Popular Science

Popular Scienceby Sara Hashemi·17 Aug 2026

This back to school season, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biologists are testing out a backpack of their own. But this one doesn’t carry notebooks and pens.

Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·17 Aug 2026

Archaeologists in Denmark have finally pinpointed the remnants of a long lost 13th-century monastery, although its location may dismay local sports fans.

Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi·17 Aug 2026

How do you tell the difference between two individual southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)?

Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin·16 Aug 2026

The world’s largest, fully battery-powered jet officially completed its maiden flight. The successful test run marks a noteworthy step forward for long-awaited electric aircraft and battery...

Popular Scienceby Sara Hashemi·16 Aug 2026

If you just can’t wait for NASA’s new Mars helicopters to get to work, you can now see what they would look like in action.

Popular Scienceby Jennifer Byrne·16 Aug 2026

There’s a video on YouTube, filmed back in 2019, where 100 random people try to whistle on camera. About half of them fail, often spectacularly.

Popular Scienceby Sara Hashemi·15 Aug 2026

Now a dietary staple around the world, the nutritious potato was first domesticated by the Indigenous peoples of the Andes around 10,000 years ago.

Popular Scienceby David Nield·15 Aug 2026

You might already be familiar with the online game GeoGuessr. But if you’re not, it’s where you get served up a Google Street View image at random, and you have to guess where in the world it is.

Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·14 Aug 2026

Generating a sonic boom is usually only the result of immense cosmic forces or highly advanced aircraft designs, but it is possible to create one in your backyard.

Popular Scienceby Tony Ware·14 Aug 2026

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Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·14 Aug 2026

The big bang may have started everything we know and love, but there wasn’t much to show for it at first.

Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·14 Aug 2026

Infamous and grisly tales of ancient Egyptian mummy curses are more rooted in antiquated cultural biases and racism than mystical foul play, but that doesn’t mean these ancient remains are...

Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin·14 Aug 2026

An independent Vietnamese boat builder and popular YouTuber took a weird dream involving alien aircraft and used it as inspiration to build his own DIY flying saucer.

Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas·14 Aug 2026

A stone’s throw from the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg Battlefield, where over 8,000 soldiers died over three days, visitors can learn about the American Civil War with a medium most associated...

Popular Scienceby Heather Kuldell-Ware·13 Aug 2026

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Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·13 Aug 2026

Blockbuster is a hollow VHS clamshell of its former glory. A cultural mainstay throughout the 90s, the home video rental empire reached its peak with over 9,000 locations in 2004.

Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas·13 Aug 2026

As millions continue to mourn the death of Jackie the bald eagle, attention has turned towards another eagle spotted near Jackie’s former partner Shadow and in their nest.

Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·13 Aug 2026

History continues to resurface as unprecedented heatwaves and droughts in Europe push the Danube River to its lowest levels on record.

Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi·13 Aug 2026

How do you track the movements of the majestic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)? By giving each bug a solar-powered radio backpack, of course.