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As the planet warms, many of Alaska’s glaciers are retreating. This is destabilizing cliff faces throughout the state’s myriad bays and fjords.

Sailing in Alaska? Watch out for tsunamis

By Christian Elliott / Hakai Magazine

milky way above a barn and tent

10 spectacular images from Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Concept art of MouthPad wearable medical device

New device enables tongue-controlled mouse cursor

An orange tree stays next to a damaged buildings in Antakya, Hatay province, on February 5, 2024, after one year the February 2023 earthquake. The disaster, which killed more than 53,500 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 in Syria, was the region's deadliest in many centuries. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

New data on ‘the Big One’ offers a clearer view of inevitable earthquake catastrophe

By Lauren Leffer

Travis Lerol holds an AR-15 assault rifle along with a rifle's lower receiver made of ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic that was constructed by his 3D printer at his home on Tuesday, February 12, 2012, in Glen Burnie, MD.

YouTube restricts kids’ ability to see some gun content

By Mack DeGeurin

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy machine in hospital laboratory.

New technology could shrink bulky MRI machines

A colorful adult female Joro spider. These arachnids are native to parts of Southeast Asia.

No, ‘flying’ venomous spiders are not coming for you this summer

By Laura Baisas

a pink laptop on a pink, red, white background with coffee cup

Windows and macOS can free up storage space for you—here’s how

There is no science behind eye exercises to improve sight

There is no science behind eye exercises to improve sight

By Benjamin Botsford / The Conversation

Stink bugs were observed freezing in place when this drone hover bed above them.

How drones and AI could help farmers fight a stink bug invasion

By Mack DeGeurin

a school of yellow and white swim near a reef

Fish swimming together fare better in turbulent waters

By Laura Baisas

UP.FIT upgraded Cybertruck cop car concept

Electric Vehicles

Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming

a tiger shark swimming in the ocean (left). a small spiky mammal with a pointy nose canned an echidna (right) on land

Unlucky shark vomits up hedgehog-like animal, shocks scientists

By Laura Baisas

Starship fourth liftoff

SpaceX’s fourth Starship launches

Climate change is coming for your oysters

By Devon Fredericksen / Hakai Magazine

blue swirls swirling around white clouds and a brown surface on jupiter

Surprisingly, storms on Jupiter and Earth have something in common

By Laura Baisas

Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content

By Mack DeGeurin

a large bird with blue plummage and orange eyes called a cassowary

The world’s most dangerous bird is at risk of extinction

By Laura Baisas

OceanXplorers sub

Watch the exclusive trailer premiere for James Cameron’s new ‘OceanXplorers’ series

Boeing Starliner launch

International Space Station

Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission for NASA

Why do we send so many fish to space?

By Briley Lewis

Bornean Orangutan

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

These orangutans indulge in a spa-like skincare routine

By Popular Science Team

The Sonoran Desert toad.

From toad toxin to medicine: The promise of 5-MeO-DMT

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

How scientific wonder brings comfort to life and death

By Keith Wagstaff

yaks and sheep grazing on grassland with mountains in the distance

Bronze Age nomads used cauldrons for blood sausage and yak milk

By Laura Baisas

vacuum on blue carpet

How often should you vacuum? It depends.

By Debbie Wolfe

First metal 3D printer on space station dribbles molten steel

First metal 3D printer on space station dribbles molten steel

By Harriet Weber

Drinking alcohol on airplanes is bad for your body

Drinking alcohol on airplanes is bad for your body

Concept art of superstructure with gravity battery inside

Colossal skyscrapers could harness height for gravity batteries

Image of June 3, 2024, solar flare

Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare

A huge thermokarst crater showing the damage to the permafrost and our climate, Batagay, Russia.

Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing

By Lauren Leffer

an american flamingo. the bird has pink and white plumage with a black beak

A ‘pink wave’ of flamingoes settles into the Sunshine State

By Laura Baisas

a snake spits venom out of its mouth

Snake venom’s deadly secrets decoded with fake blood vessels

By Laura Baisas

Common cuttlefish

Cuttlefish tentacles and origami inspired a new robotic claw

two men holding trophies over a background of an assembly line

The father-son duo changing the world of automotive engineering at Ford

By Kristin Shaw

a close up of a cicada with blue eyes

A ‘one-in-a-million’ blue-eyed cicada spotted by 4-year-old child

By Laura Baisas

Visualisation of the central grave/main burial of the Grafenbühl mound

DNA suggests ancient Celtic royalty was matrilineal

An artistic life reconstruction of Genyornis newtoni, the last of the dromornithids, at the water’s edge

Giant 500-pound geese once honked around the Australian outback

By Laura Baisas

There is new help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

a sandwich cut into a y shape

Is the Y cut the best way to slice a sandwich?

'nope' on space background

Popular Science Videos

In 1967, Walter Cronkite tried to predict the year 2000. Here’s what he got right (and very wrong).

By Popular Science Team

While scientists have seen colossal squid before—like this specimen examined by New Zealander researchers in 2014—their interactions have always been with animals that were either pulled from the depths, washed up on shore, or otherwise removed from their natural habitat.

Visiting the kraken at home

By Evert Lindquist / Hakai Magazine

11 US National Parks where you can find fossils

11 US National Parks where you can find fossils

By Alisha McDarris

How do animals get their spots and stripes? A Turing mechanism holds clues to patterns

How do animals get their spots and stripes? A Turing mechanism holds clues to patterns

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

Cute jack russell dog terrier puppy sleeping on yellow knitted blanket. Funny small sleepy white and brown doggy. Concept of cozy home, comfort, warmth, autumn, winter.

Do dogs dream? The answer might make you appreciate your pup even more.

By Keith Wagstaff

What would you do with a robotic third thumb?

What would you do with a robotic third thumb?

By Mack DeGeurin

two women with one in the background highlighted for removal with cursor

How Adobe Lightroom’s new AI tools can transform your photos

JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed

Space Telescope

JWST discovers earliest galaxy ever observed

steam rising over blue water in a pool built by ancient romans

What Britain’s famed Roman Baths could teach us about microbes

By Laura Baisas

Illustration of atomic Fresnel lens

Particle Physics

This lens is just three atoms thick and works like a quantum lighthouse

18 February 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck: The display of an artificial nose shows the smell of coffee in a laboratory of the Competence Center Communication, Systems and Applications (CoSA) at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences. The small computer with a pig's nose has four sensors and can easily distinguish between coffee, whiskey and room air. In the future, the artificial intelligence (AI) could also warn if, for example, the concentration of hazardous substances is too high at an industrial workplace. (to dpa "How whiskey makes artificial intelligence comprehensible") Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

AI is cracking a hard problem–giving computers a sense of smell

By Ambuj Tewari / The Conversation

the gmail icon on an iphone in someone's hand

7 essential tips for using Gmail on your phone

a full moon rises with blurred red flowers

June skygazing: Nevermind the viral ‘planet parade,’ check out the Strawberry/Solstice moon

By Laura Baisas

Close-up of three cows

Cow poop might make cleaner hydrogen gas a reality

a black and white photograph of swimmer gertrude ederle. she is standing on a beach in a one piece swimsuit holding an oar.

Fitness & Exercise

Gertrude Ederle and the grueling science of marathon swimming

By Laura Baisas

AI will require even more energy than we thought

AI will require even more energy than we thought

By Mack DeGeurin

Amazon workers testing Prime Air drones outside

Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones get a major FAA clearance

fossilized leg bones in reddish-brown sediment

New horse-sized dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe

By Laura Baisas

This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows the northern lights over a suburb in London, Britain. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Why low-light events like the northern lights often look better through your phone camera

By Douglas Goodwin / The Conversation

white fluffy clouds on blue sky

NASA needs your help identifying clouds

By Alisha McDarris

two electric bikes on a rural road

Electric Vehicles

I really wanted to love the LiveWire S2 Del Mar

Metamaterial film on glass

New material looks like frosted glass but lets in more light than a window

Phone screens of the future might be squishy

Phone screens of the future might be squishy

By Mack DeGeurin

a brown snail sits on a green lettuce leaf

Slimy slugs and snails surprisingly thriving in LA

By Laura Baisas