They're gonna need it
Amidst the carbon-choked clouds gathering over our future, there is one small bright ray of sunshine: a group of schoolchildren has just won the right to sue the…
Kids now have the right to sue the government over climate change
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Gun control laws actually work, according to new research
Go figure
According to two new research papers, stricter firearm laws are associated with fewer firearm homicides, and Florida’s stand-your-ground law was associated with…
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Yes, your beer pong cup is teeming with bacteria
PopSci asked the hard questions and got answers. But you’re not going to like them.
PopSci, along with scientists from Rockefeller University, took samples of the bacteria transmitted during the game of beer pong to find out if the college staple can…
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What the heck are sinkholes, anyway?
A huge sinkhole opened in Japan. Where do they come from?
What causes sinkholes, where they form, and why you shouldn’t fill the one in your backyard with garbage.
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2016 is going to be the hottest year on record
Stop me if you've heard this one before...
2016 is on pace to become the hottest year on record. Not that it should come as any sort of surprise.
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Ridiculous names for super serious scientific instruments: camera edition
Absurd names for cameras and imagers, ranked
Scientists spend their lives in the pursuit of truth, exploring the secrets of the universe with the help of expensive, sophisticated scientific instruments. And…
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A decade after his death, Steve Irwin is still the face of wildlife education
The Crocodile Hunter's successors reflect on his legacy
To celebrate Steve Irwin Day, some of Pop Sci's favorite science superstars reflect on The Crocodile Hunter.
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How Lyft is making sure you never get in the wrong car again
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You could get both Zika and chikungunya from one stupid mosquito bite
North American mosquitoes can carry a lot of viral baggage
As mosquito-born viruses become more common across North America, scientists have shown that the insects can infect a host with two illnesses in one chomp.
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Alaska Airlines just flew across the country using wood chips
A boost for biofuels
On Monday, Alaska Airlines sent a Boeing 737 jet on the first commercial flight partially fueled by tree limbs and waste wood from forests.
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Ebola may be better at hiding than we thought
One study found a disturbing number of undetected carriers
Many people could be harboring Ebola without showing symptoms, according to a new study. How are they affecting transmission rates?
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Scientists shine light on the origin of a mysterious ancient amulet
The simple amulet is the oldest known example of a shift in metalworking
How do you figure out how a 6,000 year old amulet was made? Shine a few lights at it.
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Hurricane Katrina linked to a rise in heart attacks years later
A decade out, the storm is still making people ill
New Orleans cardiologist Dr. Anand Irimpen began to notice that his on-call nights at the hospital were getting busier soon after the devastation wrought by Hurricane…
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Robot flying taxi takes its first autonomous flight
An air mule by any other name
Formerly known as the "Air Mule," this is a flying taxi, or maybe a future unmanned ambulance.
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Bird poop might help keep the Arctic cool
But they can't stop global warming, sorry
Seabird poop might help cooling clouds form over the Arctic each summer…
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Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking
"One time we made a DNA strand 4 feet tall"
A Q&A with the Ace of Cakes, Duff Goldman, about how he got into cake hacking and DIY.
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If aliens invaded, how would we talk to them?
The film Arrival offers some clues
We asked the linguists who consulted on Arrival why alien languages will be difficult to decipher and how linguists might go about doing so.
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Why thousands of dead fish flooded a New York canal
Caught between a lock and a hard place
Locals in Hampton Bays, New York woke up to an odd sight earlier this week.
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Pluto's frozen heart may hide an ocean inside
The heavy heart may have tipped the world over
Talk about a change of heart. Sputnik Planitia, the icy plain that forms part of Pluto's "heart," has dramatically changed places since it was created 4 billion years…
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This pill delivers medication days or weeks after it's swallowed
It unfurls into a star so you can't poop it out
People with chronic conditions, like asthma or heart disease, often need to take medications on a daily basis. But that simple act of remembering each day is a huge…
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