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a hand touching grass

What happens to our bodies when we touch grass

By Kathy Willis

a vintage blue VW van parked at a lake

How to plan the perfect road trip in Google Maps

twisted trees create a perfect reflection in still water

13 jaw-dropping International Landscape Photographer of the Year images

By Popular Science Team

a slice of jelly toast faced down on the floor

Is the five-second rule true? Don’t push your luck.

By Clarissa Brincat

San Miguel pyramid excavation near highway in Hidalgo, Mexico

Ancient pyramid uncovered during highway construction

Germanic warrior taking stimulants imagined by Stanislav(Stanisław) Kontny, especially for the Praehistorische Zeitschrift. Credit: Stanisław Kontny for Praehistorische Zeitschrift

Roman-era Barbarians snorted stimulants in battle, tiny spoons suggest

A couple walking with their child by the river in Tokyo

Tokyo rolling out four-day work week in bid to boost birth rates

dog kissing human licking face

Ask Us Anything

Why do dogs lick humans? It could be a sign of affection.

By Lauren Leffer

Bashlemi inscription tablet with mystery language on black background

Mystery language on ancient stone tablet stumps archeologists

An oil rig in Oklahoma.

‘A needle in a haystack:’ How AI is helping uncover abandoned oil wells

By Mack DeGeurin

an SUV sitting on pavement in from of trees

2025 Volvo XC90 is more efficient with a twist on 1950s engineering

By Kristin Shaw

An illustration of an Early Cretaceous floodplain in southeastern England, 135 million years ago: a spinosaur (center) takes over the carcass of an ornithopod, much to the annoyance of the smaller tyrannosaurs (left) and dromaeosaurids (bottom right).

Retired quarryman uncovers fossilized tyrannosaur teeth

By Laura Baisas

Frozen surface of Lake Enigma

Life discovered lurking under Antarctica’s frozen Lake Enigma

Scientists are drawn to coral because its surface resembles the spongy structure of human bones.

3D-printed, coral-inspired material can heal bones

By Mack DeGeurin

two twisted bowstrings uncovered from a cave

Europe’s oldest known bowstrings found in a cave in Spain

By Laura Baisas

Two views of a slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum) web. The right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip.

Watch a slingshot spider deploy a perfectly-timed trap

By Laura Baisas

Photo of Mileva Maric and Albert Einstein

Particle Physics

Albert Einstein’s love letters are headed to auction

a siberian husky sits in the snow. it has piercing blue eyes and its ears are perked up

Humans gave dogs treats 12,000 years ago, new archeological evidence suggests

By Laura Baisas

Researchers say they were inspired by the way the Manta ray effortlessly propels itself forward using its fins.

This Manta ray robot is the world’s fastest soft-bodied swimmer

By Mack DeGeurin

Close up of 3D printed cartilage cell block

New bioprinter 3D prints human tissue 10x faster

leaded gasoline reminder

Childhood leaded gasoline exposure damaged Americans’ mental health

By Lauren Leffer

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This worm got into some hot water and changed the course of history

By Popular Science Team

Researchers have developed a hydrogel that melts into and preserves ancient waterlogged wooden artifacts. Without the gel, the artifacts need to be dried, and that risks damaging the relics.

New goo preserves 800-year-old wooden shipwreck samples

drone flying for aerial night photography

Drones can avoid GPS jammers by navigating with the stars

A Tesla Model 3 engaged in the so-called ‘Full Self Driving’ mode reportedly plowed through a deer without ever detecting it. While more advanced driverless systems use a mix of sensors including LiDAR, Tesla is trying to attain full autonomy using only cameras.

Ask Us Anything

Why are ‘driverless’ cars still hitting things?

By Mack DeGeurin

The anglerfish species Lophius piscatorius.

Anglerfish are so much more than just their dangly bioluminescent lures

By Laura Baisas

brain scans in pink, blue, and yellow

Humans may have big brains thanks to our gut

By Laura Baisas

cattle grazing in a field

Feeding seaweed to gassy cattle can reduce methane

By Laura Baisas

A close-up view of a green traffic light with an image of two walking lesbian girls at the center of Vienna, Austria.

Some of the world’s smartest traffic lights are getting smarter

Samsung OLED TV with Blade Runner on the screen in a room.

Treat yourself with these 12 high-end luxury Cyber Monday deals

By Stan Horaczek

NASA needs your help designing a gurney for the moon

big red arrow on a photo of an ivy-covered wall

Your iPhone comes with a powerful markup tool—here’s how to use it

Hisense 85-inch TV in a pattern on sale for Cyber Monday

The best Cyber Monday TV deal: $548 for an 85-inch screen that’s bigger than a twin mattress

By Stan Horaczek

Apple Watch SE generation 2 arranged in a pattern on-sale for Cyber Monday

This $150 Apple Watch SE Cyber Monday deal is the cheapest Apple Watch you’ll see all year

By Stan Horazek

A solar generator, air fryer, sports watch, and water bottle arranged in a row for Cyber Monday

Our editors hand-picked the best 115+ Amazon Cyber Monday deals to shop right now

By Stan Horaczek

fireplace with rocket inside

NASA’s rocket engine fireplace sets the holiday mood

By Popular Science Team

iphone screenshot of medical settings on iphone screen

How to prep your iPhone for unexpected medical emergencies

LG c3 OLED Cyber Monday header

Save $300 on one of the best 65-inch TVs ever made with this early Cyber Monday sale

By Stan Horaczek

Uranium incorporated for color causes fluorescence under ultraviolet light. A wildflower pattern adorns this 19th century glass bowl. The other bowls are blue, amber, and clear. Centreville, Maryland, USA.

The weird history of our dangerous relationship with uranium

By Lucy Jane Santos

How to reset your Instagram algorithm so it’s not as terrible

a constellation of seven stars grouped in a circle

December’s skies illuminate with the Seven Sisters and Cold Moon

By Laura Baisas

old photo of man with text

The man who lived with no brain

By Popular Science Team

Colorful hdd. open hard disk drive. The concept of data storage. data array. hard drive from the computer. hdd with mirror effect.

How to securely wipe an old hard drive

A pair of Jackery solar generators on a plain background on sale for Black Friday

Jackery solar generators won’t get cheaper than these 50% off early Cyber Monday deals

By Stan Horaczek

an orca whale dorsal fin coming out of the water

Orcas observed preying on massive whale sharks

By Laura Baisas

A weather radio, portable power station, fire extinguishers, and duct tape on sale for Black Friday

Build an affordable home emergency kit with these early Cyber Monday deals

By Stan Horaczek

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel in grass, Leelanau State Park, Michigan.

How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty

By Lauren Leffer

The EF EcoFlow Delta 2 and Delta 2 Max solar generators on a plain background

This EF EcoFlow solar generator is 60% off and cheaper than ever for Black Friday

By Stan Horaczek

a photo from the movie "moana 2." a whale shark swims by a group of voyagers on the ocean

‘We know the way’: How Polynesian voyagers navigate Earth’s biggest ocean

By Laura Baisas

a polar bear covered in snow

13 marvelous images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Micro-CT scans of bone needle and needle specimens and the species they were compared with.

Ice age humans made needles from animal bones, archeologists discover

By Laura Baisas

Concept art of Tesla Cybercab on city street at night

Electric Vehicles

Tesla seeks human ‘remote operators’ to help ‘autonomous’ robotaxi service

Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 in a tiled configuration.

Solo Stove’s popular smokeless fire pit is just $200 with this Black Friday deal

a long piece of fossilized dinosaur poop on the ground

200-million-year-old dinosaur poop and vomit reveal a lost Jurassic world

By Laura Baisas

Close up of tweezers holding small diamond

Diamond optical discs could store data for millions of years

mercury broken thermometer

Ask Us Anything

Are ‘heavy metals’ dangerous? Yes, but not everything you’ve heard is true.

By Lauren Leffer

A new study suggests that great apes (specifically gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) seem to track events in the way that we do.

Great apes may have cognitive foundations for language

Close up of parachute rig potentially used by DB Cooper

The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case

Peach and Blossom, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, are seen on the South Lawn of the White House before recieving a Presidential Pardon from US President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2024.

Ask Us Anything

How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big?

By Mack DeGeurin

An artificially colored view of Jupiter as seen in ultraviolet light. In addition to the Great Red Spot, which appears blue, another oval feature can be seen in the brown haze at Jupiter's south pole. The oval, an area of concentrated haze, is possibly the result of mixing generated by a vortex higher up in the planet's ionosphere. These dark UV ovals also appear periodically at the north pole, though less often.

Great Red What? Check out Jupiter’s giant, magnetic tornado

By Laura Baisas

Bronze cannon linked to Coronado expedition next to ruler for scale

The oldest known firearm in the U.S. unearthed in Arizona

a more colorful dominant male fish next to a more muted subordinate fish

Stress is warping these fish brains

By Laura Baisas

A still showing the jet ejected from a squirting cucumber, which carries its seeds distances of up to 32 feet away from the mother plant.

High-speed camera catches cucumber squirting seeds at 65 feet-per-second

By Laura Baisas

Image of aircraft wing over Greenland ice sheet with radar image of Camp Century underneath it

NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century