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Small Plastic pellets on blue cloth
Animals

Every human testicle contained microplastics in a new study

By Andrew Paul

OpenAI logo and Sam Altman in background on screen.
Technology

OpenAI pulls ChatGPT voice that’s totally ‘not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson’

By Andrew Paul

Comet above Spain
Science

Watch a meteor’s incredible light show above Spain and Portugal

By Andrew Paul

The so-called 'severe-convective storms' are large and powerful thunderstorms that form and disappear within a few hours or days, often spinning off hail storms and tornadoes as they shoot across the flat expanses of the central United States.
Environment

How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry

By Jake Bittle/Grist

Popular Science article about Mount Everest
Science

May 1924: George Mallory’s tragic quest to conquer Everest

Bill Gourgey, Archive Story by Raymond J. Brown Bill Gourgey

OpenAI logo and Sam Altman in background on screen.
AI

OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI

By Andrew Paul

OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI
Technology

OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI

By Andrew Paul

cover of popular science magazine with video phone story on background of old phones
Science

Move over, Facetime: We’re calling on a 1987 Mitsubishi VisiTel videophone

By Popular Science Team, Video by Kevin Lieber

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown
AI

Neuralink seeks its next brain implant volunteer

By Andrew Paul

#NoMowMay may just be a hashtag.
Science

There’s little science behind ‘No Mow May’

By Peter Andrey Smith/Undark

Eros in Stereo
Science

Mars might have an asteroid problem

By Briley Lewis

canola field
Science

Farmer finds hunk of charred space debris, potentially from a SpaceX rocket

By Harri Weber

little baby
Science

Making babies may take 10 times more energy than we thought

By Lauren Leffer

Concept art of lunar base with floating train path alongside astronauts
Engineering

Wild NASA proposal envisions magnetic hover trains on the moon

By Andrew Paul

The Red Pyramid at the Dahshur necropolis, constructed during the Fourth Dynasty.
Environment

Long-lost Nile branch may explain landlocked pyramids

By Andrew Paul

Three 3D printed polypills
Health

One 3D-printed ‘polypill’ could fit an entire day’s medications

By Andrew Paul

Unitree G1 humanoid robot bending limbs while sitting on couch
Technology

Worryingly bendy humanoid robot can crush nuts, slice Coke bottles

By Andrew Paul

Drone spraying over graffiti
Technology

Washington state deploys $30,000 drone to combat graffiti

By Andrew Paul

Chicken looking at camera against black background
Environment

Chicken fat supercapacitors could store green energy of the future

By Andrew Paul

A father and son designed the world’s fastest quadcopter drone
Technology

A father and son designed the world’s fastest quadcopter drone

By Andrew Paul

Neuralink N1 implant device breakdown
Health

Neuralink admits patient’s brain implant is partially ‘retracted’

By Andrew Paul

Video game hall of fame 2024 inductees
Technology

The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces its 2024 inductees

By Andrew Paul

Archivist scanning documents at National Archives
Technology

Ancestry and the National Archives are digitizing tens of millions of records

By Andrew Paul

Tandem insulin pump installed on woman's stomach
Health

FDA issues recall for diabetes app after over 200 reported injuries

By Andrew Paul

Fake website advertising dead loved one chatbot
Technology

AI ethicists warn of ‘digital hauntings’ from dead loved ones

By Andrew Paul

Ultrasonic cold brew setup using espresso maker and transducer
Technology

Blasting coffee grounds with ultrasonic waves creates a 60-second cold brew

By Andrew Paul

Snail robots forming a staircase to reach rock ledge
Technology

Swarm of tiny snail robots stick together to form new structures

By Andrew Paul

A person writing on a new M2 iPad Air with an Apple Pencil.
Gear

7 things you should know about the new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air

By Stan Horaczek

Project 821 hydrogen fuel superyacht in port
Environment

Welcome aboard the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell superyacht

By Andrew Paul

SpaceX EVA suit helmet close up
Science

SpaceX reveals new sleek spacesuits ahead of upcoming historic mission

By Andrew Paul

Assyrian mural image of lion
Science

Ancient mystery code was probably Sargon II’s name

By Andrew Paul

Telecom towers in farmland
Technology

Many rural areas could soon lose cell service

By Andrew Paul

A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.
Science

China is en route to collect first-ever samples from the far side of the moon

By Andrew Paul

Sun above earth photo taken from ISS
Science

Space Force finds a dead Cold War-era satellite missing for 25 years

By Andrew Paul

Close up of orangutan
Environment

Orangutan observed using a plant to treat an open wound

By Andrew Paul

Side by side of Reid AI deepfake and Reid Hoffman
Technology

Watch a tech billionaire talk to his AI-generated clone

By Andrew Paul

Artist rendering of exoplanet WASP-43b
Science

JWST measures ‘Hot Jupiter,’ a distant exoplanet hot enough to forge iron

By Andrew Paul

Closeup image of a hand writing down on a white blank notebook on wooden table
DIY

Why writing by hand is better for remembering things

By Justin Pot

Boston Dynamics Spot robot in puppet dog costume sitting next to regular Spot robot.
Technology

Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover

By Andrew Paul

Woman wearing Razer Zephyr Mask
Health

Surprise! That futuristic COVID mask was even sketchier than we thought

By Andrew Paul

Moon photograph from Artemis 1
Science

China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped

By Andrew Paul

Woman's hands typing on laptop
Technology

Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US

By Andrew Paul

stack of blu ray discs on a reflective table
DIY

Why you shouldn’t throw out those DVDs and Blu-Rays

By Justin Pot

Used coffee grounds on the paper filter
DIY

10 clever ways to reuse coffee grounds

By Debbie Wolfe

Factory of the Future 1.0 3D printer with man standing in front of it
Technology

Makers of the world’s largest 3D printer just beat their own record

By Andrew Paul

Little boy biting his nails on grey background
Health

A new button battery dyes kids’ mouths blue if swallowed

By Andrew Paul

Image of sun highlighting four solar events
Science

Rare quadruple solar flare event captured by NASA

By Andrew Paul

Statue of Plato in Greece
Technology

A ‘bionic eye’ scan of an ancient, scorched scroll points to Plato’s long-lost gravesite

By Andrew Paul

ACS3 solar sail concept art above Earth
Science

NASA will unfurl a 860-square-foot solar sail from within a microwave-sized cube

By Andrew Paul

Moon surface
Science

NASA wants to measure moonquakes with laser-powered fiber optic cables

By Andrew Paul

PaintCam Eve shooting paintballs at home
Technology

Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera

By Andrew Paul

CT scan of California condor egg
Environment

CT scans look inside a California condor egg

By Andrew Paul

Astronaut Andreas Mogensen aboard the ISS
Science

Let this astronaut show you around the International Space Station

By Andrew Paul

SpaceHopper robot in midair during parabolic flight test
Technology

Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills

By Andrew Paul

Cargo Ship in Panama Canal
Environment

A new solution proposed for drought-stricken Panama Canal goes around it

By Andrew Paul

Toyota concept art for lunar RV
Science

Japan and NASA plan a historic lunar RV roadtrip together

By Andrew Paul

Two robots playing soccer
Technology

Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer

By Andrew Paul

People looking up at eclipse wearing protective glasses
Technology

Internet use dipped in the eclipse’s path of totality

By Andrew Paul

Smuggled gold disguised as machine parts
Technology

Smugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine parts

By Andrew Paul

Researchers developed a 3D printer that can automatically identify the parameters of an unknown material on its own. The advance could help make 3D printing more sustainable, enabling printing with renewable or recyclable materials that are difficult to characterize.
Technology

3D printers just got a big, eco-friendly upgrade (in the lab)

By Andrew Paul

Close up of shark head
Technology

Shark skin and owl feathers could inspire quieter underwater sonar

By Andrew Paul

MUSE stellarator fusion reactor
Environment

Stellarator fusion reactor gets new life thanks to a creative magnet workaround

By Andrew Paul

Zodiac Killer Z340 coded message
Technology

How cryptographers finally cracked one of the Zodiac Killer’s hardest codes

By Andrew Paul

NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle concept art
Science

It’s on! Three finalists will design a lunar rover for Artemis

By Andrew Paul