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Can this MIT metallurgist clean up copper production?
Purifying all the copper we need to funnel electricity through everything from vehicles to wind turbines is dirty business.
These seawater-sipping robots use drifting genes to make ocean guest logs
A fleet of autonomous swimming robots use ESP to gather clues about what animals last passed by.
The dangers of digital health monitoring in a post-Roe world
From using period-tracking apps to typing into web browsers, here's what to keep in mind.
The jumping worm invasion may be less worrisome than it sounds
The threat to homeowners may be low, but ecologists are still concerned about forests.
From the archives: The promising new world of solar power—in the 1950s
In the March 1954 issue of Popular Science, we explored the auspicious and suspicious new ways of harnessing the sun's energy.
To grow food in space, we had to start in the Antarctic
The hostile, extreme and alien Antarctic is a convenient analog for space exploration, where nations can test space technologies and protocols, including plant production.
The NY Bight could write the book on how we build offshore wind farms in the future
The record-breaking ocean lease will power close to 2 million homes. But it also has the potential to improve supply and labor chains in the US.
Climate change-emboldened ticks are killing off moose in Maine
The state is experiencing the worst recorded die-off of calves so far.
A unique new ‘Nettuno’ engine powers this $212,000 Maserati
What it's like behind the wheel of Maserati MC20, an exciting new supercar from the storied Italian brand.