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Frostbitten lizard found in Rhode Island is healing

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While shoveling his driveway during yet another winter storm, a man in Providence, Rhode Island found something rather unexpected—a very cold giant lizard. Fortunately,…

A major climate hope in Antarctica just melted away

For years, researchers studying the Southern Ocean have pointed to one possible upside in an otherwise troubling climate outlook. A widely discussed idea known as iron fertilization proposed that as Antarctica warms and glaciers melt, iron trapped in the ice…

This retro-inspired handheld comes with Banjo-Kazooie and Battletoads built in

Who would’ve guessed we’d get to play the original Banjo-Kazooie on a handheld with just a D-pad in 2026. HyperMegaTech!’s latest release is a collaboration with Rare Ltd., the legendary game developer known for the Banjo-Kazooie franchise and, more recently,…

Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’

It might be World War III, but at least I won $20. | Image: Polymarket / The Verge Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it’s actually happened and…

The trap Anthropic built for itself

Friday afternoon, just as this interview was getting underway, a news alert flashed across my computer screen: the Trump administration was severing ties with Anthropic, the San Francisco AI company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran

Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a “major combat operation” against Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning, disinformation about the attack and Tehran’s response flooded X. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of…

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

A screen image of Doom being played by human neurons on a chip Cortical Labs A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say…

How to rebuild your reading habits

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Do you ever wish you read more? Reading for pleasure has declined by 10 percent since 2003, according to a 2025 American Time Use…

How the body really ages: 7 million cells mapped across 21 organs

Growing older brings a higher risk of serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia. For years, researchers have tackled these conditions individually. Now, many scientists are stepping back to ask a broader question. Instead of treating diseases one…

Shuttered studio Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but it got shot down by FromSoftware

Bloodborne fans may not be happy to hear that a remake was reportedly rejected, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely off the table. Bluepoint Games, Sony’s closed-down studio behind many PlayStation remakes, pitched remaking the classic Gothic horror RPG in…