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Technology

Amazon says its football AI can predict blitzes

By Andrew Paul

Human playing against Google DeepMind ping pong robot
AI

Watch Google’s ping pong robot beat humans at their own game

By Andrew Paul

Concept art of Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia
Engineering

Saudi Arabia wants to top its linear city with a sci-fi soccer stadium

By Andrew Paul

Hundreds of thousand of athletes and visitors attending this year’s Olympics could have their movements analyzed by a real-time AI video surveillance tool.
Technology

Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics

By Mack DeGeurin

The English women's athletics team, the appearance of the first UK female athletes at international Olympics, Sweden, Stockholm 1912.
Science

The Olympics has been obsessed with sex for centuries

By Popular Science Team

Two robots playing soccer
Technology

Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer

By Andrew Paul

An elderly person with short gray hair, wearing a pink shirt and jeans, with their hands on the shoulders of a kid they're teaching how to ride a bike. The child is wearing a red helmet and using a balance bike on a park path.
DIY

Pro tips for teaching a kid how to ride a bike

By Jean Levasseur

Ping Pong player wearing electrode cap playing against robot ball server
Technology

Human brains have to work overtime to beat robots at Ping-Pong

By Andrew Paul

DribbleBot four-legged robot standing behind soccer ball
Technology

MIT’s soccer-playing robot dog is no Messi, but could one day help save lives

By Andrew Paul

Super Bowl-qualifying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts throws a perfect football spiral
Science

Throwing the perfect football spiral is a feat in science

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

close up to person squatting down to lift weights at the gym
DIY

It’s time for your 2023 fitness journey—here’s how to get started

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

person-in-work-out-gear-standing-in-kitchen-chopping-fruit-
DIY

Nutrition tracking can put you on the path to meet your fitness goals

By Nick Hilden

a professional football player damar hamlin in a blue jersey and white helmet lifts his arms up during a game
Health

Cardiac arrests like Damar Hamlin’s are rare—but teams must be prepared

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Robot putting golf ball across indoor field into hole
Technology

Meet Golfi, the robot that plays putt-putt

By Andrew Paul

Group Of Friends Sitting On Sofa Watching Soccer Together
Health

5 ways cheering for your favorite World Cup team improves your health

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A Taiga Orca Carbon with
Technology

The raddest sports and outdoor innovations of 2022

By Berne Broudy, Amanda Reed

Light show in the night sky over a brightly lit Doha, Qatar during the 2022 World Cup
Environment

FIFA’s sustainability upgrades in Qatar won’t last beyond the World Cup

By Sahar Arshad

fanaticos de futbol viendo un partido en casa celebrando
DIY

Todas las formas de ver el Mundial de Qatar 2022

By David Nield, Sandra Gutierrez G.

soccer fans watching game
DIY

All the ways you can tune in to the 2022 Soccer World Cup

By David Nield

Official Adidas FIFA World Cup soccer ball on green grass in night in stadium
Technology

Cybersecurity experts blow the whistle on official apps for World Cup attendees

By Andrew Paul