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Screenshot of ROV video showing icefish nests on floor of Weddell Sea

The quest to find Shackleton’s ship uncovered an Antarctic mystery

Dreo space heater heating a room

Dreo space heaters are on sale at Amazon just in time for the cold weather to roll in

By Stan Horaczek

A large planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend diagonally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of molecular gas, here coloured blue. They stretch out to the corners of the view. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers.

Space Telescope

Red Spider Nebula glows in ethereal new JWST image

By Laura Baisas

CT scan displaying German sword blade with engraved name on it

Renaissance sword reveals a hidden engraving

Artist's recreation of ‘Epiatheracerium itjilik’ in its forested lake habitat, Devon Island, Early Miocene, 23 million years ago. The plants and animals shown, including a rodent, rabbit and the transitional seal ‘Puijila darwini,’ are all based on fossilized remains found at the site.

Rhinos once lived in Canada

By Laura Baisas

Two close up shots of two tube-nosed bat species

Six new bat species discovered in the Philippines

The blue marked Queen of a Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) colony is searching for a place to insert an egg.

Queen bees are violently ousted if worker bees smell weakness

By Laura Baisas

A colorful vintage poster illustration featuring a large Uncle Sam figure in a stars and stripes outfit, leaning down to adjust the hands of a massive clock with Roman numerals, which has a red center. Below him, a smaller man is running frantically with a small clock showing the time is one hour earlier. The text at the top reads "VICTORY! CONGRESS PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL." The style is reminiscent of early 20th-century American political or war-time posters.

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time—and hated it

Scan of hieroglyphs on Mayan Foundation Rock

Mystery Mayan ruler was no king

a dolphin blowing bubbles under water

Dolphins may be getting an Alzheimer’s-like disease due to this neurotoxin

By Margherita Bassi

Back angle of man scratching head and looking at rows of TVs in electronics store

Your eyes can only handle so much HDTV

Awa Guajá couple, family of Takarentia, only contacted 5 days before this picture was taken, 1992.

Half of all uncontacted Indigenous tribes may disappear by 2036

a close up of leopard spots

Why do animals have spots and stripes?

By Laura Baisas

Can dogs really smell fear? A vet weighs in.

By Clarissa Brincat

an iphone with visited place opened

Apple Maps in iOS 26 keeps track of your favorite places

Northern right whale.Eubalaena glacialis.Courting group. Several males approach a female (on left). Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are making a slow comeback

By Margherita Bassi

The first six women in newly issued, incompletely adorned astronaut jumpsuits, 1978: (front, left to right) Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon; (rear) Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Judy Resnik.

NASA’s trailblazing generation

By Valerie Neal

Woman sitting on back seat having headache

Why you get carsick—and how an iPhone feature might help

Archaeologists discover massive ancient Egyptian fortress

By Margherita Bassi

a big cat with flamingo in its mouth dead

13 riveting images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Close up of solar flare on sun

Scientists prepare for the next Carrington Event

Anker solix portable power station, portable phone charger, and charging dock

Amazon is clearing out Anker chargers, cables, adapters, and more during this post-Prime Day sale

By Stan Horaczek

The STS-92 crew exits the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to the Astrovan and Launch Pad 39A for a simulated countdown. Walking left to right are (foreground) Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of Japan, Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff and Leroy Chiao; and Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy. Behind them are Mission Specialists Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and William S. McArthur Jr.; and Commander Brian Duffy. The crew is taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that provide emergency egress training, opportunities to inspect the mission payload, and the simulated countdown. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 and the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. The mission is also the 100th flight in the Shuttle program

A NASA commander’s most important system wasn’t a computer. It was the crew.

Skull of a soldier from the Napoleon army next to a button from a soldier's uniform.

The real killer of Napoleon’s army revealed by DNA testing

The tree is constructed from a metal pole, with sea glass strung down from the top.

Meet the man who built a 15-foot-tall sea glass Christmas tree

By Laura Baisas

Roman skeletons in water well mass grave

Ancient Roman mass grave shows its army’s ethnic diversity

the head of a large brown horse

Why do horses have eyes on the side of their head?

By Katie Navarra Bradley

A panoramic, dark, and eerie photograph of a dense forest shrouded in thick fog or mist. The trees are tall and silhouetted, with a single, dark, cloaked figure standing in a patch of brighter light at the center of the path, creating a spooky and mysterious atmosphere.

What Americans fear most in 2025

Mummy of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens with fossil preparator Tyler Keillor of the University of Chicago. The dinosaur mummy nicknamed “Ed Jr.,” was covered by floodwaters some 66 million years ago, preserving its fossilized skeleton and, in a thin clay layer, large areas of scaly, wrinkled skin and a tall fleshy crest over its back.

Dinosaur ‘mummies’ prove some dinos had hooves

2025 Audio Awards header

2025 Audio Awards: 25 sound investments for sonic satisfaction

feather in dirt

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

You’re actually not allowed to keep bird feathers you find on hikes—and it’s all thanks to two women who got really mad about hats

By Popular Science Team

A ringworm mosquito (Culiseta annulata) is seen on a control monitor connected to a microscope in the laboratory for mosquito monitoring at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) on the island of Riems in Germany.

Iceland was the only country in the world without mosquitos—now they’ve found three

By Margherita Bassi

In 3D the kissing number is 12, as illustrated by basketballs. Illustration: Kira Vesikko / Aalto University

Human outsmarts Google DeepMind AI, solving centuries-old ‘kissing problem’

a rattlesnake with an open mouth bearing its fangs

How snake bites really work

By Laura Baisas

A close-up, head-on portrait of a Dalmatian dog with striking bright blue eyes. The dog has a white face with black spots covering its head and ears, and is wearing a brown leather collar. The background is a simple, blurred gray surface.

Can dogs sense ghosts?

By Clarissa Brincat

Reconstructed image of the compact, fast-rotating asymmetric disc around β CMi. The white scale bar at the bottom right marks 1 milliarcsecond — equivalent to a 6 feet scale at the distance of the moon.

Astronomers’ telescope ‘hack’ uncovered a lopsided star

Butter is slowly melting in a frying pan

New recycling method turns Teflon into toothpaste fluoride

pinworm under microscope

Ancient poop from Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’ teems with parasites

By Laura Baisas

Close up of bearded dragon against black background

Reptile ‘pee crystals’ might help treat kidney stones and gout

A nighttime photograph shows a suburban house transformed into a dramatic haunted house display, illuminated by intense purple and blue lighting. The front lawn is covered with numerous Halloween decorations, including glowing ghosts, demonic gargoyles flanking a sign that reads "THE VENEZIALE MANOR," skeletons, and lighted pumpkin figures. A bright moon or spotlight shines in the upper right.

Teen turns his suburban home into elaborate haunted house every October

By Laura Kiniry

Group of people speaking in conference room, out of focus image

Men speak with a vocal fry just as much as women

A red cusk-eel burrowed in among tubeworms at a methane seep off the coast of El Quisco in central Chile. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute

Tiny spider crabs snack on parasites from Chile’s favorite fish

World’s only flightless parrot doing okay against ‘crusty bum’ disease

By Laura Baisas

Bambu Lab A1 3D printer deal header

The Bambu Lab A1 is the best multi-color 3D printer for beginners and it’s up to $260 off at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum, on Quai Francois Mitterrand, in Paris on October 19, 2025. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still being evaluated. A police source said an unknown number of thieves arrived on a scooter armed with small chainsaws and used a goods lift to reach the room they were targeting. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the Louvre heist doesn’t surprise museum security experts

visual intelligence examples on iphone

How to use Visual Intelligence on your iPhone with iOS 26

A photograph of a young couple sitting close together in a dark movie theater, looking scared or startled during a film. The man on the left has his hands covering part of his face, grimacing, while the woman next to him is covering her face with one hand. They are sharing a large bucket of popcorn.

Is fear contagious?

By Sarah Philip

A 50 cent coin from 1817 (left) and an 1846 Liberty head one-cent coin (right) are just two of the numerous objects uncovered in a dig in Troy, Ohio.

Rare 19th-century coins found after fire at historic tavern

By Laura Baisas

Kidney transplant in container

Donor organ’s blood type altered for the first time

A 3D model of the ancient Roman water basin uncovered about 11 miles east of Rome.

Forgotten rival of Ancient Rome featured an impressive water basin

By Margherita Bassi

Big bison in the National Park on the shore of a lake or river

This national park uses helicopters for bison round-up duty

a woman running with snow-capped mountains in the background

Fitness & Exercise

Ultra-endurance athletes can burn up to 8,000 calories per day

By Laura Baisas

A photograph of an old, abandoned operating room with peeling, distressed green paint on the walls. The room is symmetrically framed, featuring a central metal operating table and a large surgical lamp hanging from the ceiling. Two tall, barred windows on either side are brightly backlit, casting a dramatic light into the dim room.

Ask Us Anything

What makes a place seem ‘haunted’?

By Laura Kiniry

Onyx Black Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 headphones in their case amongst bright green plants.

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 S2 noise-cancelling wireless headphones review: Turning transit into theatre

atlas robot holding up its three-digit hands

Robot hands are becoming more human

By Mack DeGeurin

Woman leaning back in office chair at desk looking out window

Fitness & Exercise

Deep sighs are not only satisfying—they’re healthy

A family of grizzly bears, including a mother and three cubs

18 triumphant images from the 1839 Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

screenshot of messages on iphone

The coolest new iPhone Messages features

Prevent tech neck header woman doing banded rows

Fitness & Exercise

4 ways to fix ‘tech neck,’ according to a physical therapist

By Jordan Burchette

several large black antsDeposit Photos

Ants ‘social distance’ during a pandemic

By Margherita Bassi

pouring coffee into a white cup that is sitting on coffee beans

Coffee’s delicious journey from tiny bean to tasty brew

By Sara Kiley Watson

Kobalt tools deal header

This 297-piece Kobalt Mechanics Tool Kit is just $99 at Lowe’s with an included tool box

By Stan Horaczek

ROV screenshot of dive to Titan submersible debris on ocean floor

OceanGate’s ‘Titan’ went on 7 dives with a damaged hull before implosion

Dubai chocolate is a dessert prepared with milk and dark chocolate, roasted shredded wheat, pistachio paste and tahini.

Why foods like Dubai chocolate go viral