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Michael Artiaga beats Tetris by getting a rebirth

Is Tetris infinite? Teen world champ reaches fabled ‘rebirth’ Is Tetris infinite? Teen world champ reaches fabled ‘rebirth’

two oval comb jellyfish fusing together as one

Two comb jellies can fuse together into one–and keep both butts Two comb jellies can fuse together into one–and keep both butts

By Laura Baisas

The best Prime Day deals under $25 on a plain white background.

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The best Prime Day deals under $100 The best Prime Day deals under $100

girl getting water from faucet

Court tells EPA to consider fluoride risk, to dentists’ dismay Court tells EPA to consider fluoride risk, to dentists’ dismay

By Michael Schulson/Undark

Jackery solar generators arranged in a pattern on-sale for Prime Day

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Grab a Jackery solar generator for the lowest price this year during Amazon Prime Day Grab a Jackery solar generator for the lowest price this year during Amazon Prime Day

By Stan Horaczek

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro

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Ditch your air fryer for our favorite smart oven during Amazon’s Prime Day sale Ditch your air fryer for our favorite smart oven during Amazon’s Prime Day sale

Bose QuietComfort Ultra II Earbuds in a tiled configuration.

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Bose makes the best noise-cancelling earbuds we’ve tried—and they’re $70 off right now Bose makes the best noise-cancelling earbuds we’ve tried—and they’re $70 off right now

Leaf cutter ants

The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers

a map concept illustration with place markers

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How to use Google Maps Timeline to revisit past trips How to use Google Maps Timeline to revisit past trips

Brown tarantulas mating

Male tarantulas seek love, find death around Halloween Male tarantulas seek love, find death around Halloween

Nurse putting blood pressure monitor arm band on patient

How to ensure your doctor measures your blood pressure correctly How to ensure your doctor measures your blood pressure correctly

a blue convertible on a mountain road

The 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed sounds posh The 2025 Bentley Continental GT Speed sounds posh

iRobot Roomba Q011 in a tiled configuration.

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Get a Roomba for just $140 with this early Amazon Prime Big Deal Days deal Get a Roomba for just $140 with this early Amazon Prime Big Deal Days deal

How the Forest Service is trying to save Appalachian ginseng How the Forest Service is trying to save Appalachian ginseng

By Katie Myers/Grist

a penguin looks at the camera while swimming in icy waters

14 soaring and stunning images from 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards 14 soaring and stunning images from 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

illustration of kaspar hauser

The most famous mystery science might never solve The most famous mystery science might never solve

By Popular Science Team

Young Cuckoo, Canorus cuculus, in Reed Warblers nest in reedbed, Norfolk UK.

Are you my baby? The clever ways that brood parasites trick other birds Are you my baby? The clever ways that brood parasites trick other birds

By Sofia Quaglia / Knowable Magazine

a phone with chat gpt open on it

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ChatGPT remembers things about you now. But you can switch its memory off. ChatGPT remembers things about you now. But you can switch its memory off.

This picture shows many tiny cells in which DNA is abundantly included inside the cells.

Oldest living microbes found in 2-billion-year-old rock Oldest living microbes found in 2-billion-year-old rock

Side by side of nature camera and brown bear

How the Fat Bear Week crew gets that beautiful bear footage How the Fat Bear Week crew gets that beautiful bear footage

Geckos have a ‘sixth sense’ Geckos have a ‘sixth sense’

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a pterosaur with a short tail walking with legs and its wings on the ground

The first true flying vertebrates walked before they could soar The first true flying vertebrates walked before they could soar

By Laura Baisas

a grayish brown wombat walking next to shrubs

Can wombats kill with their butts? We found the hard truth. Can wombats kill with their butts? We found the hard truth.

By Laura Baisas

choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa

We are family: Tracing the evolution of animals We are family: Tracing the evolution of animals

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

The ‘voices’ that people with schizophrenia hear could be echoes of their own vocalizations The ‘voices’ that people with schizophrenia hear could be echoes of their own vocalizations

Illustration of the global coronal magnetic field as the sun rotates. The background is the solar corona observed in extreme-ultraviolet waveband, with global coronal magnetic field maps measured at different time overlapped on top of it.

The sun’s magnetic field is where the ‘stuff’ is. It can be dangerous. The sun’s magnetic field is where the ‘stuff’ is. It can be dangerous.

By Laura Baisas

Cybertruck in showroom

Recalled Cybertruck rearview camera was so slow it was illegal Recalled Cybertruck rearview camera was so slow it was illegal

I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

By Mack DeGeurin

a microscope image of a small crustacean with a round body, two large antennae come from its head, and several small legs

Sorry, zooplankton don’t want to eat your poop Sorry, zooplankton don’t want to eat your poop

By Laura Baisas

The poachers who could save Mexico’s vaquita The poachers who could save Mexico’s vaquita

By Daniel Shailer / Hakai Magazine

Voyager 2 diagram with equipment labeled

NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power

The best PFAS-free cookware of 2024 on a plain white background.

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The best PFAS-free cookware for 2024, tested and reviewed The best PFAS-free cookware for 2024, tested and reviewed

a dolphin in a tank with an open mouth

Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ to say it’s time to play Bottlenose dolphins ‘smile’ to say it’s time to play

By Laura Baisas

3D rendering of all ~140k neurons in the fruit fly brain.

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time

Lightning strike at night

NASA’s U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning storms NASA’s U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning storms

In the 1950s, transistor technology allowed smaller radios to be installed in the dashboard.

Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio

By Matthew Jordan / The Conversation

JUICE image of Earth's radiation belt

NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt

Aerobat uses a combination or rigid and soft 3D-printed materials to mimic a bat's malleable wings.

Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone

By Mack DeGeurin

Montana Mountain King sheep

Montana breeder of illegal, giant sheep hybrid clones gets 6 months in prison Montana breeder of illegal, giant sheep hybrid clones gets 6 months in prison

People who work around dry, dusty conditions are at a higher risk of contracting valley fever.

Epidemiologists explain how to protect yourself from valley fever Epidemiologists explain how to protect yourself from valley fever

By Jennifer Head, et al / The Conversation

an illustration of an orange dot orbiting a larger orangish body in space

Astronomers discover a new exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to the sun Astronomers discover a new exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to the sun

By Laura Baisas

a green supercar covered in dirt

3 ultra-rare Lamborghini Miuras unearthed at junkyard. They could sell for millions. 3 ultra-rare Lamborghini Miuras unearthed at junkyard. They could sell for millions.

By Kristin Shaw

screenshot on an iphone of apple asking 'how do you want to add contacts' option in ios18

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Stop iPhone apps from accessing all your contacts in iOS 18 Stop iPhone apps from accessing all your contacts in iOS 18

Chinese lunar spacesuit

China debuts its moon mission spacesuits China debuts its moon mission spacesuits

Group of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on haulout, Vaygach island, Barents sea

Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit

woman riding a motorcycle in a green field

Can-Am’s first motorcycles in decades set the (handle)bar high for e-motorbikes Can-Am’s first motorcycles in decades set the (handle)bar high for e-motorbikes

By Kristin Shaw

mount everest with a wide river below

Mount Everest is still growing taller Mount Everest is still growing taller

By Laura Baisas

Tesla electric Cybertruck parked in the shopping plaza. Front view.

$8,000 ‘Full Self-Driving Mode’ is finally in select Cybertrucks $8,000 ‘Full Self-Driving Mode’ is finally in select Cybertrucks

a person holding an iphone taking a photo of the arc de triomphe in paris

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7 helpful iPhone features to use on your next vacation 7 helpful iPhone features to use on your next vacation

a bright green meteor streaks across the sky over cliffs

October’s skies bring an oddball meteor and a shiny new comet–if you’re lucky October’s skies bring an oddball meteor and a shiny new comet–if you’re lucky

By Laura Baisas

Artwork of cubesats in the sky.

CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system

By Mustafa Aksoy / The Conversation

the moment a jaguar delivers a fatal bite to the head of a caiman in a muddy river.

11 unforgettable scenes from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards 11 unforgettable scenes from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Hummingbirds draw the eye with their bright colors and busy, hovering flight. Biologists are drawn to understand the suite of adaptations they have evolved to survive extreme lifestyles.

Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how. Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.

By Bob Holmes / Knowable Magazine

variety of phones

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6 iOS 18 settings you might want to change ASAP 6 iOS 18 settings you might want to change ASAP

Dataset relating to "Corpus: Omens and Portents"

Do AI-generated images have the capacity to further estrange, if not profoundly alienate, us from the world? Do AI-generated images have the capacity to further estrange, if not profoundly alienate, us from the world?

By Anthony Downey / MIT Press Reader

a woman with blonde hair that floats near a window overlooking earth from above

Polaris Dawn crew shares stunning new images from historic space mission Polaris Dawn crew shares stunning new images from historic space mission

By Popular Science Team

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas raises an American flag as NASA astronaut Kate Rubins looks on during their first simulated moonwalk in a week-long field test consisting of four simulated moonwalks and six advanced technology runs in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 13, 202

At Earth’s most extreme locales, astronauts find ideal places to prep for space At Earth’s most extreme locales, astronauts find ideal places to prep for space

By Briley Lewis

Popular Science, December 1943

In 1928, the discovery of ‘mold juice’ would go on to save 500 million lives In 1928, the discovery of ‘mold juice’ would go on to save 500 million lives

By Bill Gourgey

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.

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How to plant a garden butterflies will love How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

Two Fingered Sloth close-up

Sloths may be in danger by the end of the century Sloths may be in danger by the end of the century

poppy seed bagel

What causes positive drug tests? It’s not just drugs… or poppy seeds. What causes positive drug tests? It’s not just drugs… or poppy seeds.

By Lauren Leffer

This oil painting by the Belgian marine artist François Etienne Musin (1820–1888) refers to HMS ‘Erebus’s’ Arctic venture under the command of Sir John Franklin in 1845. For Franklin’s last journey she had been fitted with a steam engine and a screw propeller and was accompanied by HMS ‘Terror’. In 1848 both vessels were abandoned in the ice.

Crew of ill-fated Franklin Expedition cannibalized their commander, archeologists prove Crew of ill-fated Franklin Expedition cannibalized their commander, archeologists prove