Fat Bear Week semi-final results: Backpack and Bear #910 advance to final
Update, September 28, 2026, 9:13pm EDT: Bear #910 beat Bear #132 and her three cubs in the first semifinal of Fat Bear Week. In the other semifinal match, Bear #164 (Bucky Dent) and Bear #89...
View ArticleThe Headphone (1) Pro is a whole lotta Nothing, and it’s really something
Most new wireless active noise-canceling headphones can be explained in a one-pager. Nothing’s new flagship Headphone (1) Pro has, and needs, a 26-page PDF. OK, some of it is splash pages and section...
View ArticleBald eagles Shadow and Kaydee share a peaceful morning, Jackie’s memorial...
As summer melts into the fall, internet-famous bald eagle father Shadow is getting into a bit of a routine with a potential new mate named Kaydee. The two were spotted tucked into the Roost Tree (a...
View ArticleHow to help wildlife after a nor’easter
After killing one person and injuring four, the storm that pummeled the northeastern United States for days is finally winding down. But this early “nor’easter” hasn’t just impacted humans. Its wind,...
View ArticleRobot dog runs a marathon faster than the average human, all on a single charge
Engineers in South Korea created a first-of-its-kind robot dog capable of completing a marathon faster than many humans, and it did it all on a single charge. The quadruped, called RAIBO2, ran the...
View Article5 ‘trailblazing’ caribou return to Canada’s wilderness
Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada has five special new inhabitants: one caribou (Rangifer tarandus) bull and four caribou calves. The group is particularly exciting because they were raised...
View ArticleThe ‘Father of Modern Taxidermy’ wrestled leopards and worked for P.T. Barnum
Before Carl Akeley came along, natural history museums were somewhat sedate affairs. “You would have, let’s say, the birds of a certain region, all lined up in stiff poses,” says Mark Alvey, who...
View ArticleGiant, feathered dinosaur with massive claws and tons of teeth found in China
Most dinosaurs are pretty weird-looking. But you know a dinosaur must be extra weird looking when paleontologists call it “anatomically bizarre.” That’s the story behind Therizinosauria, a rare group...
View ArticleShockingly blue turtle discovered in Kentucky backyard
When a Kentucky woman purchased a home in the town of Campbellsville, she had no idea that she would also be taking in an unexpected animal: an Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) with a...
View ArticleHow to back up all of your photos and videos (on any device) to Apple Photos
It’s important to get all of the photos and videos you capture with your phone backed up somewhere safe, and Apple Photos is one of the best options for the job—especially if you’re using iPhones,...
View ArticleBlind chimp in Louisiana regains sight after cataract surgery
Fifty-four-year-old Pierre was completely blind before undergoing a cataract surgery that restored his sight. With this surgery comes a greater ability to move around his surroundings, participate in...
View ArticleHow often you should wash your sheets and towels, according to science
You’ve had a long day. You can’t wait to get home, take a hot shower, and climb into bed. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Well, we hate to break it to you, but it could actually be incredibly gross....
View ArticleFat Bear Week, Round 2 results: Bucky Dent, Backpack, 132, and 910 triumph
Update, September 25, 2026, 9:01pm EDT: Bear #164 (Bucky Dent) defeated Bear #151 (Walker) in Fat Bear Week’s biggest (literally) battle. The family of Bear #132 defeated Bear #806’s family and in a...
View ArticleRocks from Pompeii suburb tells a story of destruction—that could help us today
Two-thousand years ago, a Roman author and lawyer named Pliny the Younger wrote an account of one of the most destructive disasters in human history. He chronicled Mount Vesuvius’ eruption and the...
View ArticleAsteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Over the past 50 years, musician “Weird Al” Yankovic has become the first artist to have a comedy album debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, amassed...
View ArticleHow to help Katmai’s brown bears this Fat Bear Week
This Fat Bear Week, bear enthusiasts from around the world can not only vote for their favorite chunky brown bears (Ursus arctos). They can actually help protect the bears’ home. Every donation made...
View ArticleSweden’s solution to stop spam callers: Be ruder!
Swedish police have a message for anyone who thinks they’re talking to spam callers: hang up the phone, and embrace being rude. Local authorities are teaming up with five national celebrities in a new...
View ArticleThis 1989 Popular Science article is like an Apple event live blog from...
I never got the chance to see Steve Jobs speak in person at an Apple event. I’ve been covering the company and its products for decades now (it feels a little weird to type that), but always from...
View ArticleInside the school where dogs learn to sniff out bed bugs and other pests
Lucky works for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Her job is to track down spotted lanternfly eggs before they can hatch and cause trouble. She could have joined the police force, but during...
View ArticleMeta’s new $1,300 VR Glasses will weigh less than a stick of butter when they...
Meta’s next VR headset isn’t a headset. Meta VR Glasses weigh about 100 grams (about the same as a deck of cards) because the processor, the battery, and the storage all moved out of the frames and...
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