A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credit: NASA / Zia Rahman Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Asteroids may be wondrous windows into the history of the cosmos, but the unfortunateContinue Reading
Linalool is often found in perfumes and cleaning products. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Corn really likes its space–so much so that it has a unique way of letting its fellow crops know if the field is gettingContinue Reading
Researchers found nine superbug variants present in many of the 44 flights they analyzed. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Airplane bathrooms aren’t exactly the most pleasant, comfortable, or even hygienic experiences. But their sheer number of daily occupantsContinue Reading
Researchers excavated the cave site in 2021 and 2022. Credit: Trond Klungseth Lødøen Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. On Norway’s frosty northern coast, a cave sat virtually unknown to humans for over 75,000 years. This remote area of the European ArcticContinue Reading
Betelgeuse’s companion star is 1.5 times larger than the sun. Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Humans have gazed up at Betelgeuse for thousands of years.Continue Reading
Experts confirmed 34 examples of orcas voluntarily approaching humans and offering them food over the last 20 years. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Orcas (Orcinus orca) don’t appear to be big fans of yachts, but some of themContinue Reading
The paint relies on passive cooling through water evaporation. Credit: Deposit Photos / Kevin Brine Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Buildings coated in a cement-based paint that “sweats” could help keep communities cool during the hottest days of the year. TheContinue Reading
The fracture is shown in various views. The skull fracture in this specimen starts at the anterior part of the frontal bone and extends diagonally to the sagittal border of the left parietal bone. Credit: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tipsContinue Reading
The burial site is located near a rural road in Norway. Credit: The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In 2023, metal detector enthusiasts scouring Norway’s remote Senja Island stumbled across a remarkable archeological find. WhileContinue Reading
The machine only needs constant airflow to move on its own. Credit: Getty Images / Patricia Marroquin Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Engineers have harnessed the physics behind the flailing tube men to power a tiny soft “robot” capable of walking, hopping, and swimming. Plus their motion mechanism doesn’tContinue Reading
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