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Now Live: The March 2013 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine
Brain PowerMedi-MationJacob Ward, editor-in-chief of Popular Science, wonders why we can't get into the same funding spirit for science as we do for supertall skyscrapers. Why do we build incredibly...
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The Rise Of The Supertalls
Engineering advances have architects striving for the mile-high skyscraper. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Bill Baker, a structural engineer with the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and...
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Why Mosh Pits Make For A Good Physics Lesson
Actual Mosh Pit Look! It's the physics of atoms of gas. kimirootsabove / FlickrHeavy metal music helps researchers better understand panicked crowds. Have moshers been taking physics lessons? While...
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Astronomers: Russia's Meteorite Is Not Related To Today's Near-Earth Asteroid...
Meteor MorningScreenshot via YouTubeNASA and the ESA say the two astronomical events are not connected. Mere hours before an asteroid half the size of a football stadium brushes past Earth with only a...
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Watch Live As Asteroid 2012 DA14 Whizzes Past Earth
An animation of Asteroid 2012 DA14 NASA screenshotYour complete guide to today's near-earth asteroid flyby Want to keep tabs on asteroid 2012 DA14 as it whizzes past Earth today? NASA TV and several...
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Eating Decades-Old Novelty Chocolate Bars For Fun And Science
Gross Old CandyJim CookeOur friends over at Deadspin have undertaken one of the most pressing and important scientific experiments of our time: to eat decades-old candy bars branded with the faces of...
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Mystery Animal Contest: Who Is This Colorful Creature?
Mystery Animal: February 15, 2013Wikimedia CommonsGuess the species (either common or Linnaean) by tweeting at us--we're @PopSci--and get your name listed right here! Plus eternal glory, obviously....
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How A Radiator Retrofit That Could Save The U.S. Billions Went From Bedroom...
Perfect Temperature Marshall Cox's inexpensive radiator retrofit keeps steam-heated apartments from overheating. A rendering shows how the final version of the Thermostatic Radiator Enclosure will...
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Space Rocks 101: What You Need To Know About Russia's Meteorite Impact
It's A Bird! It's A Plane! Screenshot via YouTubeConfused about the difference between a meteorite and a killer asteroid? We've got you covered. As updates roll in from Russia and the meteorite-related...
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Congressional Hearing Offers A Sneak Peek At The Future Of Domestic Drone Rules
Multiplex Twin Star Model AirplaneWikimedia CommonsAs regulators look at how to allow drones into American airspace, their concerns now will shape our skies tomorrow. "One of my constituents built a...
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Fun Game: Create Your Own Custom Meteorite Impact
Barringer Crater, ArizonaWikimedia CommonsPlug in the numbers and KABOOM! space rocks smash into the Earth. Purdue University has a fun simulator called Impact Earth that shows you what would happen if...
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Shouldn't We Have Been Able To See This Huge Meteorite Coming?
Fireball Feb. 15NEproskochil/via YouTubeSpace rocks are typically tiny and dark. Even if we could spot them, it wouldn't be until they were already upon us, and by then it's too late. Friday morning's...
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A 3-D Printed Plastic House And More Amazing Images From This Week
A 3-D Printed House This proposal, called Protohouse 2.0, is a plan from architecture collective Softkill Design to build a 3-D printed house. It could be printed in pieces off-site, then taken to a...
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This Week In The Future: The Pope's Robot Tentacle Saves Whale Sharks
This Week In The Future, February 11-15, 2013BaarbarianIn the future, everyone's going to want to look at your vacation photos. Want to win this awesome Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It's easy!...
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Archive Gallery: Popular Science Admires the Presidents
Thomas Jefferson, Inventor: February, 1927Including Washington, Jefferson, Kennedy and more Popular Science has seen 28 presidents (Grover Cleveland twice) since its founding in 1872. Though the...
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European Researchers Win $1.3 Billion To Simulate The Human Brain
Human Brain Project The Human Brain Project has ten years to build the brain with supercomputers. courtesy Human Brain ProjectEurope just kickstarted the Human Brain Project with massive cash. Henry...
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Obama Expected To Launch Massive Study Of The Human Brain
NeuronsPatrick Hoesly on FlickrPresident Obama is planning to back an exhaustive study of the human brain that could help researchers gain insight into everything from Alzheimer's to mental illness to...
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Fusion Power Could Happen Sooner Than You Think
Lockheed Skunkworks ExteriorWikimedia CommonsA new Lockheed Skunkworks project promises outsized results in a compact package. In a presentation that seems ripped from the Atomic Age, Lockheed...
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FYI: Do Meteor Showers Ever Run Out of Meteors?
Meteor MadnessAdastra/Getty ImagesYes, but it takes a long, long time. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through a field of cosmic debris. As that debris crosses into the Earth's atmosphere,...
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How Neuroscience Will Fight Five Age-Old Afflictions
Rewiring The Brain: Seizures a) A surgeon identifies where in the brain seizures occur using electrodes placed on the scalp, then inserts an electrode array directly into that region. b) A seizure...
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