Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen the smart dog wall test. Someone scoops up their dog (or cat!), carries…
When an itch strikes, scratching usually brings relief after a few moments. Scientists have now uncovered part of the biological system that tells the brain when enough scratching has occurred. The discovery reveals how the nervous system naturally limits scratching…
Lime, the micromobility company known for its electric scooters and bicycles which are dumped across city streets, has filed for an initial public offering. The rental startup, which is officially known as Neutron Holdings, filed…
And just like that, Mother’s Day is tomorrow, May 10th, which is too soon for most online purchases to arrive in time. That said, you aren’t alone if you waited too long to pick up a gift this year, and…
India’s internet users already rely heavily on voice notes, voice search, and multilingual messaging. Turning those habits into a scalable AI business, however, remains difficult because of the country’s linguistic complexity, mixed-language usage, and uneven monetization patterns. Wispr Flow is…
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US, that’s exactly what they faced on Thursday after Canvas went into “maintenance mode” following a…
Genome duplication has occurred in many flowering plants, such as the purple gromwell David Chapman/Alamy Extra copies of genetic instructions may have helped flowering plants survive mass extinctions, including the catastrophe that saw off the dinosaurs. New findings suggest that…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Billions of stars illuminate the Milky Way. Down here on Earth, only about 6,000 stars are visible to the naked eye, but with the…
The study focused on recreationally active adults cycling at high intensity while listening to music they personally chose. Most of the tracks fell within a tempo range of about 120-140 beats per minute. Compared to exercising in silence, participants were…
NASA Following the success of its Artemis II crewed mission, NASA is now turning its focus to the next milestones in its plan to put astronauts back on the moon. The space…
Over the past several years, Microsoft has largely managed to withstand populist calls to break up Big Tech while peers faced sweeping lawsuits. But a probe by the Federal Trade Commission suggests that grace period could be nearing an end….
Bill Clinton was president the last time Micron (MU) sported this kind of relative strength index (RSI) on the charts. AlphaSpace intel: According to Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace, the RSI on memory chip play Micron currently stands at 90. It hasn’t…
The Shameless actor donned a black-and-white tuxedo, while Heather walked down the aisle in a strapless, lacy gown. Beneath the dress, she teased her “I [heart] my husband” socks and glittery cowboy boots. Heather previously shared that she and Scott,…
