Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The 2026 World Press Photo Contest documents our fragility, resiliency, and the best and worst of humanity. More than 3,700 photojournalists and documentary photographers…
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have uncovered a finding that could reshape how doctors approach two of the most devastating brain disorders. Their work points to an unexpected player in disease progression: gut bacteria. The team identified a clear…
Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, the HushJet Mini Cool. As the name suggests, it uses the company’s proprietary HushJet air projection system. This tech first showed up on an air purifier that . Dyson promises the fan can…
Google’s Gemini is getting a feature called “notebooks” to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and…
WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users. Jason…
Anthropic “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” to temporarily lose the supply-chain-risk designation imposed by the Pentagon, a US appeals court in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The decision is at odds with one issued last month by a lower…
Visualisation showing the western boundary currents that form part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Buoy measurements show the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which moderates Europe’s climate, is weakening at four different latitudes, the strongest evidence…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Supermassive black holes literally don’t add up. Astrophysicists know it takes more time than is mathematically possible for one of them to reach its…
A new international study is calling into question long-standing assumptions about what makes elite sprinters so fast. The findings offer a fresh perspective that could reshape how Australia identifies and trains its next generation of speed athletes. Published in Sports…
DoorDash and Wing have announced a new partnership that will allow users in metro Atlanta to have food delivered by drone. Besides working with DoorDash in select regions of Virginia, North Carolina and Texas, Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery subsidiary, also…
Lionel Scaloni is expected to deploy a rotated squad in Argentina’s next World Cup match against Jordan on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, with Lionel Messi likely relegated to the bench. “Leo will be a substitute tomorrow, to…
OpenAI has started previewing its GPT‑5.6 series, which will be available in three versions, to a limited number of trusted partners. The company says the variant Sol is its strongest model yet, while Terra is for everyday use and has…
After a successful first Camp Everygirl in the fall and overwhelming demand for another retreat, we couldn’t wait to do it again. Enter Camp Everygirl Spring 2026. Once again, 70+ women gathered in Texas Hill Country for a long weekend…
