIA, USA - MAY 9: U.S. President Biden arrives at Moffett Federal Airfield of NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, United States on May 9, 2024.

Why does Air Force One take so long to replace? It’s not just bureaucracy.

By Mack DeGeurin

This artist concept depicts NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas, that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago.

NASA squeezes more life from 47-year-old Voyager probes

This artist’s concept shows what the isolated planetary-mass object SIMP 0136 could look like based on recent observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and previous observations from Hubble, Spitzer, and numerous ground-based telescopes.

Mysterious cosmic body is a rogue ‘Super-Jupiter’

An illustration of the titanosaur Chadititan calvoi and the other Cretaceous Period organisms it lived with.

New 22-foot-long titanosaur discovered in Argentina

By Laura Baisas

Blue gloved hands using tool on animal bone relic

1.5 million years ago, human ancestors used hippo bones to make tools

a tiger leaps at a boar

Endangered Species

12 riveting wildlife images from Nature inFocus Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

a green frog with its eyes and mouth sticking out of a shallow pool of water

Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ killed 80-90% of life. How some amphibians survived.

By Laura Baisas

Sunrise on moon taken by Blue Ghost lunar lander

NASA uses GPS on the moon for the first time

hand holding an android phone

How to fully back up your Android device

Doctors performing eye surgery in operating room

Surgeons implant teeth in patients’ eyes to restore vision

a large hornet dismembers a honey bee

1,400 different bug species found in the guts of Asian hornets

By Laura Baisas

DJI RS4 Mini Gimbal with a camera attached

DJI RS4 Mini Gimbal review: Smooth and steady

By Stan Horaczek

A colorful, glowing nebula that reaches beyond the top and bottom of the image. It is made of translucent clouds of gas: wispy and thin with hard edges in some places, and puffy and opaque in others. Blue, red and yellow colours mix together, showing light emitted by different types of atoms in the hot gas. Bright and pointlike stars are scattered across the nebula. The background is black

Space Telescope

Candy-colored atoms shine in new image of the Veil Nebula

By Laura Baisas

An argentine ant is farming aphids on a young leaf.

Vicious invasive ants form gigantic supercolonies

a charging station

Electric Vehicles

Building an EV oasis in the Mojave Desert

By Kristin Shaw

three eggs in a nest. the egg on the right has a pip, which is the first crack in a shell. the pip is circled in red

Pips spotted! Live cam bald eagles’ eggs shows hopeful signs of hatching

By Laura Baisas

Man working with modern laptop in office. Hands typing on keyboard

You should add keyboard shortcuts to your Mac

Florida, Coral Gables, Classic Car Show, 1955 Pontiac, blue, chrome bumper,

Why don’t cars have bulky bumpers anymore?

By Kristin Shaw

Samsung Galaxy S25-series smartphones in blue in a blue background

11 tips to get the most out of your new Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphone

an instagram feed

How to save all your old Instagram stories and posts

an arm covered in a rose tattoo

Ask Us Anything

Where does tattoo ink go in your body? There’s one particular spot.

By RJ Mackenzie

a colorful illustration of an open mouth

New device lets you taste food in virtual reality

By Mack DeGeurin

black rat sits on cage

Patient’s tingling feet turns out to be a rat-borne brain parasite

a 'blood moon' with a reddish color

March skygazing: A ‘celestial smiley face,’ a blood moon, and more

three narwhals with long tusks swim in the arctic ocean

Narwhals spotted using tusks for non-mating fun

By Laura Baisas

Close up of hands preparing pill capsules in lab

‘Poop pills’ tested in pancreatic cancer patients

illustration of rockets and satellites circling moon

Six weeks, three moon landers: The era of private space exploration is here

By Mack DeGeurin

an astronaut performs a space walk on the international space station. earth is visible in the foreground.

Should the International Space Station be dirtier?

By Lauren Leffer

A fragment of the black organic glass found inside the skull of the deceased individual in Herculaneum.

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass