Eastern hellbenders live under freshwater river rocks. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The Eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy,Continue Reading
The Battle of Culloden effectively ended the Jacobite rising of 1745. Credit: Andy Jepson / University of Glasgow Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Archaeologists in Scotland have excavated over 100 weapon projectiles, including cannon shot and lead musket balls from oneContinue Reading
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote at NVIDIA’s GTC conference in Washington D.C. was a sweeping celebration of American innovation and a call to action for America to lead the AI revolution. NVIDIA at the epicenter of this next Apollo moment. The 90-minute talk blended technical deep dives, major announcements, andContinue Reading
Nick Lewis is an editor at How-To Geek. He has been using computers for 20 years — tinkering with everything from the UI to the Windows registry to device firmware. Before How-To Geek, he used Python and C++ as a freelance programmer. In college, Nick made extensive use of FortranContinue Reading
In the early winter months of 1897, a woman named Mary J. Heaster found herself in regular prayer. Her daughter, Elva Zona Heaster Shue, had just died that January. Only recently married, Zona (as she was known) was a young woman, and her “death by heart disease”—as the county coronerContinue Reading
Topuria Design/Shutterstock Google is expanding one of Android’s best features to your car by integrating Call Screening into Android Auto. Call Screening uses Google Assistant to answer a phone call for you to determine if it’s a call you want to take. This helps to filter out scam calls while ensuringContinue Reading
If looking at your phone in the car makes you sick, you might want to try Vehicle Motion Cues. Image: Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. I can’t read in cars. Listening to music is fine, as are podcasts andContinue Reading
Many mid-career professionals hit a plateau. You have big personal and career goals, but busy schedules and dwindling motivation can stall progress. Traditionally, hiring a human life coach was the go-to solution for getting back on track. But today, an AI life coach might actually be a better fit. AnContinue Reading
On a walk through Queens with a City Council member in 2022, Jessica Tisch noticed an abundance of trash scattered on traffic islands, step streets, and greenways. Ms. Tisch, who had just started her tenure as the city’s sanitation commissioner, asked why these particular areas were so littered. The reasonContinue Reading
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