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Plus other weird things we learned this week.
Rachel Feltman
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. “Murderland” asks what role polluters played.
Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’
Archeologists continue to shed light on the historical origins behind Homer’s ‘Odyssey.’
This National Park uses a ‘Skeeter Meter’ to inform visitors about mosquitoes
At least 20 species of mosquitoes are found in South Carolina’s Congaree National Park.
The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a stunning piece of engineering
We took a drive in the $174,995 sports car in the blistering Texas heat.
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HIV medications: Did fears about side effects come to pass?
The emergence of antiretroviral drugs saved millions of lives — but some worried about long-term health problems. Here’s how that turned out.
100 years ago, the battle for television raged
How fire and rivalry shaped broadcasting’s debut.
Scientists are redefining time itself, starting with the second
Switching to optical clocks would have cascading ripple effects from meteorology to basic physics.
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