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Men's hands open a can of carbonated drink in a jar and mouth-watering splashes come out of it in all directions.Photo on the background of the sky.

How to stop your soda from exploding, according to science

By Popular Science Team

Car cleaning kit essentials

How to clean your car like a professional detailer

By Stan Horaczek

This rechargeable Wolfbox Air Duster is the most surprisingly useful gadget I didn’t know I needed

By Stan Horaczek

A woman holds up her cell phone as she plays the Pokémon Go game in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC on July 12, 2016.

‘Pokémon Go’ players unknowingly trained delivery robots with 30 billion images

By Mack DeGeurin

the front of a steam locomotive. it is black and reads "union pacific 4014"

World’s largest steam locomotive heads out on tour

By Laura Baisas

AI generated iamge of injured Hazel dog

Scammers use AI-generated images of lost dogs to target pet owners

By Mack DeGeurin

A medium shot of a dark-furred cat standing on a desk cluttered with vintage papers and an inkwell. The cat is looking alertly to its right, with its whiskers and fur illuminated by a dramatic light source against a dark, moody background.

The CIA once trained cats to be Cold War spies

several birds flying overhead while a bird sits on its nest with a chick

11 wild photos show the Amazon River in its glory

By Popular Science Team

an ice cap in the alps. it is topped with snow, but brown spots show significant melting

Alpine glacier holds history dating back to the Romans. And it’s melting—fast.

By Nidhi Sharma

In the light of the setting sun, the sky forms a veil of Saharan dust over the Wurmberg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Sahara dust colors the sky red.

NASA shows how Sahara desert dust spread all over Europe

By Laura Baisas

Old Navy season ending clearance

Old Navy’s end-of-season clearance sale has jeans, tops, jackets, and more up to 90% off

By Stan Horaczek

A wolf chases magpies and ravens from an elk carcass near Soda Butte.

Yellowstone’s ravens may memorize wolf hunting hotspots—to feast

By Nidhi Sharma

robot working on rubik's cube

Brothers build a robot to solve Rubik’s cubes in record-setting time

By Mack DeGeurin

An artist’s illustration of a giant tyrannosaur watching the duckbill dinosaur ‘Parasaurolophus’ in New Mexico during the late Cretaceous (74-75 million years ago).

‘Unusually large’ tyrannosaur leg bone points to 10,000-pound behemoth

By Laura Baisas

Happy young adult man listening to music with headphones and mobile phone celebrating and dancing outdoor against yellow background. Youth lifestyle concept

4 surprising scientific benefits of music

A close-up photograph of a Halobates, an ocean water strider, resting on the surface of the water. The insect has a long, slender dark body and very thin, wire-like legs that create slight indentations on the water's surface tension. Its reflection is visible on the surface, and the background is a soft, out-of-focus light blue and white.

Do any bugs live in the ocean? Short answer: Not really.

By Andrew Coletti

Illustration showing ancient hominid drinking water at river's edge with crocodile lurking nearby in the water

An odd-nosed crocodile ate our prehistoric ancestors

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Get a $199 Shark vacuum for just $99 during Amazon’s flash clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets of charged particles emanate from the magnetar along its rotation axis.

For the first time, astronomers witnessed the birth of a ‘magnetar’

a small black car with a number 4 on it

British man powers DIY car with discarded vapes

By Mack DeGeurin

a screenshot of a website showing a human brain, heart, colon, lung, kidney, prostate, placenta, and liver

Explore the human body in stunning, 3D detail with a new online tool

By Laura Baisas

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Goal Zero Yeti 1500 6G review: A rugged portable power station that isn’t afraid to get dirty

By Stan Horaczek

Bathymetric view of USS Monitor, looking at the stern of the wreck with the boilers and inner framework of the armor belt captured by Northrop Grumman using μSAS™.

Civil War shipwreck remains in ‘fantastic’ shape on ocean floor

a grizzly bear stands on a bison carcass

Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear of 2026 emerges from his den

By Laura Baisas

A close-up photograph of a young child with blonde hair smiling broadly, revealing several missing front baby teeth. The child is playfully covering their eyes with both hands, with a plain grey wall in the background.

Ask Us Anything

Why do we even have baby teeth?

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Scientists suggest modifying cars to hit fewer hedgehogs

By Margherita Bassi

A newly described African species in the magic mushroom family confirms its evolutionary origin. Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is found growing on cattle dung in the grasslands of southern Africa and Zimbabwe.

New psychedelic fungus rewrites origins of magic mushrooms

Stellar Blade, Star Wars Lego, Elden Ring

Walmart’s video game clearance sale drops popular titles for Switch, PS5, and Xbox by up to 50%

By Stan Horaczek

Miniature 3D printed TV airing an episode of The Simpsons

3D-printed TV from ‘The Simpsons’ plays actual episodes

Garmin running watches on sale at Amazon

Save up to $200 off Garmin’s most popular running and fitness watches during this Amazon flash sale

By Stan Horaczek

two parrots with red, green, and blue feathers sitting in a tree

Ancient Andean parrot trade route stretched over 300 miles

By Laura Baisas

Meteor crossing sky at dusk in Germany on March 8, 2026

A meteor soared across Europe—and possibly hit a house

A vibrant digital collage on a textured blue background featuring several human mouths in various speaking poses. Speech bubbles emerge from the mouths containing text in different languages and scripts, including "ESPAÑOL", "日本語" (Japanese), and "tiếng Việt" (Vietnamese), accented by colorful symbols like a hashtag, exclamation point, and question mark.

Ask Us Anything

Why are languages spoken at different speeds?

By RJ Mackenzie

two hares fight with their front paws

15 enchanting images from the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

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YouTube Premium Lite: Is it worth the $7.99/month?

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Save on Hoka, On, Brooks, and more running shoes during REI’s end-of-season clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

Shattered clay container with 100s of gold coins scattered around it

A buried jar of imperial gold coins resurfaces in Russia

An artist's impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun, illuminating one side of the comet. On the side of the comet closer to the sun, the methanol gas is shown in blue, with icy dust grains still present in the gas. On the dark side of the comet, the hydrogen cyanide is shown in orange.

Space Telescope

3I/ATLAS comet is bursting with alcohol, surprising astronomers

An Ixodes tick (left). An Asian tiger mosquito. (right)

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

A DIY Lego mechanical typewriter sitting on a desk

Man builds functional typewriter out of Lego bricks

a black bird sits on a tree

These birds listen to their parents to avoid being eaten

By Margherita Bassi

Red SHOKZ OpenDots One package sitting on a shelf between planters

The SHOKZ OpenDots ONE clip-on earbuds are a high-energy reset in red

a dolphin (left) and a more rounded porpoise (right)

Florida can’t decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise

By Margherita Bassi

Gemini said Two budgerigars, one blue and white and one green and yellow, perched on a wooden branch while appearing to "whisper" or interact closely.

From chirps to ‘hellos’: Why some birds talk like people

By Laura Kiniry

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) hovers delicately at a feeder in a backyard, its iridescent feathers glinting in the sunlight. These tiny birds are famous for their incredible long-distance migration, with some traveling up to 2,000 miles between North America and Central America each year. Providing sugar-water feeders in backyards is a common way for bird lovers to help fuel the hummingbirds' energy-intensive journey. During migration, their diet consists of nectar from flowers and feeders, supplemented with small insects for protein. Backyard feeders like this one offer a critical source of food, especially as natural nectar sources become scarce in colder months.

How to attract hummingbirds to your yard

By Debbie Wolfe

a bobcat on a colorful blanket

Wild bobcat making remarkable recovery after getting hit by car

By Margherita Bassi

An Afghan Hound striking the fake rabbit.

28 powerful Sony World Photography Awards 2026 honorees

By Popular Science Team

A wide-angle photograph of an old, shaded graveyard with several weathered stone headstones of varying shapes and sizes. The cemetery is lush with green grass and is dominated by large, leafy deciduous trees whose branches cast dappled sunlight over the monuments. In the background, more headstones are scattered across a sunlit grassy area.

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The most eco-friendly burial option isn’t cremation or human composting

By Popular Science Team

Two photos next to each other. One is a man laying on grass next to longest snake in the world for scale reference. The other is a with portion of the world's longest snake draped over his shoulder in the jungle

Endangered Species

Longest snake ever measured is over 23.5 feet long

Ancient Mayan water filters stopped a lot—just not mercury poisoning

a white rat and a black rat looking out of a cage

163 surrendered rats seek new homes in Massachusetts

By Margherita Bassi

On Couldmonster 3 Hyper Lightspray

On’s new LightSpray CloudMonster 3 Hyper running shoe is built by robots in 3 minutes flat

By Stan Horaczek

During WWI, a daredevil pilot helped invent the first ‘drones’

By Bill Gourgey

The titanium Meze Audio ASTRU IEMs shown resting on a digital audio player against a black background

Meze Audio introduces ASTRU, an elegantly engineered dynamic driver in-ear monitor

a turtle wearing a 3D printed wheel chair

A 3D-printed wheelchair is helping this turtle walk again

By Mack DeGeurin

Minamitorishima island in Pacific Ocean seen from above

Japan eyes distant island for nuclear waste dump

pouring olive oil from glass bottle on grey background. close up

Physicists calculate exactly how long that last drop takes

yellow flowers blooming near hills

Best superbloom since 2016 fills Death Valley with wildflowers

By Laura Baisas

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Get a free battery worth $169 and more during the Lowe’s DeWalt Days power tool sale

By Stan Horaczek

Ask Us Anything

7 wild ways pregnancy changes your body forever

By Jennifer Byrne

Two dudes riding the Velotric Summit 2 multi-terrain ebike along a ridge line

Velotric launches the upgraded Summit 2 multi-terrain ebike

A worker searches for evidence at Burr Oak Cemetery July 14, 2009 in Alsip, Illinois. Police recently closed the cemetery declaring the site a crime scene after human remains were found on the ground at various locations in the cemetery. Police suspect hundreds of graves could have been dug up in the historic black cemetery over the last several years and the bodies dumped elsewhere on the grounds in order for the gravesites to be resold by the cemetery management. Blues music legend Willie Dixon and civil rights figure Emmett Till are among those buried in the suburban Chicago cemetery. The First Lady's office confirms that Michelle Obama's father, Fraser Robinson, is also buried there. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Moss helped nab notorious grave-robbers

Close up of non-dairy cheese made with rice proteins in dish

Rice cheese may be the next big thing

trees and shrubs are surrounded by a bright yellow weed

Weed that smells like paint thinner takes over Arizona

By Laura Baisas