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Throughout the year the editors at Popular Photography examine, evaluate, and test a ton of equipment, then make careful note of the products that can help make your…
The best camera and photo gear of the year
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This six-story monster wave sets a new world record
A buoy measured Atlantic waves in 2013 with an average height of 62 feet
A 62.3-foot monster wave has set a new world record.
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What is the polar vortex (and why is it happening again)?
All the horrors of winter in one small twitch of the jet stream
It’s the chill that runs down your spine in the dark when you suddenly realize you aren’t alone. It’s the fog of a Dementor’s breath on the windows of the train. It's…
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California just suspended Uber’s autonomous cars for driving like jerks
A red light for the program
Uber driverless cars run red lights so California suspended them. Also, Uber didn't get permits.
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On Ceres, water ice survives just below the surface, and in the darkest craters
Water, water, everywhere (but especially around the poles)
The dwarf planet Ceres has ice, and that fact may help scientists figure out where to find water in our solar system.
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How to use big data to avoid building highways to hell
More highways mean less food scarcity, but at what cost?
Governments and developers should aim to improve existing poor quality roads — those already located near farms — while keeping new roads out of areas with large natural…
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Scientists watch an undersea volcano shake, rattle, and inflate
Axial Seamount could help us answer basic questions about how volcanoes work
Last year, over 200,000 earthquakes shook the seafloor 300 miles off the coast of Oregon as the most active submarine volcano in the Northeast Pacific erupted.
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How video games can help us hack the human brain
Examining the brain in real-time
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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6 tricks that might keep you from getting a hangover
Emphasis on "might"
After thousands of years of getting wasted, humans still aren't exactly sure what causes hangovers.
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Report from ISIS factory of war reveals a vast, standardized arsenal
It takes a state to arm an insurgency
Conflict Armament Researchers visit Iraq and documented the ISIS factories and workshops they found.
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How 'Rogue One' resurrected the Death Star
The movie's visual effects experts explain how the most important character was created.
In Star Wars Rogue One, which premieres on Friday, the Death Star is as much a character as Jyn Erso or Cassian Andor. Read on.
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PopSci's 2016 holiday GIF guide
Yes, you have to pronounce GIF incorrectly for this joke to work
Popular Science presents the 2016 Holiday GIF guide. Yes, the proper way to pronounce GIF is "jif," but please say it with a hard 'g' for the sake of wordplay.
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14 gifts for that person who won't stop talking about Star Wars
I am one of those people and I am not sorry
All the presents your little star wars nerd wants to see under the tree…
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Strange giant diamonds give hints to the inner Earth's composition
It’s a song of iron and ‘ice’.
The largest diamonds ever mined on earth aren’t just set apart by their large size and luster, but also by a unique origin story. They were born of metal, growing from…
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How to make your own bath bombs
Bath fizzies for all your holiday gift needs
Give your friends and family the gift of fizzy baths this holiday season…
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Moonlit snow, water on Ceres, and more
Our favorite images of the week
Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and technology news.
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It's official: All major carriers will auto-brick the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Verizon, the final holdout, agreed to issue to the software update
After a massive recall, Samsung will issue a software update that will remote-brick any Galaxy Note 7s that remain in use. Today, Verizon became the last U.S. carrier to…
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How to survive the great whipped cream shortage of 2016
Here's how to make your own instead
There's a shortage of canned whipped cream this holiday season. Here's how you can make your own instead.
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Gift ideas for your favorite stylish nerd
Bowties, cufflinks, collar pins, and more.
Holiday gift ideas for that friend who makes geekery look like it belongs on the runway.
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EmDrive: China claims success with this 'reactionless' engine for space travel
Blog: Eastern Arsenal
NASA also has high hopes for the theoretical engine
China announces that it's already testing the EmDrive, a completely electric space engine, out in space, and has big plans for the tech.
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