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a bowl of tofu and a glass of soy milk on a white marble counter, with dried soybeans scattered around the surface
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating soy does not make men grow boobs

By Popular Science Team

Person with headphones playing audio on smartphone
Tech Hacks

How to convert text articles into audio (and why you might want to)

By David Nield

a jellyfish
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

There’s no stopping this immortal jellyfish

By Popular Science Team

an astronaut stands next to an american flag on the moon
Moons

Imagine traveling to the moon only to realize you’re allergic to it. One astronaut did.

By Popular Science Team

a woman holding an umbrella
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?

By Popular Science Team

a drone hovers next to a lake and a tree
Drones

Delivery drones could drive us batty—unless they take some sonic cues from owls

By Popular Science Team

a hand putting a ballot into a box
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The story behind the most fraudulent election in history

By Popular Science Team

a man with headphones listening to podcasts or music
Tech Hacks

How to cave to peer pressure and start listening to podcasts

By David Nield

a fried egg on top of tomatoes on a white plate
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does

By Popular Science Team

a black pig is smiling
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection

By Popular Science Team

a woman sits in a metal box while a man speaks to her
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy

By Popular Science Team

an Apple laptop at night on a table
Tech Hacks

Read, watch, and listen to things faster than ever before

By David Nield

A spider
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Your car is probably full of spiders

By Popular Science Team

a baseball player swings a bat
Physics

Why baseball players ‘bone’ their bats

By Popular Science Team

a war propaganda poster
Space

Carrots were once a crucial tool in anti-Nazi propaganda

By Popular Science Team

a boy with his mouth open
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

You can totally sprain your teeth (and you’ve probably done it before)

By Popular Science Team

a drawing of a large worm
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Welcome to Earth, home to human-sized salamanders and skin-eating worms

By Popular Science Team

a screenshot of a video game
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Animal Crossing’s most elusive fish has a bizarre real-life backstory

By Popular Science Team

king louis xiv of france
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Thank syphilis for these three major fashion trends

By Popular Science Team

An elephant causing chaos inside a restaurant
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

How much acid should you give an elephant? These scientists learned the hard way.

By Popular Science Team

a woman is about to bite into a giant leek, for some reason
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The ‘chew chew cult’ is a Victorian diet fad that should really, really never come back

By Popular Science Team

A woman walking on a street wearing headphones, viewed from her shoulders up, as she looks off to her right.
Tech Hacks

5 ways to find your next favorite podcast

By David Nield

a woman with her eyes closed listening to something with headphones
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Listen to this shiver-inducing introduction to the science of ASMR

By Popular Science Team

a woman holds a magnifying glass up to her body
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body

By Popular Science Team

pottery showing athletes jumping
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals

By Popular Science Team

a man hypnotizing a woman
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Ben Franklin invented a mesmerizing instrument with a deadly reputation

By Popular Science Team

a skull and some coffee beans
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Did a Swedish king really try to ban coffee with a deadly scientific experiment?

By Popular Science Team

Bad texting Techathlon game.
Technology

How many bad texting habits do you have?

By PopSci Editors

Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Frogs in tiny taffeta shorts paved the way for human in-vitro fertilization

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: the origin of moron, forgotten scurvy cures, and bisexual space stations
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: the origin of moron, forgotten scurvy cures, and bisexual space stations

By Popular Science Team

Last week in tech: Google’s Pixel 4, Fortnite’s apocalypse, and space pajamas
Technology

Last week in tech: Google’s Pixel 4, Fortnite’s apocalypse, and space pajamas

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Pooping magic rocks, how we ruined bison, and lies you’ve been told about the common cold

By Popular Science Team

Last week in tech: Microsoft’s dual-screen gadgets, Facebook’s privacy battle, and ‘Star Wars’ kitchenware
Technology

Last week in tech: Microsoft’s dual-screen gadgets, Facebook’s privacy battle, and ‘Star Wars’ kitchenware

By Stan Horaczek

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

By Popular Science Team

Techathlon podcast: iPhone 11, a lie detector, and a streaming content quiz
Technology

Techathlon podcast: iPhone 11, a lie detector, and a streaming content quiz

By Stan Horaczek

Techathlon podcast: Android’s alphabet, obscure speed records, and tech news trivia
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Android’s alphabet, obscure speed records, and tech news trivia

By Stan Horaczek

Techathlon podcast: Labor Day tech trivia special
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Labor Day tech trivia special

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime
Biology

The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime

By Popular Science Team

The Techathlon podcast: New emojis, summer hot takes, and tech news trivia
Technology

The Techathlon podcast: New emojis, summer hot takes, and tech news trivia

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: College students swallowed guppies for sport and chickens wore glasses
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: College students swallowed guppies for sport and chickens wore glasses

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Nazis ate camel poop and pregnancy tests spread a fungal plague

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists
Biology

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists

By Popular Science Team

Techathlon podcast: Gadget lifespans, the home version, and summer vacation
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Gadget lifespans, the home version, and summer vacation

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats

By Popular Science Team

The weirdest things we learned this week: labor-inducing salads and cat-eating coyotes
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: labor-inducing salads and cat-eating coyotes

By Rachel Feltman

Techathlon podcast: Classic messenger sounds, Apple’s fanciest Mac, and the week’s biggest tech news
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Classic messenger sounds, Apple’s fanciest Mac, and the week’s biggest tech news

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest thing we learned this week: werewolf tomatoes and overdosing on placebos with Wendy Zukerman
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest thing we learned this week: werewolf tomatoes and overdosing on placebos with Wendy Zukerman

By Rachel Feltman, Eleanor Cummins, Wendy Zukerman

Techathlon podcast: 1997’s hottest tech, surprising air-travel stats, the zombie in your computer
Technology

Techathlon podcast: 1997’s hottest tech, surprising air-travel stats, the zombie in your computer

By Stan Horaczek

Techathlon podcast: Google’s new goods, the food delivery derby, and internet outrage
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Google’s new goods, the food delivery derby, and internet outrage

By Stan Horaczek

Techathlon podcast: Trying the new Oculus Quest, broken tech promises, and the week’s tech news
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Trying the new Oculus Quest, broken tech promises, and the week’s tech news

By Stan Horaczek

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Rats with fetishes and America’s first banana

By Claire Maldarelli, Eleanor Cummins, and Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Animal prostitution and Pavlovian pee responses
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Animal prostitution and Pavlovian pee responses

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram
Evolution

The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: animals used to stand trial and apples kept doctors from killing you
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: animals used to stand trial and apples kept doctors from killing you

By Eleanor Cummins

a poodle running through a field with a silly haircut
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: 40,000 vanishing pigeons and the science of poodle haircuts

By Rachel Feltman

Techathlon
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Net Neutrality, publicity stunts, and streaming stats

By Stan Horaczek

a painting of people dancing
Space

The weirdest things we learned this week: starting fires with astronaut farts and dancing yourself to death

By Rachel Feltman

a man crouches naked in the woods in an old black and white photo
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: counting vampires and nudist founding fathers

By Rachel Feltman

a tigress licking her paws
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: hot air balloon riots and the man-eatingest tiger

By Rachel Feltman

a man looks at several babies in an incubator
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: strange sneezes and how sideshows saved 6,500 babies

By Rachel Feltman

a woman wrangling a cow
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle

By Rachel Feltman