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FYI: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg?
EggsellentPier/Getty ImagesShort answer: the egg. Chickens, as a species, became chickens through a long, slow process of evolution. At some point, a chicken-like bird produced an offspring that, due...
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Superheated Water Etches Diamond
Etched A new study etched diamonds with super-heated water. This photo of a single crystal diamond belonging to a Flickr user. Striving to a goal on Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Water acting weird Yowch....
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Watch A Flying Drone Get Zapped By Tesla Coils, And Keep Flying
Why? Because it looks awesome, that's why. We're not entirely sure who the mad geniuses behind this little experiment are, but kudos to them. It really is fun to watch a quadrotor drone in a Faraday...
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Company To Make Anti-Drone Tech Available To The Masses
A Customs and Border Protection Predator B (or MQ-9 Reaper)An Oregon startup wants to sell you peace of mind by messing with drones. Our guess? This is only the beginning of what could be a very...
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180,000 Deaths A Year Around The World Linked To Sugary Drinks
Mexican SodasJeremy Brooks, CC BY-NC 2.0Some not-so-sweet numbers While the science linking sugary drinks with obesity and illness is still uncertain, one new study has come up with a number: 180,000...
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Are These Lines The Same Height? Your Answer Depends On Where You're From
The following is an excerpt from Adam Alter's new book Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave, available on Amazon. In the late 1800s, German...
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For Polar Bears Contending With Climate Change, "It's Survival Of The Fattest"
Tagged Polar BearsAndrew Derocher, Univeristy of AlbertaHow melting arctic ice has made life harder for lean polar bears. Led by researchers at the University of Alberta, a new study in the Journal of...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Huggable Tip-Toer?
Mystery Animal Contest: March 20, 2013TBA (It's a Mystery!)Guess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory,...
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GM Recalls Almost 34,000 Cars Because Of Faulty Software
Buick LaCrosseBuickNo crashes or injuries reported so far, but the issues could cause one. Cars are growing more and reliant on software for their basic functions, which, as cool as it is (see: the...
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U.S. Considers Testing A Vaccine Against Weaponized Anthrax For Children
Bacillus Anthracis BacteriaWikimedia CommonsA government bioethics commission says yes, but only under certain circumstances. Being an ethicist isn't easy. Here's the quandary the Presidential...
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Did North Korea Just Hack South Korean Banks?
Pyongyang Computer Classvia wikimedia commonsEarlier today, computer systems at five major South Korean banks and TV networks crashed simultaneously. Experts immediately suspected that it was a cyber...
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Is Voyager 1 Finally Out Of The Solar System? Not Quite
Voyager 1 One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA. NASAIt certainly is in strange new territory, though. Sailing through a frozen, frothy sea of charged particles, the...
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Glasses-Free 3-D Display For Smartphones Shows Objects Floating Above Screen
The Hewlett-Packard logo shown on a glasses-free 3D display designed for smartphonesKar Han TanThe display beams 3-D objects a centimeter above or below. Handheld holograms aren't here yet, but these...
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America's Best Current Defense Against Asteroids Is...Prayer?
Collision CourseNASA/Denise Watt via Wikimedia CommonsIf you wanted better asteroid detection, maybe you should have provided some funding, NASA's chief told Congress. How well are we prepared to...
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Apollo-Era Rocket Engines Rescued From The Sea
NOZZLEBezos ExpeditionsAn expedition led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos recovered two F-1 engines from moon missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Twisted, scum-covered pieces of the engines that sent the first...
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Popular Science Bracket: Land Robots Vs. Flying Drones
March Madness, Popular Science-style Katie Peek Happy March Madness! Love, us. [UPDATE: Polls for round one close Friday, March 22, at 9 a.m.] Welcome to the Popular Science March Madness bracket! We...
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Despite Widely Varied Appearances, Giant Squid Worldwide Are Only One "Very...
Mystery SquidScreenshot via DiscoveryAnd you thought your relatives were odd looking. Though the giant squid is one of the biggest living creatures on Earth, it's also one of the most elusive. The...
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How It Works: The Most Powerful Space Rocket
The Falcon Heavy RocketNick KaloterakisWhen the firm SpaceX launches its Falcon Heavy rocket into space late this year, the craft will become the mightiest rocket in the world. Only NASA's Saturn V,...
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Blueprint: Engineers Invent A Healthier Toilet
A Healthier ToiletTrevor JohnstonThis is no ordinary john. "One-and-a-half million children die each year from diseases related to poor sanitation. We're building a disinfecting toilet that doesn't...
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This Is The World's Smallest And Lightest DSLR
Canon EOS SL1Our good friends over at Popular Photography got their hands on the world's smallest and lightest DSLR, the Canon SL1, and found it quite nice! It's about the size of a mirrorless camera,...
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