2026 NBA Draft Big Board: See the top 50 prospects and every team's best fits
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Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know little about it
Research on love has largely neglected romance in later life Alejandro Munoz/Alamy We know almost nothing about how dating differs for older adults compared with earlier in life, a scientific conference on love has heard. But despite a lack of…
Magic mushrooms make mean fish lazier and more chill
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound that puts the “magic” in magic mushrooms. Ingest enough of a fungus like Psilocybe cubensis, and users are liable…
Scientists reverse diabetes in mice with lab-grown insulin cells
Scientists in Sweden have developed a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells, bringing new momentum to efforts to treat type 1 diabetes. The research, published in Stem Cell Reports, shows that these lab-grown cells can…
A Star Fox Remake Is Heading To Switch 2 On June 25
Nintendo Nintendo held a last-minute Star Fox Direct live stream on May 6 to reveal Star Fox, a remake of the N64 classic coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s due to…
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that…
A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
Lachy Groom, one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched solo investors, decided to back Indian startup Pronto just 20 minutes into his first meeting with its 24-year-old founder. The meeting, which took place in February through a mutual connection, led…
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Meta is beefing up its age-verification mechanisms with an AI system that analyzes images and videos on Instagram and Facebook for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure, to identify and delete accounts of users under the age of…
Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
Wedges made of limb bones may have been used for splitting soft, copper-bearing rock O. Zagorodnia Even with the technology to make metal tools, people in Bronze Age Britain still used animal bone tools alongside metal ones to obtain copper,…
The world’s largest explosion lab is ready for big booms. And yes, it’s in Texas.
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes its controlled detonations. Texas A&M University recently revealed what they say is the world’s largest controlled…
New AI method tackles one of science’s hardest math problems
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have introduced a new way to use artificial intelligence to tackle one of the most difficult challenges in mathematics: inverse partial differential equations (PDEs). These equations are essential for understanding complex systems, but solving…
Your kitchen sponge is releasing microplastics every time you wash dishes
Kitchen sponges are a staple in most homes, but they may also be an overlooked source of microplastic pollution. A new study led by researchers at the University of Bonn examined how many tiny plastic particles are released from sponges…
Suspect in fatal shooting of Virginia sheriff’s deputy captured in North Carolina
North Carolina authorities captured a man accused of gunning down a Virginia sheriff’s deputy and injuring another in the southwestern part of the commonwealth Sunday night, ending a two-day manhunt, Virginia officials said. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department in Virginia…
