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a squirrel in deep space

Squirrels could be the key to getting us into deep space Squirrels could be the key to getting us into deep space

By Popular Science Team

Man with a boombox on his box enjoying the music

Here’s the secret to getting songs unstuck from your head Here’s the secret to getting songs unstuck from your head

By Popular Science Team

This aerial view shows the Shedd Aquarium on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 2024.

Chicago’s pollution could be keeping river monsters at bay Chicago’s pollution could be keeping river monsters at bay

By Popular Science Team

Scientists are trying to figure out why hockey players all sound Canadian Scientists are trying to figure out why hockey players all sound Canadian

By Popular Science Team

This worm got into some hot water and changed the course of history This worm got into some hot water and changed the course of history

By Popular Science Team

Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette headlines as they appeared on the front-page.

The ‘Mad Gasser of Mattoon’ is one of history’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries The ‘Mad Gasser of Mattoon’ is one of history’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries

By Popular Science Staff

marbled crayfish

These self-cloning crayfish ladies could take over the world These self-cloning crayfish ladies could take over the world

By Popular Science Team

Lasius emarginatus

This immigrant ant is taking New York City by storm This immigrant ant is taking New York City by storm

By Popular Science Team

Legend of the linguistic experiment by Psamtik I.

The ‘forbidden experiment’ is an infamously evil chapter in scientific history The ‘forbidden experiment’ is an infamously evil chapter in scientific history

By Popular Science Team

Giraffes are a lot gayer than most people give them credit for

Giraffes are a lot gayer than most people give them credit for Giraffes are a lot gayer than most people give them credit for

By Popular Science Team

Bornean Orangutan

These orangutans indulge in a spa-like skincare routine These orangutans indulge in a spa-like skincare routine

By Popular Science Team

closeup of bumblebee

How scientists accidentally found out that some bees can hibernate underwater How scientists accidentally found out that some bees can hibernate underwater

By Popular Science Team

wild green honeykeeper bilateral gynandromorphism

These birds break the sex binary like it’s nothing These birds break the sex binary like it’s nothing

By Popular Science Team

These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think

These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think

By Popular Science Team

ADHD may have evolved to give us foraging superpowers

ADHD may have evolved to give us foraging superpowers ADHD may have evolved to give us foraging superpowers

By Popular Science Team

A man uses a tinted glass to watch as the moon passes infront of the Earth's star marking a total eclipse, the only one this year, in Vigo, northwestern Spain on March 20, 2015.

This is the most cosmically perfect time in history This is the most cosmically perfect time in history

By Popular Science Team

dung beetles with a ball of poop

When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate

By Popular Science Team

pile of cheese slices

The US government once rented caves in Missouri to store its excess cheese The US government once rented caves in Missouri to store its excess cheese

By Popular Science Team

Live from New York: ‘The Weirdest Thing’ podcast (in person!)

Live from New York: ‘The Weirdest Thing’ podcast (in person!) Live from New York: ‘The Weirdest Thing’ podcast (in person!)

By Popular Science Team

engineers working on voyager 2

How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying? How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?

By Popular Science Team

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