There are many members of the animal kingdom that rival our own wits.
No other member of the animal kingdom can ace an algebra test or write an A+ essay. But that doesn’t mean other species aren’t highly intelligent. Several members of the…
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What are the smartest animals in the world and how do we know?
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For the booze business, going green is a matter of survival
Sustainable rum? I’ll drink to that!
Don Q, Patrón, and Castello Banfi wine are just a few of the alcoholic beverage brands committed to sustainable production.
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Five rad and random items for a fun night in
The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 44.
Throughout the week I spend hours scouring the web for things that are ingenious or clever or ridiculously cheap.
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A Chinese space station is probably falling out of the sky this weekend. Here's everything you need to know.
Happy Easter!
Tiangong-1 was once a space station, but now it’s basically just a bus-sized hunk of dead space junk. That means there’s no way to control its reentry or descent;…
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2018 New York International Auto Show: Crossovers and driver-assist tech abound
Driver-helping technology reigns supreme on 2019 models.
Cadillac, Hyundai, Subaru and others showed off their 2019 goods at the New York International Auto Show.
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What is a blue moon?
What a strawberry moon? What is a worm moon? What is going on with my moon?
Blue moons, strawberry moons, supermoons. For some reason your news aggregation algorithm of choice thinks you really really really want to know all about these moons.
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10 hiking apps and gadgets for hitting the trail this spring
Prepare to face the great outdoors.
A spring hike is a great way to appreciate the newly-warm weather. Before you head out, make sure to pack a few gadgets and download our recommended apps.
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Rotational forces can be a killer in a crash, but these helmets can handle it
MIPS helmets use slippery tech to protect your head.
Your head is full of valuable goo. Protect it with these lids.
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The flu season is almost over. So how bad was it?
At times it seemed more perilous than usual.
Flu season is still technically not over, but the tail end is the perfect time to look back and ask: how bad was it? So—now that you’ve likely already forgotten how…
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How missiles got smart
Projecting the evolution of the projectile
From Tesla's remote-controlled boats, to torpedos guided on wires, all the way to missiles that can pick their own targets from afar.
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How to avoid sharing fake photos of the space station that just crashed into Earth
And other Tiangong-1 facts.
Remember that Chinese space station called Tiangong-1? You know. The broken one. The one that was set to plunge out of the sky sometime over Easter weekend? The one…
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2,300 years after mathematicians first noticed prime numbers, they're still intrigued
Making us scratch our heads for millennia.
To study primes, mathematicians strain whole numbers through one virtual mesh after another until only primes remain. This sieving process produced tables of millions of…
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Last week in tech: All the technology news with none of the April Fool’s nonsense
It was a good week for Apple news and a very bad week for Tesla.
Be sure to check out the latest episode of the Last Week in Tech podcast!
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Scientists found a ‘new organ,’ but it might not be what you’re expecting
The interstitium helps hold our organs together, but it might do more than that.
In a report out last week in the journal Scientific Reports, doctors identified what they think could be a previously unrecognized organ. The structure is a network of…
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Gravity and good timing helped the Hubble spot a star from the early universe
When the stars align, you can zoom way in.
When looking back into the deep recesses of the universe, even huge objects like planets, stars, and galaxies can appear small. Magnification can help, but how do you…
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Rainbows are (literally) in the eye of the beholder
Magical phenomena are even cooler when you understand the science behind them.
Rainbows are perhaps the closest things we have to real magic. They appear like beautiful, ghostly apparitions in the sky just as the rain clears and the sun peeks out…
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Protect your privacy online with these data-guarding browser extensions
How to fight web trackers.
As you explore the internet, trackers can follow you, recording data about your online activities. Use these browser extensions to stop them in their...tracks.
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Here's a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn
Introducing the lazy way to make your yard into a pollinator haven.
Around the world, bee populations have plummeted because of habitat loss and pesticide use. But green spaces within cities and towns can give bees a much-needed refuge.
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You’re extremely gullible and there’s probably not much you can do about it
Why humans stink at finding falsehoods.
Research from cognitive psychology shows that people are naturally poor fact-checkers and it is very difficult for us to compare things we read or hear to what we…
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How Popular Science covered '2001: A Space Odyssey' in 1968
"But by the time 2001 A.D. rolls around, things may be more fantastic than the picture shows."
An astronaut lost in space... moon cities... a voyage to Jupiter. And take a look, too, behind the scenes of the new movie.
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