The machine only needs constant airflow to move on its own. Credit: Getty Images / Patricia Marroquin Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Engineers have harnessed the physics behind the flailing tube men to power a tiny soft ârobotâ capable of walking, hopping, and swimming. Plus their motion mechanism doesnâtContinue Reading
Polynomials were first conceived by the Babylonians around 1800 BCE. Credit: Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Most peopleâs experiences with polynomial equations donât extend much further than high school algebra and the quadratic formula. Still, these numeric puzzles remain a foundational component of everything from calculating planetaryContinue Reading
Deep ALMA observations of 12CO emission from fifteen protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning range of structures in the gas morphology including gaps, rings and spirals. Credit: Richard Teague / exoALMA Collaboration Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Our solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old, but countless planetary neighborhoodsContinue Reading
Kosmos 482 was intended as a successor to Soviet probe’s like Venera 4, seen above. Credit: Sovfoto / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a pair of space probes destined for Venus. While the USSRâs Venera 8 successfullyContinue Reading
The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Exactly what caused the collapse of the mighty Roman Empire has been hotly debated practically since the fall itself. Was economic stagnation primarily to blame, or wasContinue Reading
A sunrise on the moon photographed by the Blue Ghost lunar lander on March 3. Credit: Firefly Aerospace On March 2, Firefly Aerospaceâs Blue Ghost made history, becoming the first commercial lunar lander to successfully touchdown on the moonâs surface. The groundbreaking lander is wasting no time in getting toContinue Reading
Axon mades body cameras used by police across the nation, including Utah and California. Credit: Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images A bill headed to Utahâs Senate floor would require police to include disclaimers in any report written with help from artificial intelligence. Introduced byContinue Reading
The young man appeared to want help with making fire. Credit: Deposit Photos The industrialized world is a complex web of technology, cultures, and politics, but todayâs interconnected society doesnât encompass everyone. A handful of communities still exist entirely outside these confines. The Sentinelese people living on the Indian OceanâsContinue Reading
NASAâs Curiosity Mars rover captured these drifting noctilucent, or twilight, clouds in a 16-minute recording on Jan. 17. (This looping clip has been speeded up about 480 times.) The white plumes falling out of the clouds are carbon dioxide ice that would evaporate closer to the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SSIContinue Reading
Consumer advocates first submitted a petition for the reform in 2003. Credit: Deposit Photos US regulators want to make it easier for people to know whatâs in each of their alcoholic drinks of choice. The Treasury Departmentâs Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has announced it is seeking publicContinue Reading
Skip to content