Quantcast
Channel: Popular Science | RSS
Viewing all 20161 articles
Browse latest View live

The Internet Is Not Impressed With Instagram's New Logo

$
0
0
Instagram's Logos Side-By-Side

A colorful icon for a black-and-white app

Instagram has a new look, but the Internet doesn't like it.

How Much Do You Daydream? You Could Be Addicted

$
0
0

A researcher says it should be considered a real problem, but not everyone agrees

People with maladaptive daydreaming become so immersed in elaborate fantasies that it becomes difficult to live their daily lives.

The Dragon Returns

$
0
0
dragon splashes down in the ocean

SpaceX's Dragon splashes down from space with 3,700 lbs of stuff

This afternoon the Dragon came home, splashing down off the California coast.

The Air In Movie Theaters Actually Changes From Scene To Scene

$
0
0

Thanks to audiences breathing

You and your fellow moviegoers can actually change the chemical composition of the air around you.

China's Space Station Plans In Powerpoint: A Closer Look At Tiangong 3

$
0
0
China Tiangong

Ready by 2022

China's Manned Space Agency releases more details about China's permanent space station, Tiangong 3, as part of an explosion in Chinese space power.

Solar-Powered Tuk Tuk To Travel More Than 6000 Miles

Watch Solar Impulse's Flight From Phoenix To Tulsa

$
0
0
Solar Impulse

Right here

Solar Impulse II is taking off this morning from Phoenix, Arizona heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Russian Embassy Tweets 'Command and Conquer' Screenshot To Illustrate War In Syria


As Boeing Slips, SpaceX Will Likely Be First Company To Carry Astronauts

$
0
0
crew dragon interior

Next year could be a milestone in the private space race

In the race to become the first private company to carry humans into space, it looks like SpaceX's lead has solidified.

China's Space Station Plans: A Closer Look At Tiangong 3

Tiny Debris Chipped A Window On The Space Station

$
0
0
Window Damage

The ISS is fine, don't worry

A spacecraft orbiting the Earth gets damaged by space debris.

How The Meaning Of Cancer Has Changed

$
0
0

Technology is rewriting diagnosis and treatment

At the beginning of the movie 50/50, Adam Lerner is diagnosed with neurofibrosarcoma, a cancer of the spine's nerve tissue.

1,284 New Planets, A New Skin, And Other Amazing Images Of The Week

$
0
0

Plus, the coolest tech in the Marvel Universe

Our favorite images from the week in science and tech news.

Three Projects That Reinvent Breakfast

$
0
0
Cereal Hacks

Jazz up the most important meal of the day

Makers have hacked cereal, created a bacon alarm clock, and built a waffle-cooking robot.

Emily Dickinson’s Fabulous Gardens Are Being Resurrected

$
0
0

The poet had more than 400 plants in her collection

Emily Dickinson's greenhouse, orchards and gardens are slowly being given new life.

A Magnetic Explosion In Space, Seen Up Close For The First Time

$
0
0
Four spacecraft probe a magnetic reconnection event

Four little probes tell the story of space weather

NASA's magnetosphere probes have observed magnetic reconnection for the first time…

IARPA Releases Its Shopping List For Spy Technology

$
0
0
IARPA is looking to fund research on artificial intelligence and other spy tech.

Artificial intelligence and superhumans, no big deal

IARPA Wants Ideas On The Future Of Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Molecules Could Be Tailor-Made To Stamp Out Smelly Pits

$
0
0

They prevent odor from forming in the first place

Scientists create a synthetic antibody that targets the precursor to body odor without disturbing the delicate balance of bacteria in your armpits…

Help Rebuild Eric, The UK's First Robot

$
0
0
Eric the Robot

As seen in Popular Science, December 1928

A new Kickstarter campaign by London's Science Museum is raising funds to rebuild Eric, the UK's first robot.

NASA Invests In Suspended Animation, Growable Space Habitats, And More

$
0
0
humans in stasis

To take us to Mars and beyond

NASA wants to put humans on Mars in the 2030s, and it's probably going to take some crazy ideas to get us there.
Viewing all 20161 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images