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a black, white, and purple stylized illustration of an astronaut on the moon with equipment intended to make a moonbas

Is it finally time for a permanent base on the moon?

By Bill Gourgey

a schematic of a satellite beaming down to a dish to study the ocean floor

The centuries-long quest to map the seafloor’s hidden secrets

By Bill Gourgey

a black, white and purple designed image of a man driving a levitating car

The century-old dream of traveling by hovercraft is still alive

By Bill Gourgey

an illustration of a robotic sensor that detects if a baseball thrown is a ball or strike. in the background is a purple filtered image of baseball articles and images

Will baseball ever replace umpires with robots?

By Bill Gourgey

Images from 'Will radium restore youth?' that appeared in the June 1923 issue of Popular Science

Radium was once cast as an elixir of youth. Are today’s ideas any better?

By Bill Gourgey

Images from the May 1963 issue of Popular Science.

From the archives: The discovery of DNA’s structure explained how life ‘knows’ what to do

By Bill Gourgey

Physicist Ann Nelson broke barriers—for herself and for those who’d come after her

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Images from the November 1922 issue of Popular Science.

From the archives: This talking gadget from the 1920s measured water levels

By Bill Gourgey

Images from the February 1969 issue of Popular Science.

From the archives: Jacques Cousteau shows off his underwater film technology

By Bill Gourgey

Images from the September 1923 issue of Popular Science Monthly.

From the archives: How a medical ‘outsider’ discovered insulin

By Bill Gourgey

jocelyn-bell-burnell

Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars, but someone else won the Nobel

By Lina Zeldovich

a purple and black and white stylized image of a historic foldable flying car with newspaper clippings in the background

What it would take for cars to actually fly

By Bill Gourgey

Images from the February 1989 issue of Popular Science from an article on "brain-style" computers.

From the archives: A forecast on artificial intelligence, from the 1980s and beyond

By Bill Gourgey

esther-lederberg

Esther Lederberg changed our understanding of how bacteria breed

By Lina Zeldovich

Images from the March 1954 issue of Popular Science.

From the archives: The promising new world of solar power—in the 1950s

By Bill Gourgey

a black and white and purple stylized collaged image of a man holding a drafting pencil over a model of a city and on the right hand side another cut out of a circular street design

The resurgence of open public streets is a centuries-old idea

By Bill Gourgey

A collage of an article from Popular Science May 1927 issue about the origins of lab rats.

How science came to rely on the humble lab rat

By Bill Gourgey

band-playing-for-elephants

Can music help animals relax?

By Bill Gourgey

popsci-phone-stethoscope

The pandemic could be a long-awaited turning point for telemedicine

By Bill Gourgey

The finished boat hooked up to Riti's trailer

This DIY-er found a boat he liked in the PopSci archives. Then he built it.

By Popular Science Team

Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost

Century-old ship logs show how much ice the Arctic has lost

By Marlene Cimons/Nexus Media News

Voyager 1 flying past Saturn, with Jupiter and the inner solar system visible in the background

Here’s what we had to say about Voyager 1 when it launched 41 years ago

By Popular Science, August 1977, by Jim Schefter

How Popular Science covered ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in 1968

Science Fiction

How Popular Science covered ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in 1968

By Herbert Shuldiner

In his first PopSci appearance, a young Stephen Hawking explains an incredible discovery

In his first PopSci appearance, a young Stephen Hawking explains an incredible discovery

By Peter Gwynne

Archive Gallery: 10 Ways to Beat the Heat Without Air Conditioning

Archive Gallery: 10 Ways to Beat the Heat Without Air Conditioning

Parachute Sledding: February 1935

Archive Gallery: Strange Sports of Tomorrow

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Most Sensational World War II Headlines

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Most Sensational World War II Headlines

Archive Gallery: How the Space Age Influenced Design

Archive Gallery: How the Space Age Influenced Design

'59 Chevrolet: November 1958

Archive Gallery: Classic Car Advertisements from the Pages of PopSci

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Quirkiest DIY Projects

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Quirkiest DIY Projects

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life

Archive Gallery: The Geodesic Life

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci

Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci

Garden Hose: July 1955

Archive Gallery: Offbeat Uses for Common Household Objects

Archive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions

Archive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions

The Seven Keys to Safety: March 1948

Archive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips

Archive Gallery: PopSci Hunts For Mythical Beasts

Archive Gallery: PopSci Hunts For Mythical Beasts

Archive Gallery: Man vs. Shark

Archive Gallery: Man vs. Shark

Archive Gallery: The Science of Sleep

Archive Gallery: The Science of Sleep

An Alarm Clock Lazy Susan for Lazy People, November 1939

How To Hack Your Alarm Clock [Gallery]

Archive Gallery: A Century of Weather Control

Archive Gallery: A Century of Weather Control

By Colin Lecher

9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All Time [Archive Gallery]

9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All Time [Archive Gallery]

Popular Science Takes Drugs

Popular Science Takes Drugs

How Science Has Battled Natural Disasters

How Science Has Battled Natural Disasters

Snowcloud One's flight into the eye

Inside the deadly heart of 1964’s Hurricane Cleo

By Popular Science, December 1964, by E.D. Fales Jr.

Here’s our original coverage of Apollo 11

Here’s our original coverage of Apollo 11

From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination

From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination

By Mark D. Kaufman

The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Operation Upshot-Knothole Annie Nuclear Test

Watch a 1953 nuclear blast test disintegrate a house in high resolution

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The First Tanks Went To War 100 Years Ago Today

The First Tanks Went To War 100 Years Ago Today

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Buckyball: The Magic Molecule

Buckyball: The Magic Molecule

By Popular Science, August 1991, by Edward Edelson

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

By Carl Franzen

Can We Save All The Physical Media In The World As Digital Data?

Can We Save All The Physical Media In The World As Digital Data?

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Mushroom Cloud As Seen By Bomber Over Nagasaki

America Reflects On The Bomb, 70 Years After Hiroshima

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How a ‘Farm Boy’ Found Pluto 85 Years Ago

How a ‘Farm Boy’ Found Pluto 85 Years Ago

From Our Archives: Sign Up Here For A Trip To Space

From Our Archives: Sign Up Here For A Trip To Space

By Rachel Fobar

From The Archives: Designing Products For Aliens

From The Archives: Designing Products For Aliens

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83

Science Fiction

Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83

By Popular Science Team

From The Archives: Stealth Flight Comes Into View

From The Archives: Stealth Flight Comes Into View

155 Years Later, Darwin’s Manuscripts Are Going Digital

Carl Sagan On What Life On Mars Would Be Like

Carl Sagan On What Life On Mars Would Be Like

Popular Science’s Strange Reporting Of The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Popular Science’s Strange Reporting Of The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

By Francie Diep

From The Archives: How The $10 Million Ansari X Prize Was Won

From The Archives: How The $10 Million Ansari X Prize Was Won

How Warfare Has Evolved Over The Past Century

How Warfare Has Evolved Over The Past Century

By Alexandra Ossola

The Rise Of The Tank Before World War II

The Rise Of The Tank Before World War II

By Kelsey D. Atherton