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The mysterious reason why women get hotter from age 18 to 42

Hot flushes are associated with the menopause, but women actually get progressively hotter from the start of adulthood to midlife Dmitry Marchenko/Alamy Resting body temperature rises a little bit each year in women from the age of 18 to 42,…

Inventor plays homemade electromagnetic bagpipes in rock band

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Bagpipes: You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. But even among the instrument’s diehard defenders, most wouldn’t spend years designing, building, and perfecting…

UNESCO warns a tsunami in the Mediterranean is inevitable

The Mediterranean sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modelling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could do so again. The results of a project carried out…

AMD Prices Its Ryzen AI Halo PC At $3,999, Unveils Ryzen AI Max 400 Chips

They’re direct shots at NVIDIA’s AI systems AMD AMD’s big pitch for 2026 seems to be: “Who needs cloud AI processing when you can do it all locally?” At CES this year, the company unveiled its Ryzen AI…

SpaceX just filed for what could be the biggest IPO in human history

SpaceX generated $18.67 billion in revenue in 2025, driven largely by its Starlink satellite internet service, which brought in more than $11 billion, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company lost over $4.9 billion last year, with capital…

Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral

It feels like short video clips from podcasts, songs, and movies are suddenly everywhere on social media right now, and that’s not an accident. Brands have realized that the format offers a highly cost-effective way to market products. Brands and…

The 10 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (May 2026)

While streaming may be the future of television, the medium itself—much like its big-screen counterpart—often leans on familiar properties, prequels, and reboots to keep things moving along. (Which explains why Yellowstone has morphed into a full-on franchise, with four current…

Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

If you have even a passing interest in your health, you can’t spend long on social media before the algorithm brings you into contact with the infamous Q-word. Are you in touch with your quantum energy fields? Could you benefit…

Cows can tell humans apart, new study finds

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Cows are not necessarily known for their intelligence, but that less-than-stellar reputation is beginning to change. A 13-year-old pet cow in Austria named Veronika…

Scientists discover why Alzheimer’s risk hits women so much harder

Women not only face higher rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, but new research suggests they may also be more strongly affected by several common risk factors linked to cognitive decline. Scientists at the University of California…