Ants can find their way home walking backwards, but they have to peek first
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This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever
Which is good because pretty much everyone has herpes
You probably have herpes, and that's okay. But ideally, none of us would have herpes. A new vaccine may provide the most promising solution yet.
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Come watch the Army's hoverbike prototype fly
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Moth gut bacteria could help create new antibiotics
This benevolent bacteria fends off deadly microbial invaders
A recent study suggests that a bacteria in a moth's gut secretes a toxic substance that kills off other invading, and often deadly, bacteria.
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What happens to your body when you die in space?
And should colonists on Mars be allowed to eat each other?
NASA isn't sure what to do with corpses in space, but they may need to figure it out soon. Read on.
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Climate change threatens American agriculture
Will America's breadbasket go stale?
As temperatures increase under climate change, yields from crop staples wheat, corn, and soy will decline.
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Here's what the Obama administration did for science
"Being pro-science is the only way we make sure that America continues to lead the world."
As America prepares for the Trump administration to begin, Popular Science takes a last look at the Obama administration’s greatest scientific achievements.
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Even the 'most transparent administration in history' failed to pardon Snowden
Obama is out of time.
Despite the promise of a radically transparent government, Barack Obama has failed to pardon Edward Snowden. Read on.
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California’s snowpack is good news for the parched state—for now
It's still early in the season, and the drought isn't ending
California's snowpack is getting deeper. But will it last into the summer?
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New York City is tackling literal garbage fires with giant vacuums
But they still suck a lot less than a delayed train
New York City is testing two portable vacuums to suck up the 80,000 pounds of trash left in in the subway everyday.
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Spandex exosuits, a hugging robot, and other amazing images of the week
Newsworthy eye candy
Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and technology news.
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Going to space helped teach the world to work together
NASA was founded on the principle that "activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind"
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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Report: Tesla's fatal crash can't be blamed on software errors
Humans shouldn't treat autopilot like a self-driving car
A review of a fatal Tesla crash found it was human error, and not vehicle failure, that caused the crash.
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Tech can make your conversations with kids way more effective
Research points to the importance of early language exposure for brain development, and new tools can help parents improve their children’s future language skills.
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How to make a survival whistle from a soup can
This simple beacon can help you in the wild
Learn to make a quick, effective emergency whistle in a pinch.
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This is what it would look like to land on Pluto
Based on NASA's best photos, anyway
NASA has stitched together 100 photos from the approach and flyby into a color video that shows roughly what it might look like to land on Pluto.
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Today's rarest space rocks were once common clods
Unfortunately for us, meteorites still come in all shapes and sizes
The history of our solar system is a history of collisions. Massive collisions.
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To get a man on the moon, China's program takes cues from the Apollo lunar lander
The country is looking to launch in 2032.
China tests the landing gear for its manned lunar lander, as part of a 15-year journey to humanity's lunar return. Read on.
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A private Chinese space company just scored a foreign contract for the first time
The agreement was signed with a Danish nanosatellite maker.
Landspace signs an agreement with Gomspace, a Danish nanosat maker, to start launching its satellites in 2018.
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Scientists want to give the world a second chance at Caspian tigers
Or at least something close
It's too late to save the Caspian tiger, but the Siberian tiger, a close relative, might be able to fill the ecological hole it left behind.
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