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Supercomputer Takes 40 Minutes To Create Super-Detailed Model Of 1 Second Of...
Compute This Japan's K computer, the world's fourth-most-powerful supercomputer. RIKEN Futurists have long talked about the day when computers become as powerful and versatile as the human brain. A...
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Human Ancestors Chewed Bulbs And Worms, Study Finds
Nutcracker Man 2 The skull of hominin Olduvai Hominid 5, a "Nutcracker Man," is a famous early human fossil. Courtesy Donald C Johanson With his big flat molar teeth and powerful jaws, the hominin...
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Building A Social Network Of Crime
Organized Crime Michelle Mruk In Chicago's gang-embattled South Side, a shooting can incite swift retaliation, which spawns even further violence. That’s what may have happened in September in Cornell...
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A Malaysian Language Describes Smells As Precisely As English Describes Colors
Sniff Test A man sniffs a durian fruit before deciding to buy it. Photo by Glass and Mirror on Flickr, CC BY 2.0You often get a good idea of what things will taste like from a restaurant menu's...
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Boost Your Sense Of Touch With Ultrasonic Brain Stimulation
Ultrasound William "Jamie" Tyler of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute studies the effects of ultrasound on the brain region responsible for processing tactile sensory inputs. James...
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How To Calculate Your Exact Commute Times In Rain And Snow
London Traffic Copyright Stephen Craven, licensed for reuse under CC BY-SA 2.0Seeing some snow outside? Better budget in 7.6 percent more travel time for your morning commute.In a new study, a team of...
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What To Know About The Net Neutrality Ruling
Graffiti "Internet" on the wall in Vodice, Croatia. Ronald Eikelenboom The DC Circuit Court has issued a ruling in Verizon v. FCC that is likely the shape the very nature of the internet. At the heart...
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Kanye West Sues The Makers Of 'Coinye' Cryptocurrency
Kanye West Dell's Official Flickr PageDespite his love for science fiction, we only too rarely get an opportunity to post about Kanye West here at Popular Science. So when that opportunity...
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Moving Cocktail Garnishes Harness The Power of Surface Tension
It may be rude to play with your food (or drink), but two new cocktail garnishes make it hard not to. Scientists have now developed a boat that zips across the surface of drinks, as well as a "flower"...
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Sponges Can Sneeze, May Have New Sensory Organ
Sponge, in repose The freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri, used in the study. Glen Elliott and Sally Leys I don't know if you were aware, but sponges sneeze. That's a surprise, since sneezes result...
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Video: Female Monkeys Throw Stones To Attract Males
Throwing a stone Tiago Falótico and Eduardo B. Ottoni / PLOS ONE To signal their readiness to mate and get males' attention, some female capuchin monkeys in a Brazilian forest reserve have taken to...
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Video: A Marine With A Prosthetic Hand Controlled By His Own Muscles
Testing the Arm SSgt. James Sides, left, talks with Dr. Paul Pasquina, principal investigator on a new implantable device that can control a prosthetic limb with an amputee's own muscle. Courtesy...
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This Phone Is An NSA-Free, Secret-Storing Black Box
Ah. Another day, another NSA spying revelation. Here, at least, is a potential alternative for people who'd like to keep their gadgets and their privacy. Meet Blackphone, a sleek smartphone that...
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The Editor's Letter From The February 2014 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine
Change Is the Only Constant Paul Park Photography Sometime around the sixth century BCE, the philosopher Heraclitus established a series of doctrines that upended the thinking of the day. By all...
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How One Man's One-Way Trip To Mars Is Dividing His Family
Mars One Concept Bryan Versteeg and Mars One Ken Sullivan has applied for a one-way trip to Mars, and, good news, he's made it past the first round of Mars One applicants! Hooray! Surely nothing could...
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Shape-Shifting Wing Design Prepares For Testing
For over a century, airplane wings have used flaps to alter their shape for better flight performance: extending to generate more climb during takeoff, tilting to stall and generate more breaking power...
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The End Of Anonymity
The End Of Anonymlity Joan Vicent Canto Roig/Getty Images Click here to see how a useless photo turns into an identifiable face.Detective Jim McClelland clicks a button and the grainy close-up of a...
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Glowing Plants Now Up For Auction
In Light / In Dark Bioglow St. Louis-based biotech company Bioglow has put 20 of its light-emitting plants up for auction. First off, here's where you can bid. The plant, called Starlight Avatar,...
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Researchers Create Micro-Flyer That "Swims" in Air
Lief Ristroph and Stephen Childress of New York University have taken an alternate route around evolution's highway: They've created a miniature flying machine that moves not like a bird or insect, but...
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This Collapsible, Camera-Toting Drone Surely Couldn't Spy On People
The Pocket Drone is a tiny, tiny drone that can quickly collapse and be concealed, but is also strong enough to carry a high-quality camera. What might people use this for? Oh, you know, recreation....
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