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Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Aug 2026
For over 35 years, NASA’s 157-foot-long Douglas DC-8 jetliner and its extensive onboard scientific laboratory contributed to numerous research breakthroughs before retiring in 2024—including some...
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Aug 2026
The desert tarantulas (Aphonopelma iodius) residing in Utah’s Zion National Park aren’t exactly the most social desert dwellers.
Popular Scienceby Stan Horaczek18 Aug 2026
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Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Aug 2026
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are in the midst of an extensive image rehabilitation campaign.
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas18 Aug 2026
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) tusks may not really be magical, but they do have some mathematical magic. Their tusk is actually made up of two spirals (or helices) instead of one.
Popular Scienceby Nidhi Sharma18 Aug 2026
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, published in the mid-19th century, challenged the belief that all living creatures were created by God.
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas18 Aug 2026
As a new week began in Big Bear Valley, internet-famous bald eagle dad Shadow and a new female bald eagle in the area named KD1 greeted the sunrise with song.
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Aug 2026
The standard image of an ancient Egyptian mummy often features a very specific type of person and pose.
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas17 Aug 2026
If you’ve been spending the summer keeping cool in the great indoors watching the famous brown bears (Ursus arctos) of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, you may have noticed fewer bears...
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas17 Aug 2026
Yes, TikTok and social media can be a huge time suck. But in some cases, it can lead to exciting discoveries.
Popular Scienceby Sara Hashemi17 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 Paul17 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 Bassi17 Aug 2026
How do you tell the difference between two individual southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)?
Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin16 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 Hashemi16 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 Byrne16 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 Hashemi15 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 Nield15 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 Paul14 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 Ware14 Aug 2026
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