Popular Science

Dogs are most likely to get a toxic dose of chocolate during the holiday season.

Dogs are four times more likely to go to the vet on Christmas than any other festive holiday.

It’s the trashiest time of the year—but it doesn't have to be.

Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans pile up an incredible 25 percent more trash than they do during any other part of the year.

Gift Guides

Help your follicularly-impaired colleagues get a-head of the game.

These gifts are sure to please your bald (or balding) friends, and will keep their heads looking shiny and new.

DIY

Last-minute digital presents you can send on Christmas Eve.

Even if you've left your shopping until the very last minute, you can still send loved ones a gift that will arrive instantly. Here are some ideas.

Science

A few bright points throughout the year.

As you reflect on all the trappings of the holiday season, consider some of the science and tech stories that have made 2017 a great year.

Gadgets

HP’s Z8 G4 computer is built for superpower users like VR designers and Pixar animators.

Gadgets

Get 100, 300, or even 900 percent more battery with these juice boxes.

Get 100, 300, or even 900 percent more battery for your precious device. We call them juice boxes.

DIY

Take control from afar.

You don't have to go anywhere to troubleshoot computer problems for friends and family. Simply use one of these free apps to do the job remotely.

Environment

These rare masses of water may capture small critters while on the move.

Rotating masses of water called eddies occasionally pair up and shoot great distances across the ocean, perhaps carrying tiny marine creatures along for the ride.

Science

With help from an ice architect

Scientifically, the best way to build an igloo is how the Inuit in the North still do it. Here's how to construct your own shelter out of snow.

Energy

Why everyone should start paying attention to space weather reports.

Why everyone should start paying attention to space weather reports…

Health

Is your gaming habit a mental health problem?

Medical professionals are starting to realize that in the modern age, behavioral addictions can turn seemingly harmless things—like video games—quite dangerous.

Energy

Keepin' it radioactive.

Molten salt reactors, which control nuclear heat with melted lithium and potassium fluorides instead of water, have a fail-safe to prevent meltdowns.

Gadgets

To keep them protected, charged, and clean.

With the holiday season coming to a close, here are some accessories you will eventually need for your new holiday gifts to keep them protected, charged, and clean.

Space

Nope, not aliens.

The glowing ball of light that hovered briefly over over Los Angeles last week was not aliens. And it definitely wasn’t a Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea.

DIY

Become the colonel of the kitchen.

Save your cash by popping popcorn at home. Worried about burning your kernels? Science can help. Here are the best and easiest ways to make DIY popcorn.

Science

The very best in brains.

Here are a selection of the best and brightest produced by scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland in 2017.

DIY

All it takes is a drop of chilled superglue.

Ever wanted to catch a snowflake and keep it forever? You can.

Ever wanted to catch a snowflake and keep it forever? You can create a lasting cast of nature's perfect crystals with a little bit of cold superglue.

Science

From the seven people who are running PopSci today.

It’s the most magical time of the year. The roads are empty, the fridge is full of leftovers, and oh my god there are only three of us in this office.