The hallucinogen helped patients accept death and embrace life
The past few years have seen marijuana become more accepted within the medical community as an increasingly useful pain treatment. But marijuana isn’t alone. Groups of…
Magic mushrooms help cancer patients deal with depression
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Malware has breached over 1 million Android devices
Infected apps reach an estimated 13,000 new devices every day
Security firm Check Point Software has identified malware that's compromised more than a million Android devices. Here's what you need to know.
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Those little magnetic balls are back on the market after a two-year ban
But they can still mess you up if you swallow them
A Consumer Product Safety Commission ruling has been overturned, allowing the magnetic desk toy's manufacturer to resume selling it.
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The House Committee on Science just tweeted a 'science' article from Breitbart
The tweet takes a jab at "climate alarmists"
The house science committee shares a dangerously misleading article on "science" from Breitbart, an alt-right publication that maintains climate change is a hoax…
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Tornado outbreaks in the United States are on the rise
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Gifts for that girl who's way cooler than you
For the friend whose life is a Pinterest board
We all have that one girlfriend who's effortlessly, impossibly cool. You might love her, you might hate her, or you might love to hate her—but she's on your holiday…
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The best cheap gifts for nerds
Smart ideas that cost less than $20
We picked out budget-conscious gifts that will make some lucky nerds very, very happy.
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Reuters built a bot that can identify real news on Twitter
Who says AI can’t spot fake news?
News Tracer, a new AI tool in the Reuters newsroom, is trained to spot real news from the Twitter minefield.
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Don't think you're sexist? Sorry, we all are.
You might think you support equality, but your subconscious has other ideas
What exactly is unconscious gender bias and why do we have it?
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No one really knows how to name exoplanets
Naming new worlds is a confusing mess
As more planets are discovered beyond our solar system, they all need names. But they usually end up with several, leading to a jumbled mess.
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Gut microbes may play a role in Parkinson's disease
A mouse study suggests the brain disease may have ties to the gut
A new study out this week in the journal Cell, researchers found that changes in the amount and type of microbes in a person’s gut may be involved in determining whether…
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Jobs at Popular Science: Now Hiring Writers, Editors, and More
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High school students cheaply reproduced a drug that sells for $750 a dose
Martin Shkreli has responded.
Students at Sydney Grammar School recreate compound in drug whose price last year increased 5000 percent.
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Mushroom furniture, space balloons, and more
Our favorite science images of the week
Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and technology news.
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Could underwater farming feed the world?
Ocean-bound entrepreneur envisions ecological restoration and economic revival.
American entrepreneur Bren Smith says he can feed the world with an area roughly the size of Washington State. And he wouldn’t need one inch of farmland to do it.
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ExoMars rover will attempt Mars landing in 2021, despite recent lander crash
If at first you don't succeeed...
During a meeting last week, ESA's member states agreed to cough up $464 million to try to land the ExoMars rover on the red planet in 2021.
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The Amazon Go store will replace checkout lines with advanced sensors
A completely frictionless (and perhaps somewhat dystopian) shopping experience.
The Amazon Go brick-and-mortar store uses technology to make an effortless shopping experience and probably employ fewer people.
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Why is it snowing in Hawaii?
The island chain isn't immune to winter storms
Headlines might make it sound like huge snow dumps on Hawaii are a rare and unusual occurrence, but they're just playing into your assumptions about how the cold stuff…
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Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?
Is there any reason to freeze your body after death?
Will we ever be able to bring cryogenically frozen corpses back to life? A cryobiologist explains…
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Can virtual reality help us empathize with whales? See for yourself.
Adrian Grenier teams up with the Lonely Whale Foundation to create a 4D experience
Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies that make us say "The Future Is Now" in a video series called Future First.
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