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Flashforge 3D printers on sale at Amazon

Amazon just dropped the prices on these editor-approved Flashforge 3D printers and filaments

By Stan Horaczek

Bow drill in action, New Kingdom tomb painting from Western Thebes, Tomb of Rekhmire, object 31.6.25, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain

Forgotten hand tool rewrites ancient Egyptian history

Greenworks power tools with batteries

Amazon is clearing out Greenworks yard tools during this get-ready-for-spring flash sale

By Stan Horaczek

Thresher shark seen from below swimming in ocean

Ancient sharks once swam in this landlocked state

Wild boars killed by a pellet gun is seen inside a booby trap at a residential area near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 30, 2017. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nuclear hog hybrids are breeding at breakneck speed in Japan

screenshot of apple music inside chatgpt

How to connect Apple Music to ChatGPT

A close-up photograph of a small, fluffy Great Tit perched on a frost-covered branch during winter. The bird has a distinctive black cap, white cheeks, and a bright yellow breast with a black stripe. The branch is adorned with small red berries and delicate ice crystals, set against a soft, blurred background of snow-covered foliage.

How do birds stay warm in winter?

By Clarissa Brincat

Bison bones are scattered across the Bergstrom site in central Montana.

Why bison hunters abandoned a kill site 1,200 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Candidates for Luna 9's landing site. Credit: Pinault et al.

Astronomers close in on long-lost Soviet lunar lander

Seed cone of the evergreen Norway spruce tree, Picea abies.

No, trees can’t anticipate a solar eclipse

Winter coats on sale at REI

REI’s winter coat and jacket clearance has deep deals on The North Face, Columbia, Patagonia, and more

By Stan Horaczek

Scans of severed skull fragments from Iberian Peninsula

Severed head rituals were more widespread in Iron Age Iberia than we thought

a new species of lady bug. it is black and the size of a grain of sand

New ladybug species is the size of a grain of sand

By Margherita Bassi

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The world’s only dark sky airport sits inside a national park

By Alisha McDarris

A young lynx playfully throws a rodent into the air before killing and devouring it.

16 astonishing images from the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

a sea turtle swimming with a boat in the distance

Endangered Species

The world’s smallest sea turtle lives in a noisy ocean

By Margherita Bassi

A colorized historical photograph showing a group of men in traditional Middle Eastern attire, including robes and turbans, gathered at an outdoor coffee house. On the left, a man in a white robe stands behind a counter featuring a large, ornate metal coffee urn. To the right, several other men are seated around a small table, engaged in conversation, reflecting the long history of coffee as a social staple.

4 times drinking coffee was illegal—or even punishable by death

Directly avobe view of many wooden ecological cotton swabs on a blue colored background

Stop cleaning your ears wrong

fake images of wild horses standing on a beach wrapped in pink mattress-like insulation material

No, North Carolina’s wild horses were not wrapped in insulation

By Margherita Bassi

How to clear space in your Google for free

a cold-stunned green iguana likes on its back on the ground in florida

Florida euthanizes 5,195 frozen iguanas

By Laura Baisas

Sleep number mattresses on sale for Presidents' Day

Sleep Number just dropped prices on pretty much all of its beds during this surprise early Presidents’ Day sale

By Stan Horaczek

A person bundled in heavy winter gear, including a frost-covered knit hat and a black face mask, with ice clinging to their eyelashes and the fabric. The background shows a dim, icy landscape at dusk with a soft glow from a distant light.

Ask Us Anything

The toddler who survived a 54-degree body temperature

By Popular Science Team

a tatoo-like image of the mona lisa printed on synthetic skin

Synthetic skin reveals hidden ‘Mona Lisa’ when exposed to heat

By Mack DeGeurin

Antique film camera on stack of black and white pictures

$13 thrift store camera hid 70-year-old undeveloped film

a whale fluke with hills in the distance

Endangered Species

The lobstermen teaming up with scientists to save endangered whales

By Valerie Shively

A selection of premium Sennheiser headphones and earphones on a purple nebula background

Sennheiser’s New Year, New Gear premium headphones sale lets you elevate your listening for less

A close-up photograph of a young child in a sunlit garden, biting into a large, freshly harvested carrot. The child is shirtless, and the carrot still has its long, vibrant green leafy tops attached. The background is a soft-focus view of a lush garden under a bright, clear sky.

Yes, eating carrots can help your eyesight. But it’s not a cure-all.

By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

a man holds a light blue torch and a flame

MIT professor designs 2026 Winter Olympics torch

By Laura Baisas

Termites eating wood

Termites are swarming Florida even faster than predicted

Hands warming near a bonfire at night

Fire may have altered human DNA

Australia mints colorful $1 coins to honor Olympians and Paralympians

By Laura Baisas

An artistic, mixed-media digital collage of an early twentieth-century electric vehicle, specifically a Woods Motor Vehicle Company car. The car is rendered in shades of purple and pink against a textured yellow background that looks like crumpled paper. The image features playful, hand-drawn scribbles in red and black, including the words "VROOM VROOM" and "LET'S RIDE!" near the front wheel. The car itself has a tall, carriage-like cabin with large windows and thin, spoked wheels highlighted with glowing pink circles. Decorative red loops and lines are sketched around the rear of the vehicle to suggest motion.

In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it.

By Bill Gourgey

a mummy's decorative outer shell on display in a musuem

Scientists want you to smell ancient Egyptian mummies

By Laura Baisas

a pulley system with a ceiling fan chain

Man solves ceiling fans’ most annoying problem

By Mack DeGeurin

People watching football on a TV paired with a Sonos soundbar that's on sale

Sonos is blowing out its most popular soundbars, speakers, and headphones during this flash sale

Large group of used dirty sleeping mattresses. Abandoned in wild landfill

Fungi help turn old mattresses into insulation

ROV pilots filmed this glass squid at 1,725 meters while exploring the Colorado-Rawson submarine canyon off the coast of Argentina. CREDIT: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute Due to our legal status as a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, no media produced by Schmidt Ocean Institute may be used in attempting to influence legislation or lobbying. Additionally, all visual assets (Images, videos, etc) can only be used as stated by creative commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Marine biologists discover 28 new deep sea species—and an old VHS tape

a white dog with ears perked up and wide eyes against a blue background

Cortisol could impact your dog’s behavior

By Laura Baisas

A white pickup truck is driving away from the viewer across a flat sandy plain with tall, smoothly sculpted dunes rising in the background. Small patches of dry grass are scattered in the foreground.

Death Valley National Park needs help ID’ing joyriding vandals

A hummingbird’s wings on a micro-CT scanner.

How do you check a hummingbird for broken bones? Very carefully.

A close-up of a person's mouth smiling, showing teeth fitted with metal dental braces on both the upper and lower rows. The image focuses on the orthodontic brackets and wires, with the person’s nose and lips framing the smile.

Why our ancestors had straight teeth without braces

By Sara Kiley Watson

Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 350 AW camera backpack

Adorama is blowing out camera bags during this limited winter clearance sale

By Stan Horazek

05 September 2020, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt: Soprano Johanna Vargas (l) and composer Julian Lembke (r) use the organ pipes. Since 2001 the organ has been playing the music piece "ORGAN2/ASLSP" by John Cage without interruption. It is said to last 639 years. On Saturday, September 5, 2020, the 14th sound change of the John Cage Organ Art Project Halberstadt has been completed. In addition to the previous five pipes c'(16'), des'(16'), dis', ais' and e'', there are two new pipes g sharp and e. The next sound lasts until February 5, 2022. Then the g sharp will be dropped again. If everything goes as planned, the performance of the piece will last until the year 2640 Photo: Matthias Bein/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Matthias Bein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Pipe organ plays single song for 639 years

a small chick sits on a nest with its parent behind, cleaning its feathers with its beak

Watch an albatross give its brand-new chick a very careful cleanup

By Laura Baisas

Various angles of silver pendant with Roman gem inlay next to measurement references

Metal detectorist finds medieval pendant with a Roman ‘secret’

a dog sits next to a no dog poop sign

Poop DNA tests and AI dog surveillance: The tech changing pet care.

By Mack DeGeurin

A photograph of a woman in a red jacket outdoors in a snowy park, grimacing in pain while clutching her knee, illustrating how cold weather can affect joint health.

Why do your joints hurt when it’s cold? We asked a doctor.

By Laura Kiniry

Artist illustration of Archaeopteryx

Weird bird mouths go all the way back to the first avian dinosaur

Poison warning label layered atop brown hair

Hair samples reveal the benefits of lead regulation

a man hold a dinosaur footprint in a lab

Teen discovers Australia’s oldest dinosaur fossil—almost 70 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Green River in Flaming Gorge recreation area, Utah

The Green River flows ‘uphill.’ Geologists think they finally know why.

TP-Link Routers on sale at Amazon

Get a powerful TP-Link Deco WiFi 7 mesh router for just $89 during Amazon’s flash clearance sale

By Stan Horaczek

a swarm of locusts in the sky

Locust swarms may meet their match in protein-enriched crops

By Nidhi Sharma

a small primate with large eyes clings to a branch

Endangered Species

This wide-eyed baby primate is cute, cuddly—and venomous

By Margherita Bassi

a green caterpillar on a plant's stem

Caterpillars use tiny hairs to hear

By Margherita Bassi

A young groundhog and its mother lounging in the tall green grass

Groundhogs don’t poop during hibernation and 6 other random facts

By Laura Baisas

A vibrant stage production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In the center, a young wizard is being sorted under a floating hat by a man in a brown suit. Four large, illuminated banners representing the Hogwarts houses—Gryffindor (red), Ravenclaw (blue), Hufflepuff (yellow), and Slytherin (green)—hang from the gothic arches of the Great Hall, while students in robes watch from the sides.

A Harry Potter quiz may predict your career prospects

By Clarissa Brincat

family of monkeys

11 stunning finalists for the Youth Photographer of the Year prize

By Popular Science Team

a large dark millipede

These rare, giant millipedes only exist in Florida

By Margherita Bassi

red and green northern lights shine over a tree

February stargazing: A planet parade comes to town

ruins of a roman bath

How a hobbyist’s hunch uncovered hidden Roman military camps

By Mack DeGeurin

Two images of king cobras seen on or near trains in India

Endangered Species

King cobras take the train in India

Illustration of sailbacked dinosaur vomiting stomach contents

Oldest fossilized dinosaur vomit discovered in Germany