Just make sure you know the facts.
The Food and Drug Administration just approved the first software application for contraceptive use, called Natural Cycles, and it’s raising a lot of eyebrows.
Can an app replace your birth control? For most people, the answer is no.
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What you should know about Florida's awful algae problem
5 questions answered.
One of the longest-lasting red tide outbreaks in the state’s history is affecting more than 100 miles of beaches. Meanwhile, discharges of polluted fresh water from Lake…
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Gifts for your friend who needs to chill out
2018 has been pretty overwhelming. Do what you can to make your friends feel comforted.
They work 60 hours a week, have half a dozen side-hustles, and never, ever cancel plans. These gifts will appeal to all five of their senses, and will hopefully help…
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a great gaming phone that won't make you better at Fortnite
Playing the most popular game in the world on Samsung's new Flagship phone.
Gaming phones are increasing in popularity so get your thumbs ready.
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The weirdest things we learned this week: bone flutes, zebra carriages, and laughing gas parties
Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast.
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This giant exoplanet's atmosphere teems with glowing hot atoms of titanium and iron
And you thought this summer was hot
For the first time, astronomers have detected iron and titanium vapors in a planet's sky—the metals glowing hot like the filaments in a light bulb in the searing…
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The exhilarating history of roller coaster photography
Capturing thrill seekers through the ages.
Photographing people on roller coasters has existed almost as long as the rides themselves.
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New fracking wells are using hundreds of times more water than their predecessors
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Measles cases aren't spiking, despite talk of an outbreak
2018 has been a pretty normal year for the measles, actually.
Multiple news outlets are reporting this week that there’s currently a measles outbreak of 107 people in 21 states. There’s just one problem: that’s not from one big…
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10 tips for making LinkedIn useful, even if you already have a job
Make the social network less soul-crushing.
Many of us think of LinkedIn as the lamest social network. But that's because we're not using it to its full potential. Here are 10 tips to make LinkedIn work for…
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Trees are migrating west to escape climate change
Go west, young sapling.
Climate change is creating tough living conditions for certain species of trees. So they're moving westward to cope.
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#TBT to 1947: Introducing the Polaroid Camera
And other vintage photo news from Popular Science’s May 1947 issue.
Today we’re taking you way back to 1947 for some photographic wisdom from our friend’s at Popular Science. Happy Throwback Thursday!
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Microbiologists are testing blood-sensing pills in pigs' bellies
Researchers developed a sensor to detect blood in the stomach.
Researchers developed a sensor to detect blood in the stomach. The result was a big pill to swallow, so before giving it to humans, the scientists tested it in pigs.
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When rain is just as dangerous as drought
Raindrops keep falling—and it's a big problem.
The entire continental United States has seen an uptick in extreme precipitation events in the last half-century. But nowhere is it raining harder than the Northeast.
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The best rain jackets to wear when it's hot out
Our guide for how to choose the right tech for the moment.
How to find the right rain jacket for the weather.
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'Zombie gene' could be why so few elephants die of cancer
Elephants are bringing a genetic gun to a cancer knife-fight.
Elephants are some of the biggest mammals who roam the Earth, so mathematically they should be hounded by cancer at 100 times the rate of humans. Yet death by cancer…
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Freaking out about heavy metals in your food? Here's what you should know
Testing has many concerned, but don’t panic just yet.
Baby food is just the latest product to be found containing potentially hazardous levels of heavy metals. But what are heavy metals anyway, and why are they so…
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How to make retro video games look good on your modern TV
Play on.
When you plug an old game console into an HDTV, you’ll see an underwhelming mess of blurry, laggy video with muted colors. Luckily, you can do a few things to make it…
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How the sunflower transformed from a garden novelty to a mighty beast
Demand for the plant's oil fueled the rise in popularity.
Over the last 60 years, changes to our diets and industrial needs mean the area of global oil crop production has more than doubled. Four oil crops consume most of this…
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Five rad and random things I found this week
The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 54. It's bananas.
My job is to find cool stuff. Throughout the week I spend hours scouring the web for things that are ingenious or clever or ridiculously cheap.
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