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lightning bolts across the sky at sunset, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Weather

Why is thunder so dang loud?

It’s the atmosphere trying to get back into place.

By Laura Kiniry

Miami, UNITED STATES: A 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home slithers on the ground at its new home at the A.D. Barnes Park 10 October 2005, in south Miami, FL. The snake was captured 09 October and is the prime suspect in the disappearance of a 15-pound (6.8kg) cat that lived at the residence. AFP PHOTO/Robert SULLIVAN (Photo credit should read ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Wildlife

Florida man will trade pizza for pythons

Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta, and Python is doing its part to combat the invasive species.

By Andrew Paul

Side by side photo of meteorite impact hole in house roof, and an image of the meteorite fragment
NASA

A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024. Inside it were life’s building blocks.

The rare space rock shows that asteroids may have helped jumpstart life on Earth.

By Andrew Paul

paleontologists dig in rock for dinosaur bones
Dinosaurs

A T. rex bit a duck-billed dino and we can still see the teeth marks

The herbivore likely didn’t stand a chance.

By Laura Baisas

a large spotted fish called a whale shark swims with its mouth open
Sharks

Massive whale shark just spotted in Florida

The gentle giants are the world’s largest fish—and love the tropics.

By Laura Baisas

Plate of sliced mushrooms.
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

We don’t actually know who pulled the greatest con in mushroom history 

Plus dogs hunting spotted lanternflies and other weird things we learned this week.

By Popular Science Team

Baseball batter readying as pitcher throws ball at him
Robots

Korea’s robot umpires reduce favorable calls for star players

After two seasons, the Automated Ball-Strike system appears to be working.

By Andrew Paul

a large steam train with a crowd of people surrounding it
Engineering

How to track ‘Big Boy,’ the world’s biggest steam locomotive

The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour.

By Laura Baisas

Representative preflight, in-flight, and postflight hand radiographs. Radiographs of the hand were acquired (A) preflight by a crewmember, (B) in-flight on day 1 after launch (L+1) by a crewmember, and (C) postflight by a non-crew operator using the same imaging protocol. Credit: Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Space X

Astronauts take first X-rays in space

A SpaceX crew scanned a hand and other body parts during a recent mission.

By Andrew Paul

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