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Astronaut Loren J. Shriver, Mission Commander of STS-46, attempts to eat floating sweets on the flight deck of the shuttle Atlantis during its orbit of the earth, August 1992. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

Artemis II astronauts will eat a lot of tortillas on their trip to the moon

A split image featuring a colorized portrait of Mary Anderson, a female inventor from the early 20th century, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a bow tie. Next to her portrait is an original technical patent drawing labeled with various "Fig" numbers, showing the mechanical design and lever system of her "Window Cleaning Device," the precursor to the modern windshield wiper.

Windshield wipers’ overlooked female inventor

By Shoshi Parks

purple crystals

Humans’ love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years

By Laura Baisas

Illustration showing Tanyka amnicola in life, eating underwater plants.

Bizarro salamander ancestor was an evolutionary oddball

MacBook Pro M5 Pro and Max computers

10 things to know about Apple’s new M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros

By Stan Horaczek

Man pointing with stick at chalkboard diagram of AM radio setup

Watch a classified FM radio training video from WW2

Aerial photograph of the excavation area for the new fire station building on Lohagenweg in Hüllhorst. The tree cover marks the course of the source stream, which formed the basis for the construction of the former farmstead. Photo: LWL-AfW / A. Koch

2,500-year-old settlement found during fire station construction

a pink flamingo standing in water (left). a blue songbird sitting on a tree branch (right)

Florida considers making the flamingo its state bird

By Margherita Bassi

a large pool of water with smoke rising from it

World’s largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020

By Laura Baisas

An oil painting titled "The Pythia" by Camillo Miola, depicting the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece. The Pythia, a young woman in white and gold robes with a heavy gold necklace, is shown in a trance-like state, seated on a tall bronze tripod. Several priests in white tunics surround her, some holding olive branches and one taking notes on a tablet. In the foreground, two figures in ornate blue and gold robes kneel in prayer or supplication before a low stone altar. The scene is set against a deep red wall, with laurel leaves scattered across the floor and a large, dark omphalos stone visible on the left.

Ancient Greece’s most famous oracle was just high on gas fumes

By Andrew Coletti

The Shure MVX2U Gen. 2 XLR-to-USB-C digital audio interface shown with its accessories and retail packaging on a white background

Shure’s MVX2U Gen 2 interface transforms XLR mics into travel-friendly, high-fidelity USB-C audio solutions

woman's face in front of sun and garbage

Ask Us Anything

We can’t launch our trash into the sun. But why?

By Popular Science Team

Microchip resting on man's hand next to syringe

Washington state moves to ban forced employee microchips

Screenshot of final boss from original Doom

Computer run on human brain cells learned to play ‘Doom’

Oval limestone with line etchings that likely represent a board game played in ancient Rome

Mystery stone is actually ancient Roman board game

older man uses iphone

How to make any smartphone easier to use for a senior citizen

an illustration of a woman wearing an ancient headdress made with antler bones, fur, and teeth

7,000-year-old deer antler headdress uncovered in Germany

By Margherita Bassi

A Light Pearl Devialet Phantom Ultimate 108 dB wireless speaker sitting on a stand in front of a window

Devialet Phantom Ultimate 108 dB wireless speaker review: Sound refined and redefined

a horse standing in a green field with its mouth open

Horse whinnies are weirder than they sound

By Margherita Bassi

A bright, high-key close-up photograph of a woman drinking from a clear glass filled with ice and water. The focus is on the glass and her hand, which features decorative nail art with small fruit patterns.

Is drinking cold water bad for you? We asked a dietitian.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Female young behind book with face covered for a red book while smiling

How to rebuild your reading habits

a woman holds a large lizard. it has black and white scales and is sticking out a red tongue tipped black

Frostbitten lizard found in Rhode Island is healing

By Margherita Bassi

a red moon due to a total lunar eclipse

March skygazing: a full blood moon rises and new season

a polar bear cub clings to its mother

24 beautiful images from the World Nature Photography Awards 2026

By Popular Science Team

Essential items for a car emergency kit

How to build the best emergency roadside kit

By Stan Horaczek

Researchers holding smartphone up to computer monitor to test world's smallest QR code

World’s smallest QR code is thinner than a lightwave

The view from my workspace on Jupiter

How the Apple Vision Pro team allowed me to work remotely from a realistic version of Jupiter’s moon, Amalthea

By Stan Horaczek

screenshot of movie

Long-lost silent film depicts first ‘robot’ in cinema

By Mack DeGeurin

Handing winding a series of brass gears that comprise an interplanetary clock device

What time is it on Mars? This analog ‘Interplanetary Clock’ can tell you.

Two dogs sitting in half open door looking curiously to the left

Dogs act like toddlers when trying to help humans

A close-up photograph of a thick-cut roast of venison, sliced to reveal a deep pink, juicy interior. The meat is tied with butcher's twine and has a dark, seasoned crust. It is garnished with coarse sea salt and fresh herbs, resting on a rustic wooden carving board with a blurred kitchen background.

Why some meat tastes gamey

a polar bear mother closes her eyes while laying down with two cubs. one cub is biting the other's cheek

11 cool photos to celebrate International Polar Bear Day

By Popular Science Team

Gemini said A close-up photograph of a wet black Oriental Shorthair cat standing in a white porcelain bathtub. The cat has a long, lean body, large pointed ears, and wide, startled yellow eyes. Its mouth is open as if mid-meow or protesting, showing its teeth and pink tongue. Droplets of water are visible on its sleek, drenched fur, and a silver shower hose is seen in the background.

Why (most) cats hate water

By Popular Science Team

a large goat with grey fur and large horns

Ireland’s native goats date back to Bronze Age

By Laura Baisas

Hand pointing at DIY electric chessboard with bunches of wires underneath it

Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

Close-up of aedes aegypti mosquito sucking blood from human skin, transmitting dangerous diseases like dengue fever, zika virus, and chikungunya, Chumphon in thailand.

Mosquitoes have been sucking our blood for 1.8 million years

a truck spraying a pothole in front of a house

Asphalt-spraying truck fixes potholes in minutes

By Mack DeGeurin

Is drinking hot water in the morning really good for your guts?

By Sara Kiley Watson

Sun Home Eclipse 2-person infrared sauna

Sun Home’s Eclipse Red Light & Infrared Saunas blend two popular sauna technologies into a model meant for the home

By Stan Horaczek

Panamanian golden frog on leaves in forest

Endangered Species

Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction

Black and white photo of Iron Age mass grave bones in Serbia

One of Europe’s largest Iron Age mass graves contains mostly women and children

green spruce needless with blue halos on top

Leaf tips glow blue in thunderstorms

By Laura Baisas

Nike yellow basketball shoes on parquet floor during basketball match of Ukrainian Superleague Parimatch SEASON 2020/21 BC "Kharkiv Sokoly» - MBC "Nikolaev", 31.01.2021, Ukraine, Kharkov, Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv"

Physics discovery explains why sneakers squeak

Paper Craft Anatomy of a Urine-filled Human Bladder That Produces Urination on Blue Background Front View.

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Having to pee makes you scientifically better at video games

By Popular Science Team

A detailed, extreme close-up of an emu's head and neck against its own feathered body. The emu has a sharp, dark beak and a striking, large orange eye. Its head is covered in fine, black wiry feathers, while the thick, gray and black plumage of its body creates a textured, blurred background.

Emus once faced down the Australian army—and won

a dolphin swims in venice, italy

Humans pose the biggest risk to Venice’s celebrity dolphin

By Laura Baisas

Coway air purifiers deals amazon

Amazon just dropped the prices on our favorite Coway air purifiers by up to 39%

By Stan Horaczek

a chimpanzee laying on its back in a forest

Chimpanzees love alcohol and their pee proves it

By Laura Baisas

Interior of classic opera house

Color plays an unsung role in how we enjoy concerts

DJI microphones on sale at Amazon

Get a wireless DJI microphone setup for as low as $45 right now during this Amazon flash sale

By Stan Horaczek

Lisbon, Portugal - September 24, 2021: TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900neo airplane at Lisbon airport (LIS) in Portugal.

Techno DJ jailed after selling 60,000 fake plane parts to major airlines

Crane placing final part of cross atop Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain

After 144 years, world’s tallest church finally finishes exterior

woman holding floppy disks in from of disks

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks

By Mack DeGeurin

a dog on a phone

How the Ring Search Party feature works (and how to turn it off, if it’s too creepy)

Two satin black KEF Q4 Meta on-wall speakers flanking vinyl album artwork hung over a credenza with a turntable on it.

KEF’s Q Series speakers and KUBE subwoofers offer high-quality audio with limited-time discounts

The Adorant figurine from Geißenklösterle Cave, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dots. The application of these marks suggests a notational system, most notably in the rows of dots on the back of the plate.

Earliest known writing dates back over 40,000 years

Satellite image of southern tip of Florida showing bright blue waters off west coast caused by winter storm weather

NASA spots Florida’s ocean waters changing color

Hands holding a camera that is housed inside a cigarette case

KGB cigarette pack spy camera still works (sort of)

a medal from the 1896 olympics

Olympic medal from first modern Games up for auction

By Laura Baisas

bones laid out in a grave

Stone Age burial ground reveals deep family trees

By Margherita Bassi

(Original Caption) 1888- New York, NY: Workers dig out the snow from underneath an elevated train line after the blizzard of 1888. BPA2# 5413

14 remarkable images of New York City’s 1888 blizzard

By Popular Science Team

eyeball melting

Stop staring at screens so much. Here’s how.

A great white shark swims near Guadalupe Island in Mexico.

Great white sharks don’t always flee after orca attacks

By Margherita Bassi

A small Chihuahua wearing a jacket while walking on a frosty, sunny day. Outdoor photo.

Why do little dogs shiver so much? We asked the experts.

By Niranjana Rajalakshmi