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Save up to 51% on Beats, Sony, and Bose Bluetooth headphones at Amazon before school starts
Active noise cancellation is the new-school-year upgrade that pays off every single day, but that doesn't mean you have to pay full price for the best study headphones. The post Save up to 51% on Beats, Sony, and Bose Bl…
A suitcase-sized satellite may unlock the secrets of the early universe
CosmoCube would peer 13.5 billion years back in time from the far side of the moon. The post A suitcase-sized satellite may unlock the secrets of the early universe appeared first on Popular Science.
Handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in Maine
Town Clerk Office staff in Wells found the document written by one of their predecessors in July 1776. The post Handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in Maine appeared first on Popular Science.
'Days of the farmers' union dictating policy are over' - Muir
The Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir says he will continue to engage with the Ulster Farmers' Union.
Illegal mummy trafficking may curse buyers with mold, not magic
King Tut's tomb has a lesson for us all. The post Illegal mummy trafficking may curse buyers with mold, not magic appeared first on Popular Science.
Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers
The government says it is considering cutting the new electric car sales target from 80% to 50% by 2030.
Man builds jet ski UFO of his (literal) dreams
The DIY amphibious flying saucer boat flies down rivers and must be piloted lying down. The post Man builds jet ski UFO of his (literal) dreams appeared first on Popular Science.
Mike Fincke, NASA Astronaut Whose Health Scare Led to I.S.S. Evacuation, Has Retired
Mike Fincke spent 549 days in space across four missions, the fourth most time of any NASA astronaut.
How AI helped a nonspeaking opera star find his voice
In this episode of Science Quickly, we meet Jakob Jordan, an autistic performer with apraxia, who stars in the groundbreaking opera Sensorium Ex. Host Rachel Feltman talks with Jordan, composer Paola Prestini and New Yor…
Emoji usage and age generations
For NYT’s the Upshot, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, and Claire Cain Miller examined… Tags: emoji, New York Times
Indian solar mission's new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
Why is the Sun's corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? And how does it maintain its inexplicably high temperature?
Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level
The Cernavodă plant, which produces 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.
How to Catch the ‘Eclipse of the Century’ in 2027, When Spain, Egypt and More Go Dark
On Aug. 2, Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East will witness a solar blockbuster with extra-long totality. If you want to see it, book soon.
Temperatures soar to 38C as amber extreme heat warning in effect
Heat is spiking again on Thursday with a rare warning in place and more records falling.
See the 2026 European Solar Eclipse, in Photos and Videos
People gathered across the continent to watch the total solar eclipse on Wednesday.
✚ Set expectations and verify
This week, we talk flimsy results and how to work on things that build trust over content. Tags: Large Language Model, mistakes, trust
Origins of American city names
In the early 1900s, Henry Gannett cataloged the origins of city names in… Tags: cities, Henry Gannett, history, names, Wall Street Journal
This Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. Farmers Say They Need It.
California announced that it’s phasing out paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Cloudy skies lead to mixed fortunes for Scotland's eclipse hunters
Scotland's best chance of seeing a solar eclipse in 27 years left some disappointed, though there were moments of magic.
Telescope Spots Two Black Holes on the Cusp of Merging
New images from the James Webb telescope show a galaxy with a trio of supermassive black holes. Two of them appear to be locked in a tight tango.
The MOTHRA Telescope Captured the Faint Aftermath of a Star’s Death
During early calibration tests, the MOTHRA telescope’s array of lenses, which will soon number 1,140, captured stellar debris dissolving into space around the Helix Nebula.
IKEA complexity index
Speaking of IKEA, the IKEA complexity index by Greg Technology is a catalog… Tags: complexity, furniture, Greg Technology, IKEA
Most common color of IKEA sofas over time
For the European Correspondent, Toon Vos counted the color of all the couches… Tags: color, European Correspondent, furniture, IKEA
Could humans learn to speak in music?
What would it take to create a language made entirely of music? In this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s Allison Parshall explores the science and linguistics behind musical languages, from real-world co…
Women Not Included: Drugs and clinical trials
After working exclusively with male mice while looking for a treatment for type 1 diabetes, Dr Ella Hubber begins to uncover a much bigger issue: modern medicine is not built equally for everyone. Along with journalist C…
A moon crash, water hacks and a new mRNA flu shot
A wayward SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, offering scientists a rare chance to study a lunar impact, while cyberattacks targeting U.S. water utilities raise concerns about critical infrastructure security. We also u…
Is Gen Z making smoking cool again?
In this episode of Science Quickly, Scientific American’s Adam Kovac joins host Rachel Feltman to explore why some experts worry cigarettes may be making a comeback among Generation Z. They discuss how social media, cele…
Getting to YouTube science stardom by building $#!%ty robots
In this episode of Science Quickly, we talk with Simone Giertz, YouTube maker extraordinaire, about her life in science and the influencer spotlight. She started making, in her words, “shitty robots” and has evolved into…
Salad Days: A Story of Science, Sexism, and Jell-O
If leafy greens and a little vinaigrette is salad, and chicken with mayo is salad, and vegetables in Jello-O are ALSO salad… What exactly is salad?! That's the big question we're tackling this episode—and it takes us dow…
Explosive diarrhea, ‘protein maxxing’ and the science of burnout
In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack a major outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked to contaminated produce, explore new research that suggests that “protein maxxing” may do more harm than good and examine men…
Where There's Smoke, There's...Whiskey, Fish, and Barbecue!
As anyone who’s spent time by a crackling campfire or a barbecue pit can attest, the scent of smoke is unmistakable—and surprisingly mysterious. Smoke clings to clothing but vanishes in the breeze. You see it, but you ca…
New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Antonio arrived in Seattle during the Capito…
America's Forbidden Fruit and Forgotten First Soda: Ask Gastropod
Fan favorite Ask Gastropod is back, and we’re celebrating the season by solving a pair of trans-Atlantic mysteries! First up: if you have a purple candy in Europe, it’s nearly guaranteed to be flavored with a tart little…
Bringing Home the Bacon: From Shakespeare to the Baconator
For many Americans, bacon is an essential element of the perfect breakfast—not to mention a welcome addition to everything from cheeseburgers to doughnuts. But bacon hasn't always been beloved. Ancient Egyptians elites l…
The friendly virus
Our antibiotics are failing us. In 2025, the UK Government said antibiotic resistance (AMR) contributes to more than 35,000 deaths each year in the UK. Emergency doctors say they are losing patients on a regular basis wh…
The Life Scientific: Dean Lomax
Have you ever been told you aren't good enough to do something, then gone ahead and proved the naysayers wrong by doing it anyway - in glorious, headline-grabbing style? That is the satisfying story of Dr Dean Lomax. De…
What the Shell? Cracking the Lobster's Mysteries
Consider the lobster roll: tender chunks of lobster bathed in butter or mayo, sandwiched between two slices of a squishy bread roll… Have we caught your attention yet? Lobster is a summertime staple in New England, a fix…
The Life Scientific: Helen Hastie
What if robots of the future weren’t just clever machines, performing tasks in isolation, but trusted teammates you could have a chat with? That could respond naturally to conversational cues and even explain their work?…
The Life Scientific: Seth Berkley
Dr Seth Berkley is an epidemiologist and global health leader whose career has been shaped by one central problem: vaccines save lives, but only if people can actually get them. His 40-year career has spanned the global,…
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris
Hiranya Peiris is playing a starring role in a movie that promises to tell perhaps the greatest story of all time. However, it’s a movie with a difference – there’s no director and no script. The Legacy Survey of Space a…
A Dog's Dinner: What Should We Really Be Feeding Our Pets?
In millions of homes, humans aren’t the only creatures sitting down to dinner. So what's on the menu for pets—and what impact does it have on their health, as well as the environment? This episode, we go back thousands o…
"The Network" from NPR's Embedded
New from NPR's Embedded: Hosts Victoria Estrada and Marta Martinez travel across Latin America and within the U.S. to understand how women in Brazil discovered one of the medications that's used for self-managed abortion…
Alternate Realities from NPR's Embedded
New from NPR's Embedded: Reporter Zach Mack thinks his dad has gone all in on conspiracy theories, while his father thinks that Zach is the one being brainwashed. In 2024, after the latest round of circular arguments, th…
Tested (Ep 2): Questions of a Physical Nature
We go back almost 100 years, to the beginning of women's inclusion in elite sports. It turns out that men had an odd variety of concerns about women athletes. Some doubted these athletes were even women at all. And their…
Tested (Ep 1): The Choice
New from NPR's Embedded podcast and CBC in Canada: Would you alter your body for the chance to compete for a gold medal? That's the question facing a small group of elite athletes right now. Last year, track and field au…
The Goodbye Show
In their final episode, Invisibilia searches for the right way to say goodbye. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship pre…