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Popular Scienceby Popular Science Team22 Sept 2026
On day one of Fat Bear Week, eight tough females square off. You’ve seen them on the explore.org camera at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, defending their cubs, fishing for meals, and...
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul22 Sept 2026
A homeowner determined to attack a patch of “stubborn grass” in his yard has inadvertently discovered the largest Viking Age silver trove ever seen in Denmark.
Popular Scienceby Shoshi Parks22 Sept 2026
High-heeled shoes are a potent symbol of femininity. Their design not only creates the illusion of longer legs and smaller feet.
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul21 Sept 2026
The United States isn’t the only nation itching to restart supersonic passenger air travel. Earlier this month, China announced its TMS-10 experimental demonstrator plane has entered the final...
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas21 Sept 2026
With piercing, emergency siren-like calls, the indri (Indri indri) is the world’s only known singing lemur.
Popular Scienceby Annie Colbert21 Sept 2026
Behold, the glorious backside of Bear #151 aka Walker. Is 2026 the year he finally gets the respect he deserves and takes the Fat Bear Week crown?
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul21 Sept 2026
Around 1259 BCE, two ancient kingdoms finally decided to let bygones be bygones. After two centuries of intermittent skirmishes for regional control, the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite...
Popular Scienceby Justin Pot21 Sept 2026
Remote work isn’t new—I’ve known people who telecommuted in the 1960s, and farmers were working from home long before that.
Popular Scienceby David Nield21 Sept 2026
If you’re looking to buy an iPhone right now, you’ve got more choice than ever before: new flagship models, including the foldable iPhone Duo, older flagship models, and more affordable models all...
Popular Scienceby Popular Science Team21 Sept 2026
Don’t underestimate the perseverance of a mama bear. Fat Bear Week first-timer Bear #132 demonstrated her resiliency this summer after one of her spring cubs separated from the pack.
Popular Scienceby Dr. Barbra Lazio20 Sept 2026
The following excerpt from Off the Top of My Head: Stories from the Operating Room That Will Make You Laugh (Or Cry) by Dr.
Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi20 Sept 2026
England’s Chester Zoo has recently welcomed into the world three rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) pups. The adorable mammals are tiny, round, adorable—and related to elephants, if you can believe it.
Popular Scienceby Jennifer Byrne20 Sept 2026
If you’re anything like me, you’ve had this experience: You see a photo of yourself—maybe on a day you actually felt relatively put-together before leaving the house—and you suddenly feel betrayed...
Popular Scienceby David Nield19 Sept 2026
While you might never have thought about it, your phone can save your life. Both Android and iOS offer a selection of essential safety features that you need to make yourself aware of, just in case...
Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi19 Sept 2026
It seems like 3D printers can produce just about anything, from assault rifles to homes made of dirt and even cookies made from plastic.
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas19 Sept 2026
On this International Red Panda Day, the team at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C. really has something to celebrate. Well, technically three somethings.
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas18 Sept 2026
It’s almost time! The official Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket has landed, and this year’s competition will see 16 adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Alaska go head-to-head in the bracket-style online...
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Sept 2026
A single-engine prop Cessna Caravan has reportedly become the first airplane to autonomously complete a cross-continental flight across the United States.
Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin18 Sept 2026
The rolling, green hills of West Flanders, Belgium, were once the bitter, brutal staging ground for some of the bloodiest fighting of World War I.
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Sept 2026
Thanks to some powerful lasers, a fleet of ancient ships hidden in plain sight for over 40 years has resurfaced inside a Bronze Age temple in Cyprus.
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