We typically don’t expect to see much when we look inside our mouths other than our tongue, teeth, and gums. And naturally, the most “foreign object” we’d expect to find would perhaps be some food leftover from our last meal or snack. While that’s usually true, given that there’s notContinue Reading
Gear Home In a world of increasing wildfires and invisible irritants, we consulted with experts to explain why and how to measure air quality in your home and take steps to correct it. Published May 10, 2025 3:00 PM EDT Airthings, Levoit, Temtop We may earn revenue from the productsContinue Reading
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Tullamore, County Offaly, sits 22km from the geographical center of Ireland. That’s not quite right for a survey marker, but still a Midlands milestone if you’re judging by heart not GPS.Continue 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
Main Natural programmable enzymes have transformed our ability to study and treat complex diseases. The application and engineering of RNA-guided systems, most notably clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas9, has accelerated genetic screening methods to discover the genetic basis of diseases, enabled the generation of precision cellular and animalContinue Reading
A new genus and species of zhelestid mammal has been identified from the fossilized remains found in the Bayanshiree Formation in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Life reconstruction of Ravjaa ishiii (foreground), depicted on the foot of the hadrosaurid dinosaur Gobihadros. Image credit: Kohei Futaka. Named Ravjaa ishiii, the new species roamedContinue Reading
It’s notable when a scientific study reaches the decade mark, but when the topic is the healthy aging of people who have lived 10 times as long, it just means there’s still a lot more to learn. This month, researchers participating in the Cilento Initiative on Aging Outcomes or CIAOContinue Reading
“Anybody home?” A curious young lion plays with a tortoise in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Credit: Jens Cullmann Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 “It’s been over two decades since I first witnessed a dipper darting through a waterfall,” photographer Konrad Wothe says. “The small passerine bird was flyingContinue Reading
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 North of Crested Butte, Colorado sits Gothic, an abandoned silver mining town established in the 1870s. The unincorporated town is the only outpost of civilization in the valleys and mountains between Crested Butte and Aspen. When silver ran thin and miners deserted the area,Continue Reading
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Can you explain the concept of a river as a living being? At the heart of the book is the idea that rivers have lives, deaths –– and even rights. It asks readers to imagine rivers in these terms, and toContinue Reading
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